Biermann Award goes to Cecilia Scannapieco
Dr Cecilia Scannapieco.
Credit: AIPCecilia Scannapieco, currently working at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), is awarded with the Ludwig Biermann Award of the Astronomische Gesellschaft (AG). The award ceremony takes place in Hamburg on September 25, 2012.
Cecilia Scannapieco was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied Physics at the University of Buenos Aires, from where she obtained her PhD in 2006. Scannapieco's field of expertise is the study of the formation and evolution of galaxies using hydrodynamical cosmological simulations. Her research is focused on the baryonic processes responsible of shaping galaxies and their relation with the cosmological environment at larger scales.
The Ludwig Biermann Award was established in 1988 by the Astronomische Gesellschaft to be awarded in recognition of outstanding young astronomers. The award consists of financing a scientific stay at an institution of the recipient's choice. It is named after the astronomer Ludwig Biermann (1907-1986).
Dr Cecilia Scannapieco.
Credit: AIPCecilia Scannapieco, currently working at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), is awarded with the Ludwig Biermann Award of the Astronomische Gesellschaft (AG). The award ceremony takes place in Hamburg on September 25, 2012.
Cecilia Scannapieco was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied Physics at the University of Buenos Aires, from where she obtained her PhD in 2006. Scannapieco's field of expertise is the study of the formation and evolution of galaxies using hydrodynamical cosmological simulations. Her research is focused on the baryonic processes responsible of shaping galaxies and their relation with the cosmological environment at larger scales.
The Ludwig Biermann Award was established in 1988 by the Astronomische Gesellschaft to be awarded in recognition of outstanding young astronomers. The award consists of financing a scientific stay at an institution of the recipient's choice. It is named after the astronomer Ludwig Biermann (1907-1986).
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Dr Cecilia Scannapieco.
