Barbara Ercolano is an Italian astrophysicist known for her work on interstellar dust, star formation, and protoplanetary disks. She is the Professor for Theoretical Astrophysics in the University Observatory Munich [de] at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.[1]

Ercolano is originally from Naples, and studied astrophysics at University College London. After postdoctoral research at University College London, the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and the University of Cambridge, she became a lecturer in astrophysics at the University of Exeter. She moved to the University of Munich as a professor in 2010.[2]

Ercolano is the 2010 winner of the Fowler Award in Astronomy of the Royal Astronomical Society.[3]

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  1. ^ Prof. Dr. Barbara Ercolano, The International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics, retrieved 2019-09-04
  2. ^ Bio: Barbara Ercolano, retrieved 2019-09-04
  3. ^ Previous Fowler Award winners (Astronomy) (PDF), Royal Astronomical Society, retrieved 2019-09-04

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