Sara Salimbeni

Dr. Sara Salimbeni is a physicist and astronomer whose interests span from the evolution of galaxies to the gender dynamics in science classrooms. Her astronomical research focuses on the physical mechanisms that trigger and shut down star formation in galaxies and drive galaxies’ stellar mass assembly through cosmic time.

Motivated by her personal experience and the small number of women in the fields of physics and astronomy, she pursued and earned a master’s degree in teaching for social justice, which informs her classroom teaching.