Biography:Stefano Bianchi

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Stefano Bianchi
BIANCHI Stefano - Italian astrophysicist.png
NationalityItalian
Known for
AwardsPremio Monselice (2007)
Scientific career
Fieldsastrophysics
Institutions
  • Università degli Studi Roma Tre
WebsitePersonal website

Stefano Bianchi is an Italian astrophysicist who is currently an Associate Professor at the Mathematics and Physics Department of Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Rome, Italy.[1] He is an INAF Associate and an IAU Member.[2]

Education and career

Bianchi's research interests include different aspects of high-energy astrophysics, focusing on black holes, Active Galactic Nuclei, and X-ray Binaries. He is a member of the NASA/ASI IXPE Science Team[3] and of the ESA XMM-Newton Users' Group.[4] He is involved in the science definition of the future ESA missions Athena and LISA. He has translated three popular science books into Italian.[5][6][7]

Main awards

  • Bruno Rossi Prize 2024, as a member of the IXPE Team[8]
  • "Città di Monselice" award for Scientific Translation (2007)[9][10][11]

Memberships

  • European Space Agency XMM-Newton Users' Group (2019–present)[4]
  • Review Editor for Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences[12]
  • Editorial Board Member for Galaxies[13]
  • Member of the IXPE Science Team[3]
  • Member of the IAU[2]

Books and articles

Bianchi has translated three popular science books into Italian.[5][6][7]

  • Hans Christian von Baeyer, Informazione. Il nuovo linguaggio della scienza [it], traduzione di Stefano Bianchi, collana La Scienza Nuova, edizioni Dedalo, 2005, p. 296, ISBN:978-88-220-0226-6[5]
  • Tom Siegfried, L'Universo strano. Idee al confine dello spazio-tempo, traduzione di Stefano Bianchi, collana La Scienza Nuova, edizioni Dedalo, 2007, p. 352, ISBN:978-88-220-0232-7[6]
  • Dan Hooper, Il lato oscuro dell'universo. Dove si nascondono energia e materia, traduzione di Stefano Bianchi, collana La Scienza Nuova, edizioni Dedalo, 2008, p. 240, ISBN:978-88-220-0241-9[7]

Selected papers

References

  1. "Prof. STEFANO BIANCHI". https://www.uniroma3.it/en/persone/cVNTVWRYbm5qQlFYNnEwaXJGYTJiKzlWMXlqeVIxS1FJMEJGclJ4S283UT0=/. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "International Astronomical Union | IAU". https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/14841/. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Sci team". https://ixpe.msfc.nasa.gov/partners_sci_team.html. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Users Group Members - XMM-Newton - Cosmos". https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/users-group-members. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Informazione". https://www.edizionidedalo.it/la-scienza-nuova/informazione.html. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 "L'Universo strano". https://www.edizionidedalo.it/la-scienza-nuova/l-universo-strano.html. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Il lato oscuro dell'Universo". https://www.edizionidedalo.it/la-scienza-nuova/il-lato-oscuro-dell-universo.html. 
  8. "Bruno Rossi prize | High Energy Astrophysics Division". https://head.aas.org/rossi/rossi.prize.html. 
  9. Biblioteca di Monselice PD Edizioni 1(1971) – 42 (2012)
  10. PREMIO "CITTÀ DI MONSELICE" PER LA TRADUZIONE LETTERARIA E SCIENTIFICA 36-37. Il Poligrafo. 2008. ISBN 978-88-7115-594-4. http://www.bibliotecamonselice.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/PremioMonselice36-37.pdf. 
  11. "Premio traduzione di Monselice Al via domenica la 37ª edizione - il mattino di Padova" (in it). 7 June 2007. https://ricerca.gelocal.it/mattinopadova/archivio/mattinopadova/2007/06/07/MP8PO_MP805.html. 
  12. "Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences | Editorial board". https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences/editors. 
  13. "Galaxies". https://www.mdpi.com/journal/galaxies/editors.