Sandra Savaglio is an Italian astrophysicist whose research focuses on the "young universe: cosmic chemical evolution, distant galaxies, intergalactic and interstellar medium, and galaxies hosting the most energetic events in the universe: the gamma-ray bursts and the super luminous supernovae.

In January 2004 Savaglio was on the cover of Time magazine, as a symbol of many of Europe's scientists moving to the United States.

Upon returning to Calabria, she received the Casato Prime Donne Award on September 14, 2014, in Montalcino, Italy.

Savaglio was born in Cosenza, Calabria, and grew up in Marano Marchesato, a small town nearby, Italy.

Her passion for the stars started when she was 17 years old after she read Exploring the Earth and the Cosmos by Isaac Asimov.

[8] From there, after a brief post-doc in France, Savaglio moved on to Johns Hopkins University from September 2001 to February 2006, where she taught courses and worked with Prof. Karl Glazebrook.

[1] In 2006 Savaglio moved to Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics where she was a fellow and senior research scientist.