From numbers to stars: the International Astronomical Union Award assigned to Irene De Blasi, researcher in the Department of Mathematics
The title of her thesis is Dynamics and stability in Celestial Mechanics: from galactic billiards to Nekhoroshev estimates and it was chosen among the papers proposed by candidates from all over the world, for the very high quality of the research conducted and the excellence of the scientific results obtained in the field of astrophysics; the IAU's mission is promoting astronomy in all its aspects (including research, communication, education and development) through international cooperation.
The IAU PhD Award recognizes the outstanding scientific achievements of doctoral students in astronomy from around the world. Each of the IAU's nine divisions gives an award to the nominee it believes has done the most notable work in the previous year.
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Irene De Blasi is a young mathematician who arrived in Turin to attend the PhD in Pure and Applied Mathematics and subsequently joined the Celestial Mechanics group led by Susanna Terracini .
Her field of research continues to extend into the study of dynamic systems for Celestial Mechanics, and to the study of the orbital stability of satellites which continues and complements that of a particular type of dynamic system, called galactic billiards , created for the purpose of study the motion of a particle in an elliptical galaxy with a black hole inside it.
On last March, Irene De Blasi was also elected member of the EMS Young Academy (EMYA) , the Academy of the European Mathematical Society which brings together the best of European mathematics among the young generations.