Popular Conference.

Speakers: Paola Catapano (scientific journalist ) and Patrizia Caraveo (astrophysicist).

Biography

Patrizia Caraveo is Senior Research Scientist at INAF and was Director of the Institute of Space Astrophysics and Cosmic Physics of Milano. For her contributions to the understanding of the high-energy emission from neutron stars in 2009 Patrizia received the ”Premio Nazionale Presidente della Repubblica” and, in 2021,the Enrico Fermi Prize of the “Società Italiana di Fisica”. In 2014 Patrizia entered the list of Highly Cited Researchers and received the Outstanding Achievement Award from “Women in Aerospace Europe”. In 2017 she was appointed “ Commendatore dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana”. In 2025 Patrizia was elected President of the “Società Astronomica Italiana”. She belongs to the “ Gruppo 2003” for scientific research and to “100 donne contro gli stereotipi” (100 Women against Stereotypes).

Paola Catapano is scientific comunicator at CERN in Geneva and multilingual scientific journalist  (Master at SISSA), author and producer of  multimedia contents for communication, television host, writer and inspirational speaker, sailor and science adventurer. Paola collaborates with the monthly magazine “Newton”, “Tuttoscienze” the weekly insert of “la Stampa”, as well as with RAI 3, RAI Educational, Raistoria, Rai International and La Sette. Paola took part as television documentary maker to scientific to extreme places, such as Antarctica, the Arctic, the high plateau of Atacama,  Patagonia, Galapagos Islands and the Amazon rain forest.