Barbara Ercolano is an Italian astrophysicist known for her work on interstellar dust, star formation, and protoplanetary disks.
She is the Professor for Theoretical Astrophysics in the University Observatory Munich [de] at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
[1] Ercolano is originally from Naples, and studied astrophysics at University College London.
She moved to the University of Munich as a professor in 2010.
[2] Ercolano is the 2010 winner of the Fowler Award in Astronomy of the Royal Astronomical Society.