Thaisa Storchi Bergmann (born 19 December 1955) is a Brazilian
astrophysicist working at the
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul ( pt, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS) is a Brazilian public federal research university based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. UFRGS is among the largest and highest-rated univers ...
in
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...
, Brazil. She won the
Women in Science Award in 2015 for her work on
supermassive black holes.
Career
In 2004 she was one of the most cited Brazilian scientists.
In 2004 she edited, together with Drs. Luis C. Ho and H. R. Schmitt, the book ''The Interplay among Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei,'' proceedings of the 222nd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union.
In 2009 she joined the
Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
In 2010, she edited, together with Drs. Bradley M. Peterson and Rachel S. Somerville, the book ''Co-evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies,'' proceedings of the 267th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union.
In 2011 she joined
The World Academy of Sciences
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) is a merit-based science academy established for developing countries, uniting 1,000 scientists in some 70 countries. Its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable devel ...
.
In 2015 she received the
L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science for the Latin America region. The award cited her "outstanding work on
super-massive black holes in the centers of galaxies and their associated regions of dense gas, dust, and young stars surrounding them, as well as their role in the
evolution of galaxies."
2015 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
Arnold Hou, 2 April 2015, WomenOfChina.cn, retrieved 4 April 2015
In 2018, she received, from the Brazilian government, the National Medal of Scientific Merit
Medalha Nacional do Merito Cientifico
.
In 2018, she has been nominated President of th
Commission X1 of the International Astronomical Union, on ''Supermassive Black Holes, Feedback and Galaxy Evolution''
References
External links
*http://www.if.ufrgs.br/~thaisa/
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1955 births
People from Caxias do Sul
Brazilian astrophysicists
Living people
Academic staff of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Brazilian women scientists
Brazilian scientists
21st-century women scientists
Members of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science laureates