Rebecca Ghidoni, a fellow at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), is the winner of the competition for young researchers. held during the opening day of the Italian Society of Radio Sciences – URSI Italia APS, held at the Marconi Hall of the National Research Council (CNR) in Rome.
The event, entitled “Beyond the Spark: New Frontiers in RadioScience”, was organized with the support of the Marconi 150th National Committee.
During the day the Special Session of Young Researchers, which included the competition inspired by the 3MinutesThesis (3MT®) competition, “My Research and Marconi's Legacy”, aimed at young researchers and PhD students under 35.
Rebecca Ghidoni took first place presenting his doctoral thesis, funded by the INGV and based at the University of Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum.
In his speech, Ghidoni illustrated how the radio signals used in radio astronomy can be used as an innovative tool for studying the ionosphere.
The research, based on data from the European radio telescope LOFAR, proposes a change of perspective that transforms ionospheric distortions, traditionally considered a disturbance, into a source of information for understanding the physical processes of the circumterrestrial medium, even in extreme conditions such as geomagnetic storms.
The research work presented by Rebecca Ghidoni at the young researchers competition is part of the scientific legacy of Guglielmo Marconi, confirming the strategic role of radio science in the study of the Earth system and near-Earth space.
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National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV)
Italian Society of Radio Sciences – URSI Italia APS
