Biography:Graziella Branduardi-Raymont
Graziella Branduardi-Raymont | |
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Born | Graziella Branduardi |
Nationality | Italian |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy Planetary Science |
Institutions | Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (1977-1979) University College London Mullard Space Science Laboratory (1979-2023) |
Graziella Branduardi-Raymont ( - 3 November 2023[1][2]) was an Italian physicist. She was a professor at University College London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL).
Biography
Branduardi-Raymont obtained a degree in Physics from the University of Milan in 1973, and in 1974 began studying for a PhD at University College London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL).[3] She finished her PhD in X-ray Astronomy in 1977 and subsequently moved to the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.
She returned to MSSL in 1979 as a Research Assistant before achieving lecturership in 1987 and becoming a Reader in Astronomy in 1992. During the 1990s she took on the role of MSSL Project Manager for the Digital Electronics of the Reflection Grating Spectrometer flying onboard ESA's XMM-Newton mission. In 2009, she was appointed Professor of Space Astronomy.[4] At the time of her death, her research was focused on planetary X-ray emission alongside her role as Co-PI for the joint ESA - Chinese Academy of Sciences SMILE mission that is scheduled to launch in 2024.[5][6]
Research interests
Branduardi-Raymont's research interests[7] included:
- X-ray binaries
- X-ray background
- Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
- Planetary X-ray emission
Space missions
- Co-Investigator of the Reflection Grating Spectrometer on the ESA XMM-Newton mission.[citation needed]
- Co-Principal Investigator of the ESA - CAS SMILE mission.[citation needed]
See also
- List of women in leadership positions on astronomical instrumentation projects
References
- ↑ "Graziella Branduardi-Raymont". MSSL. 10 November 2023. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/news/2023/nov/graziella-branduardi-raymont.
- ↑ "Graziella Branduardi-Raymont obituary". https://www.the-athena-x-ray-observatory.eu/en/blog/graziella-branduardi-raymont-obituary.
- ↑ "Graziella Branduardi-Raymont". https://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/jobs/careers/gbr.shtml.
- ↑ "Graziella Branduardi-Raymont". https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=GBRAN40.
- ↑ "SMILE Mission: Chief and Project Scientist". CAS. http://english.cssar.cas.cn/smile/cs/.
- ↑ "SMILE Mission: Overview". CAS. http://english.cssar.cas.cn/smile/overview/.
- ↑ "Prof Graziella Branduardi Raymont". 20 November 2018. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/people/prof-graziella-branduardi-raymont.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graziella Branduardi-Raymont.
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