Carola Dobrigkeit was the first woman to hold a position at the Gleb Wataghin Institute of Physics within the Department of Cosmic Rays and Chronology at Unicamp, where she dedicated her career to the exploration of the cosmic rays, the most energetic particles of the Universe. Explore her life in this “Building from Diversity” article.
Despite the low representation of women in astronomy in the 60s, Sandra Faber pursued her deep interest in the field and became one of the most prominent figures of contemporary astronomy.
“Enrique is blind and an astronomer, or rather, Enrique is a blind astronomer. A living oxymoron.” Enrique Pérez lost his sight years ago, but that didn’t stop him from exploring the Universe: he kept working in the field and became a leader in science and outreach. Read about how Enrique Pérez is making astronomy accessible to people with visual impairment and how he is influencing scientists and science communicators around the world in this “Building from Diversity” article.
In this article of the second edition of the Building from Diversity series, we delve into a lesser-know story about Marie Curie: how she came across Cherenkov light, fundamental for the operation of the CTAO telescopes, albeit unknowingly.
The first article of the second edition of the Building from Diversity series features Katherine Johnson, an American mathematician whose work at NACA/NASA were fundamental to the success of several crewed spaceflights.
On 8 February 2023 at 18:30 CET, the CTAO will broadcast live the fifth edition of the “Women of CTA” event through the CTAO YouTube and Facebook channels, in recognition of the United Nations’ International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
In the eleventh article of the CTAO’s “Building from Diversity” series, Marianna Giustino, MSc. Student in Physics at the Collegio Universitario Luciano Fonda, presents the life and achievements of the brilliant Chien-Shiung Wu, nicknamed “The Queen of Nuclear Research” for her undoubtely valuable contributions in the field.
In the tenth article of the CTAO’s “Building from Diversity” series, Atreyee Sinha (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) and Ritam Sinha (University of Jerusalem) delve into the life and achievements of Bibha Chowdhuri, first Indian woman to pursue a Ph.D. in physics, whose work on extensive air showers paved the way to our field nowadays.
In the ninth article of the CTAO’s “Building from Diversity” series, Isabel Márquez and Josefa Masegosa (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, IAA, Spain) shares the story of Mirjana Pović and the impact of her academic and societal contributions in Africa.
In the eight article of the CTAO’s “Building from Diversity” series, Elisa Prandini (researcher at the University of Padova, Italy) delves into the professional life, achievements and legacy that Milla Baldo, first woman to become a full professor at Padua University, left on the particle physics field.