A Natural History of the Milky Way

Cristina Chiappini is a research scientist at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste. Aside from her theoretical work on the Milky Way’s formation, she also observes planetary nebulae to trace their contribution to the Galaxy’s chemical evolution. When she’s not doing research, she enjoys dancing and traveling, especially between Italy and Brazil and the United States.

Francesca Matteucci received a degree in Physics at the University of Rome ＂La Sapienza＂ in 1976, with her thesis titled ＂A Numerical Model for the Evolution of a Supernove Remnant.＂ She did her Post-Degree fellowship at the National Council of Research (CNR) on the subject of chemical and dynamical evolution of galazies at the Department of Astronomy of Padova University.