Silvia Leurini
- Role:
- Senior Researcher
- Phone:
- 070 71180244
- E-mail:
- silvia.leurini@inaf.it
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Anagrafica Professionale
Researcher in the Physics of the Interstellar Medium and Star Formation group. Research interests: My scientific activities are related to the formation and early evolution of massive young stellar objects and proto-clusters in our Galaxy; I am also interested in investigating the impact of massive young stellar objects and proto-clusters on their natal environment.
My activity focuses primarily on providing observational constraints and tests to theories and models of star formation at wavelengths from the radio to the far-IR. Research positions: Previously, I was an astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn working in the Millimeter and Submillimeter group and before that an ESO-ALMA fellow based in Garching.
I obtained my PhD in 2004 from the University of Bonn, working with Prof. K. Menten and Prof. P. Schilke on “Methanol: a diagnostic tool for star formation”.