Stefano Bianchi

Stefano Bianchi is an Italian astrophysicist who is currently an Associate Professor at the Mathematics and Physics Department of Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Rome, Italy. He is an INAF Associate and an IAU Member.

Education and career
Bianchi's research interests include different aspects of high-energy astrophysics, focusing on black holes, Active Galactic Nuclei, and X-ray Binaries. He is a member of the NASA/ASI IXPE Science Team and of the ESA XMM-Newton Users' Group. He is involved in the science definition of the future ESA missions Athena and LISA. He has translated three popular science books into Italian.

Main awards

 * Bruno Rossi Prize 2024, as a member of the IXPE Team
 * "Città di Monselice" award for Scientific Translation (2007)

Memberships

 * European Space Agency XMM-Newton Users' Group (2019–present)
 * Review Editor for Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
 * Editorial Board Member for Galaxies
 * Member of the IXPE Science Team
 * Member of the IAU

Books and articles
Bianchi has translated three popular science books into Italian.


 * Hans Christian von Baeyer,, traduzione di Stefano Bianchi, collana La Scienza Nuova, edizioni Dedalo, 2005, p. 296, ISBN 978-88-220-0226-6
 * Tom Siegfried, L'Universo strano. Idee al confine dello spazio-tempo, traduzione di Stefano Bianchi, collana La Scienza Nuova, edizioni Dedalo, 2007, p. 352, ISBN 978-88-220-0232-7
 * Dan Hooper, Il lato oscuro dell'universo. Dove si nascondono energia e materia, traduzione di Stefano Bianchi, collana La Scienza Nuova, edizioni Dedalo, 2008, p. 240, ISBN 978-88-220-0241-9