Patrizia Ferrero

Patrizia Ferrero has a diverse professional background, currently serving as a Technical Sales representative at VACOM Vakuum Komponenten & Messtechnik GmbH since September 2021. Prior experience includes a role as a Diode-pumped solid-state laser developer at LASOS Lasertechnik GmbH and a short tenure as a teacher of Italian as a foreign/second language at Bocconcini di Cultura e.V. Patrizia's academic journey in astrophysics includes post-doctoral research positions at Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, focusing on data analysis of gamma-ray bursts and galaxies. Patrizia holds a Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics from Friedrich Schiller University Jena, complemented by a Master's degree in teaching Italian to foreigners and a Master's degree in Astronomy from the University of Bologna.