Marco Bersanelli

Associate Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Milan

Milan, Italy

Marco Bersanelli is Associate Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Milan, where he does research in cosmology. He is particularly interested in observations of the cosmic microwave background, the relic radiation from the early universe. After graduating from the University of Milan (1986), Professor Bersanelli worked as a Visiting Scholar at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, and then at the Istituto di Fisica Cosmica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milan, as Senior Scientist. He participated in a number of experiments in cosmology, including two expeditions to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. Professor Bersanelli is Instrument Scientist and a member of the Science Team of the Planck Surveyor space mission, the European Space Agency project studying the early universe. He has given many public seminars, coordinated public exhibits, and published essays exploring the links between science and religion and is the author of Solo lo stupore conosce (Milan: Rizzoli, 2003) about the human adventure of scientific research. Professor Bersanelli is President of Euresis, a scientific and cultural association promoting cultural debate and interdisciplinary dialog on frontier topics in crucial areas of scientific research.