Platania Paola

She graduated with a degree in Physics from the University of Milan, where she also completed her PhD.

She worked in the Observational Cosmology group led by Prof. Bersanelli as part of the European Space Agency’s Planck space mission. Since 2009, she has been a researcher at the Institute for Plasma Science and Technology of the CNR in Milan, where she carries out research in the field of nuclear fusion, in particular by participating in the construction of the ITER experimental fusion reactor.

She is a member of the EUROFusion Public Information Group and the communications liaison for the Institute for Plasma Science and Technology within the CNR’s Communications Unit.

She is actively involved in science outreach, organising visits to schools of all levels, running programmes on cross-curricular skills and career guidance for sixth-form students, and taking part in science festivals and CNR open days.