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Thaisa Storchi Bergmann

Thaisa Storchi Bergmann is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Thaisa Storchi Bergmann rather than just read about it. In short: Thaisa Storchi Bergmann (born 19 December 1955) is a Brazilian astrophysicist working at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil. She won the Women in Science Award in 2015 for her work on supermassive black holes.

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Reference excerpt

Thaisa Storchi Bergmann (born 19 December 1955) is a Brazilian astrophysicist working at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil. She won the Women in Science Award in 2015 for her work on supermassive black holes.

Career In 2004, along with Luis C. Ho and H. R. Schmitt, she edited the book The Interplay among Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei, proceedings of the 222nd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union. In 2015, she received the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science for the Latin America region. The award cited her "outstanding work on super-massive black holes in the centers of galaxies and their associated regions of dense gas, dust, and young stars surrounding them, as well as their role in the evolution of galaxies." In 2018, she received the National Medal of Scientific Merit from the Brazilian government. In 2018, she was nominated President of the Commission X1 of the International Astronomical Union, on Supermassive Black Holes, Feedback and Galaxy Evolution.

References

External links http://www.if.ufrgs.br/~thaisa/ Thaisa Storchi Bergmann publications indexed by Google Scholar

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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In research: Thaisa Storchi Bergmann appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Thaisa Storchi Bergmann in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Thaisa Storchi Bergmann is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1955 births, 21st-century Brazilian women scientists, Academic staff of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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