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Guy Consolmagno SJ Director, Vatican Observatory
He is a native of Detroit, Michigan, received SB and SM degrees from MIT, and
earned his PhD in Planetary Sciences from the University of Arizona in 1978. He
studies the connections between meteorites and asteroids, and he has published
more than 200 scientific publications as well as six popular astronomy books. In
2014, he received the Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society,
Division for Planetary Sciences, for excellence in public communication in planetary sciences.
Christopher Corbally SJ Astronomer
Vatican Observatory
He principally uses spectroscopy to investigate the evolution of stars (single, multiple, and peculiar), and he is coauthor for the comprehensive volume, Stellar
Spectral Classification. He was the Project Scientist for the Vatican Advanced
Technology Telescope (VATT) on Mount Graham, Arizona. A longtime interest in
interdisciplinary questions has led to his coauthorship of the recent book, The
Emergence of Religion in Human Evolution.
Ilaria Ermolli Research astronomer
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Monte Porzio Catone (Rome), Italy
Her research interests span many aspects of solar magnetism and activity, with a
focus on the solar irradiance variability, solar-terrestrial physics, and imaging of the
solar atmosphere. She has been contributing with leading responsibilities to several
national and international research projects, including 4 FP7 and 3 H2020 projects
that have received funding from the European Union. She was member of the management core team of the COST Action ES1005 TOSCA (towards a more complete
assessment of the impact of solar variability on the Earth’s climate). Her research
aims at advancing the high-resolution solar physics and the reconstruction of the
solar magnetic field evolution over the past centuries.
Matteo Galaverni Astronomer, INAF-OAS Bologna, Italy
Also: Adjoint scholar at Vatican Observatory
He is working in Theoretical Cosmology (Cosmic Microwave Background polarization, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy) and Astroparticle Physics (ultrahigh- energy
cosmic rays and phenomenological tests of physics beyond the Standard Model).
He is also interested in scientific divulgation, education, and public outreach (in
particular Cosmology and Astrophysics).
About the Contributors
Guy Consolmagno SJ Director, Vatican Observatory
He is a native of Detroit, Michigan, received SB and SM degrees from MIT, and
earned his PhD in Planetary Sciences from the University of Arizona in 1978. He
studies the connections between meteorites and asteroids, and he has published
more than 200 scientific publications as well as six popular astronomy books. In
2014, he received the Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society,
Division for Planetary Sciences, for excellence in public communication in planetary sciences.
Christopher Corbally SJ Astronomer
Vatican Observatory
He principally uses spectroscopy to investigate the evolution of stars (single, multiple, and peculiar), and he is coauthor for the comprehensive volume, Stellar
Spectral Classification. He was the Project Scientist for the Vatican Advanced
Technology Telescope (VATT) on Mount Graham, Arizona. A longtime interest in
interdisciplinary questions has led to his coauthorship of the recent book, The
Emergence of Religion in Human Evolution.
Ilaria Ermolli Research astronomer
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Monte Porzio Catone (Rome), Italy
Her research interests span many aspects of solar magnetism and activity, with a
focus on the solar irradiance variability, solar-terrestrial physics, and imaging of the
solar atmosphere. She has been contributing with leading responsibilities to several
national and international research projects, including 4 FP7 and 3 H2020 projects
that have received funding from the European Union. She was member of the management core team of the COST Action ES1005 TOSCA (towards a more complete
assessment of the impact of solar variability on the Earth’s climate). Her research
aims at advancing the high-resolution solar physics and the reconstruction of the
solar magnetic field evolution over the past centuries.
Matteo Galaverni Astronomer, INAF-OAS Bologna, Italy
Also: Adjoint scholar at Vatican Observatory
He is working in Theoretical Cosmology (Cosmic Microwave Background polarization, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy) and Astroparticle Physics (ultrahigh- energy
cosmic rays and phenomenological tests of physics beyond the Standard Model).
He is also interested in scientific divulgation, education, and public outreach (in
particular Cosmology and Astrophysics).
About the Contributors