Nanda Rea

Nanda Rea
Born	Rome, Italy
Education	University of Rome Tor Vergata (BA and MSc) National Italian Institute for Astrophysics and Netherlands Institute for Space Research (PhD)
Known for	High energy astrophysics Galactic compact objects Neutron stars and black holes Pulsars, Magnetars
Children	3
Awards	Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia (2021)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics, astrophysics
Institutions	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Nanda Rea is a scientist in the field of astrophysics, currently based in Barcelona, Spain working as a research professor for the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya.

Education and career

Nanda Rea was born in Rome from an iItalo-Argentinian father and an Iranian mother. She studied Physics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, and specialised in Astrophysics at the end of her Master studies. In 2004, while pursuing her PhD at the National Italian Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), she moved to The Netherlands with an EU Marie Curie fellowship, aimed at training young students to mobility within Europe. She joined the Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON) where she graduated and then continued working until 2007. Thanks to an NWO VENI Fellowship she worked at the University of Amsterdam until 2009, when moved to Spain with a Ramón y Cajal Fellowship.[1] Between 2012 and 2016 she moved back to The Netherlands as a Research Group Leader at the University of Amsterdam with a VIDI NWO Award. Since 2016 she is a staff scientist at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC),[2], and since mid-2022 she is Full Professor at CSIC. She has a large group founded by an H2020 European Research Council Consolidator Grant [3], and recently received an ERC Proof of Concept grant (DeepSpacePulse) [4] aimed at assessing the feasibility of an X-ray Pulsar Navigation system.

Awards and recognition

• First Prize for Science in Action [5] for the short film "Pulsars: A Tale of Cosmic Clocks" (2022) [6]
• Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy (2021) [7]
• Award for Science and Engineer from Banco Sabadell Foundation (2020) [8]
• Award from the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences for female scientists in Physics and Chemistry (2019) [9]
• National Catalan Award for Young Scientific Researchers (2017) [10]
• International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Young Scientist Prize for Astrophysics (2014) [11]
• Zeldovich Medal from COSPAR and Russian Academy of Science (2014)[12]

Selected publications

• "The NewAthena mission concept in the context of the next decade of X-ray astronomy" - The Athena SRDT Team, 2024, Nature Astronomy
• "The X-ray mysteries of neutron stars and white dwarfs" - Nanda Rea & Norbert Schartel, 2024, Nature Astronomy
• "Neutron-star measurements in the multi-messenger Era" - Stefano Ascenzi, Vanessa Graber & Nanda Rea, 2024, Astroparticle Physics invited review
• "Fifty years of pulsar astrophysics" – Rea N., 2017, Nature Astronomy (CSIC Press Release)
• "Magnetar-like activity from the Central Compact Object in the SNR RCW103" – Rea N., Borghese A., Esposito P., et al. 2016, The Astrophysical Journal Letters (NASA Press Release)
• "Neutron stars hidden nuclear pasta" – Rea N. 2015, Physics Today
• "A strongly magnetized pulsar within the grasp of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole" – Rea N., Esposito P., Pons J. A., et al. 2013, The Astrophysical Journal Letters (NASA Press Releases)
• "A low-magnetic field Soft Gamma Repeater" – Rea N., Esposito P., Turolla R. et al. 2010, Science (ESA Press Release, NASA Press Releases)
• "Resonant cyclotron scattering in magnetars' emission – Rea N., Zane S., Turolla R., Lyutikov M. & Gotz D. 2008, The Astrophysical Journal (ESA Press Release)

Memberships

• European Space Agency Einstein Probe Team[13] (2024–present)
• European Space Agency NewAthena Science Study Team[14] (2024–present)
• European Southern Observatory Expanding Horizons Senior Science Committee[15] (2024–present)
• IAU Division D Steering Committee[16] (2021–present)
• European Space Agency Astronomy Working Group (2018–2020)[17]
• Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Transient and Pulsars working groups (2018–present)[18]
• COST PHAROS Action Chair (2017–2023)[19]
• Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) Users Committee (2012–2014)

External links

Interviews, public outreach

• Interview for the Catalan Newspaper Diari ARA (2024) [20]
• Writer of the book "El Universo" [21] published for Schakleton Books (2023) [22]
• Creator of the short-video "Pulsars: A Tale of Cosmic Clocks" (2022) [6]
• RTVE Interview − (2020): "Noms propis - Nanda Rea". 18 December 2020.
• Catalan Television TV3 Interview − Més324 (2020): "Entrevista a Nanda Rea astrofísica, guanyadora del Premi Fundació Banc Sabadell a les Ciències i l'Enginyeria".
• Radio Nacional de España 4 − De boca a Orella (2019) - "Nanda Rea ens obre les portes de l'astrofísica i l'ofici espacial". 29 March 2019.
• Radio Nacional de España Clasica − Longitud de Onda (2018): "Nanda Rea: entre la astrofisica y la musica". November 2018.
• National Spanish Television − Lab 24 (2018): "Entrevista a Nanda Rea: Faros del universo". 30 May 2018.
• Catalan Television TV3 Interview − Més324 (2018): "Entrevista a Nanda Rea, doctora en astrofísica guardonada amb el Premi Nacional de Recerca 2017 al Talent Jove de la Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovació".

References

1. "Dr. Nanda Rea - AcademiaNet".
2. "Members of the Department - Institute of Space Sciences (IEEC-CSIC)". Archived from the original on 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
3. https://erc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/file/erc_2018_cog_results_all_domains.pdf ^[bare URL PDF]
4. "DeepSpace ERC PoC".
5. "Home - Ciencia en Acción".
6. "Pulsars: A Tale of Cosmic Clocks". YouTube. 14 July 2022.
7. "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana".
8. "Nanda Rea wins the 4th Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for science and Engineer". 9 June 2020.
9. "Lavanguardia: Premio FRACE and Mastercard for female scientists". 30 October 2019.
10. "La musica de las estrellas: Nanda Rea, Premio Nacional de Investigación al Talento Joven". 14 October 2018.
11. "IUPAP Prize for Astrophysics to Nanda Rea".
12. "ESA Science & Technology - Award for European scientist who solved a magnetic mystery". sci.esa.int.
13. "EP Team Membership".
14. "NewATHENA Team Membership - Athena - Cosmos".
15. "ESO Horizon SSC Membership".
16. "IAU Div D".
17. "AWG Members - AWG - Cosmos". AWG.
18. "Transients".
19. "Home". pharos.ice.csic.es.
20. "Nanda Rea: "Farem un GPS interestel·lar perquè les naus puguin viatjar a l'espai profund"". 20 July 2024.
21. "EL UNIVERSO | | Casa del Libro". 12 June 2023.
22. "Shackleton Books". shackletonbooks.com.