Barbara Ercolano

Barbara Ercolano is an Italian astrophysicist known for her work on interstellar dust, star formation, and protoplanetary disks. She is the Professor for Theoretical Astrophysics in the University Observatory Munich at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.[1]

Ercolano is originally from Naples, and studied astrophysics at University College London. After postdoctoral research at University College London, the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and the University of Cambridge, she became a lecturer in astrophysics at the University of Exeter. She moved to the University of Munich as a professor in 2010.[2]

Ercolano is the 2010 winner of the Fowler Award in Astronomy of the Royal Astronomical Society.[3]

References
  1. Prof. Dr. Barbara Ercolano, The International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics, retrieved 2019-09-04
  2. Bio: Barbara Ercolano, retrieved 2019-09-04
  3. Previous Fowler Award winners (Astronomy) (PDF), Royal Astronomical Society, retrieved 2019-09-04
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