Marica Branchesi - Curriculum Vitae#

CURRENT POSITION

• 2021 Full Professor in Astrophysics at GSSI
  
• 2023 CNRS Fellow Ambassador
  
• 2022 Socio Corrispondente of Accademia dei Lincei

PREVIOUS STAFF POSITIONS

• 2020 - 2021 Associate Professor in Astrophysics at GSSI
  
• 2017 - 2020 Assistant Professor in Astrophysics at GSSI
  
• 2013 - 2017 Temporary Research Staff at the Urbino University

EDUCATION

• 2006 Ph.D. in Astronomy at the Bologna University and INAF
  
• 2002 Master Degree in Astronomy at Bologna University

MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES (from 2017)

• Italian Research Institutions
  
  • 2023 Member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Space Agency
    
  • 2020 - 2024 Elected President of the Scientific Council of Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
    

• International Institutions
  • 2025 Member of Einstein Telescope Board of Governmental Representatives
    
  • Member of the Senior Science Committee of the ESO Expanding Horizons
    
  • 2022 Member of the Scientific Council of the Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg
    
  • 2021 Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Perimeter Institute
    
  • 2020 Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of APPEC
    
  • 2019 - 2024 Member of the DESY Astroparticle Physics Committee
    
  • 2017 - 2021 Member of the Gravitational Wave International Committee (GWIC)
    
  • Elected President of IAU commission D1 - “Gravitational Wave Astrophysics” and member of the Steering Committee of Division D High Energy Phenomena

• Research Collaborations
  • 2021 Chair of the Observational Science Board of Einstein Telescope collaboration
    
  • 2022 Member of the Einstein Telescope Executive Board
    
  • 2019 Member of Steering Committee of the Virgo collaboration
    
  • 2018 Founding Member of the ENGRAVE consortium and member of the Governing Council
    

MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

Member of Accademia dei Lincei, European Astronomical Society, Società Italiana della Fisica, Società Italiana di Relatività Generale, IAU

MAIN COMPETITIVE PROJECTS

• 2024 Co-proposer of the project ACME funded with 14.5 M€ by Horizon Europe
  
• 2022 Principal Investigator of the PRIN METE funded by MUR with 727 k€
  
• 2020 Co-proposer of the project Integrated AHEAD2020 funded by Horizon2020 with 10 M€
  
• 2013 Principal Investigator in the FIRB research project funded by MIUR with 958.49 k€

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• 74 invited or keynote talks and 2 solicited talks at International conferences and workshops.
  
• Speaker in the panel of 6 scientists who announced GW170817 at the NSF international press-release
  
• 42 invited seminars at international Institutes and Universities

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

Member of the SOC of more than 50 international workshops, conferences, symposia, and 7 astrophysical schools

PUBLICATIONS

• 294 refereed publications in peer reviewed journals
  
• Total citations: 104035 and h-index: 108