Role
Associate Professor of Matter Physics at the University of Pisa
Bio
After graduating in Physics from the University of Pisa and earning a PhD in Condensed Matter Physics from the Scuola Normale in 1996, both cum laude, she was a postdoc and researcher at the Scuola Normale. Between 2002 and 2004, she worked with Anna Nobili on space experiments; since 2007, she has been an associate professor at the University of Pisa (UNIPI), qualified as a full professor in Condensed Matter Physics and Physics Education.
She teaches quantum liquid physics, quantum biology, basic physics, and everyday physics to teach how to teach it. At the University of Pisa, she contributes to the Interdisciplinary Center for Sciences for Peace, the Responsible Research and Innovation group, the Teaching Learning Center, and the Mentoring Community, and directs the qualifying physics programs.
Her research is interdisciplinary and international. She has contributed to the theory of high-temperature superconductivity and the superfluidity of cold fermionic atoms; today, she focuses on the design of quantum states of matter with applications to fundamental physics and neuroscience, and on educational research, contributing to networks such as the European Quantum Academy and Terrestrial Very-Long Baseline Atomic Interferometry , and receiving numerous invitations to prestigious international conferences.
A TEDx speaker and creator of radio and video formats for science education, she writes for science and society, science and women's magazines, and engages the general public by combining the languages of art and science.
Active in women's movements and councilor of Pisa from 2008 to 2018, in her current revolutions she is co-founder of Women for Quantum and a Labodif student.