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Marisa Girardi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Trieste. She serves as a member of the Department's Board, multiple Boards of Studies, and Doctoral Studies Boards across various program cycles (XXIX through XXXIX). Her academic position and research activities indicate her as a prominent figure in astrophysics at the institution.
Dr. Girardi's research focuses on galaxy clusters as cosmic laboratories for investigating fundamental astrophysical questions:
- Studying galaxy clusters as the largest bound structures in the Universe
- Investigating the nature of Dark Matter and Dark Energy through cluster observations
- Examining chemical evolution of the Universe and cosmic structure formation
- Analyzing plasma physics on cosmological scales and relativistic particle acceleration
Her observational research utilizes optical band data from member galaxies and X-ray band data from the intracluster medium. Current research programs include the DARC (Dynamic Analysis of Radio Clusters) project, mass distribution studies using the Very Large Telescope (program 186.A-0798), and investigating the origin of fossil groups through the FOGO International Time Program.
Dr. Girardi is actively involved in major international collaborations:
- Member of the Euclid Consortium (ESA mission for Dark Energy investigation)
- Participant in the National Centre for HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing
- Contributor to the EMC2 - Euclid Mission Cluster Cosmology project
She serves on Doctoral Studies Boards for Physics programs across multiple cycles and maintains an active research webpage where she advertises PhD and Master Thesis opportunities in her field of expertise.
