Lilia Ferrario

Lilia Ferrario is a Professor and Director of the Mathematical Sciences Institute at the Australian National University (ANU). She holds a PhD in Theoretical Astrophysics from ANU (awarded April 20, 1990) and has established herself as a leading researcher in compact stellar objects and magnetic phenomena in stars.

Her research focuses on white dwarf physics (100% fingerprint match), magnetic field physics (45%), neutron stars (23%), cataclysmic variables (15%), and millisecond pulsars (15%). She specializes in compact stars including white dwarfs, neutron stars, pulsars and magnetars, with particular expertise in fluid mechanical problems related to accretion in binary stars, radiation transfer effects, and modeling of cyclotron radiation from magnetic cataclysmic variables.

Her recent publications show consistent focus on white dwarf systems, magnetic field origins, and binary star evolution. She has published in top journals including Nature, Nature Astronomy, and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, with significant citation impact (h-index of 32, 3378 total citations).

• Magnetic White Dwarfs review (2015) - 310 citations
• Binary star origin of high field magnetic white dwarfs (2008) - 200 citations
• Magnetism in isolated and binary white dwarfs review (2000) - 337 citations

Professor Ferrario has supervised numerous research projects, including theoretical modeling of spectropolarimetric observations of magnetic white dwarfs and computational research infrastructure for mathematical sciences. Her work bridges theoretical astrophysics with observational constraints, contributing significantly to our understanding of stellar magnetism and compact object evolution.