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Barbara Catinella is a Professor and Senior Principal Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, based at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research. Originally from Italy, she completed her undergraduate studies in Physics and obtained a PhD in Astronomy from Cornell University in 2005. Her dissertation focused on the internal kinematics of disk galaxies in the local universe. Afterward, she held postdoctoral positions at prominent institutions such as the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany. In 2013, she relocated to Melbourne to join the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University of Technology as an ARC Future Fellow. In 2015, she returned to Perth to take on roles at ICRAR, progressing from ARC Future Fellow to full Professor by 2023, leading research on local universe phenomena. Her work is recognized for significant contributions to understanding the role of cold gas in galaxies, leveraging massive radio telescopes to probe star formation processes. Catinella is also active in international collaborations and leads several major research surveys, contributing to an enhanced understanding of galaxy evolution.
University of Western Australia • Perth, Australia
Leading research in galaxy evolution and cold gas interactions.
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