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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.

Education and career

Nanda Rea 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. 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), and since mid-2022 she is Full Professor at CSIC. She has a large group founded by an H2020 European Research Council Consolidator Grant, and recently received an ERC Proof of Concept grant (DeepSpacePulse) aimed at assessing the feasibility of an X-ray Pulsar Navigation system.

Awards and recognition

Selected publications

Memberships

External links

Interviews, public outreach

  • Interview for the Catalan Newspaper Diari ARA (2024)
  • Writer of the book "El Universo" published for Schakleton Books (2023)
  • Creator of the short-video "Pulsars: A Tale of Cosmic Clocks" (2022)
  • RTVE Interview − (2020):
  • Catalan Television TV3 Interview − Més324 (2020):
  • Radio Nacional de España 4 − De boca a Orella (2019) -
  • Radio Nacional de España Clasica − Longitud de Onda (2018):
  • National Spanish Television − Lab 24 (2018):
  • Catalan Television TV3 Interview − Més324 (2018):

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