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Sandra savaglio at tedxlecce
Sandra Savaglio is an Italian astrophysicist. She received the prestigious Casato Prime Donne Award on September 14, 2014 in Montalcino, Italy.
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- Sandra savaglio at tedxlecce
- Sandra savaglio un astrofisica da copertina
- Early life
- Career
- Publications and Media
- Recognition
- References
Her passion for the stars started at 17 when she read a book by Isaac Asimov. This led to her work in Hawaii using the Gemini telescope. She embarked on tracing the origins of the galaxy. She graduated Summa cum Laude in Physics in 1991 from University of Baltimore and received her Ph.D. from the University of Calabria in Italy. She was a guest visitor at the European Southern Observatory (Garching, Germany). She ended up studying distant galaxies, the chemical enrichment of the universe and the understanding of galaxies hosting gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic explosions in the universe.
She returned to Calabria and is a professor in astrophysics at the University of Calabria (Arcavacata di Rende, Italy).
Sandra savaglio un astrofisica da copertina
Early life
Savaglio grew up in Cosenza, Italy. She attended University of Baltimore and received her B.S. in Physics in 1991. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Calabria.
Career
She created the SQL database for Gamma-Ray Burst Host Studies (GHostS), the largest public database dedicated to galaxies hosting gamma-ray burst events.
Publications and Media
Sandra Savaglio authored 160+ publications including for the Nature and Astrophysical Journal. She has been featured in many magazine articles, interviews and TEDx talks.