Nanda Rea

Nanda Rea is a scientist in the field of astrophysics, currently based in Barcelona, Spain working as a research professor for the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya.

Nanda Rea
Born
Rome, Italy
EducationUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata (BA and MSc)
National Italian Institute for Astrophysics and Netherlands Institute for Space Research (PhD)
Known forHigh energy astrophysics
Galactic compact objects
Neutron stars and black holes
Pulsars, Magnetars
Children3
AwardsCavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia (2021)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, astrophysics
InstitutionsConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Education and career

Nanda Rea was born in Rome from an iItalo-Argentinian father and an Iranian mother. She studied Physics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, and specialised in Astrophysics at the end of her Master studies. In 2004, while pursuing her PhD at the National Italian Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), she moved to The Netherlands with an EU Marie Curie fellowship, aimed at training young students to mobility within Europe. She joined the Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON) where she graduated and then continued working until 2007. Thanks to an NWO VENI Fellowship she worked at the University of Amsterdam until 2009, when moved to Spain with a Ramón y Cajal Fellowship.[1] Between 2012 and 2016 she moved back to The Netherlands as a Research Group Leader at the University of Amsterdam with a VIDI NWO Award. Since 2016 she is a staff scientist at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC),[2] where she has a large group founded by an H2020 European Research Council Consolidator Grant.[3] Since mid-2022 she is Full Professor at CSIC.

Awards and recognition

Selected publications

Memberships

Interviews, public outreach

  • RTVE Interview − (16/12/2020): "Noms propis - Nanda Rea". 18 December 2020.
  • Catalan Television TV3 Interview − Més324 (20/10/2020): "Entrevista a Nanda Rea astrofísica, guanyadora del Premi Fundació Banc Sabadell a les Ciències i l'Enginyeria". 20 October 2020.
  • Radio Nacional de España 4 − De boca a Orella (29/03/2019) - "Nanda Rea ens obre les portes de l'astrofísica i l'ofici espacial". 29 March 2019.
  • Radio Nacional de España Clasica − Longitud de Onda (01/11/2018): "Nanda Rea: entre la astrofisica y la musica". November 2018.
  • National Spanish Television − Lab 24 (28/05/2018): "Entrevista a Nanda Rea: Faros del universo". 30 May 2018.
  • Catalan Television TV3 Interview − Més324 (18/05/2018): "Entrevista a Nanda Rea, doctora en astrofísica guardonada amb el Premi Nacional de Recerca 2017 al Talent Jove de la Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovació". 19 June 2018.

References

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