Patrizia Rossi

Patrizia Rossi is a Research Professor of Physics at George Washington University and holds roles as Deputy Associate Director for Nuclear Physics at Jefferson Lab (JLab), Research Director at Frascati National Laboratories of INFN-Italy (on leave), and Adjunct Researcher. She earned her PhD in Physics from the University of Rome (Italy) in 1986.

Her research focuses on hadron and nuclear physics, studying nucleon structure and the strong interaction through QCD. Recent work includes transverse momentum parton distribution functions and experimental collaborations at JLab, DESY, ESRF, and Frascati. She contributed to detector advancements like the CLAS12 RICH detector and electromagnetic calorimeters.

Prof. Rossi has authored over 200 journal papers and presented at ~100 conferences. She serves on committees including the US Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC), European Physical Journal A (EPJA) editorial board, and GSI-FAIR Strategy Board. She has advised numerous undergraduate, PhD, and postdoctoral researchers.