Irene Tamborra

Irene Tamborra is a Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute (University of Copenhagen) and leads the Particle Astrophysics group. She holds the Mercator Fellow visiting professorship at the Max Planck Institutes for Physics and Astrophysics in Garching, Germany. Her research bridges astrophysics and particle physics, focusing on multi-messenger astronomy through neutrinos, gravitational waves, and photons.

Current research themes include:

• Stellar explosions (supernovae, gamma-ray bursts)
• Neutrino flavor evolution in extreme environments
• Physics beyond the Standard Model using astrophysical probes
• Nucleosynthesis of heavy elements

Recent work (2024-2025) explores neutrino production mechanisms in compact transients, fast flavor instabilities, and multi-messenger signatures of stellar collapses. She collaborates extensively with institutions in Germany, Spain, and the US.

Scientific awards:

• MERAC Prize (European Astronomical Society)
• Duggal Award (IUPAP)
• ERC Consolidator Award

She leads the Particle Astrophysics group at the Niels Bohr Institute and contributes to supernova neutrino theory, neutrino quantum kinetics, and cosmic accelerators analysis.