Antonella Nota
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Antonella Nota is an Italian astronomer, the executive director of the International Space Science Institute in Bern, Switzerland and an emeritus astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, US. Her research interests include star formation and young star clusters; she has also worked on public outreach connecting science with art, and on advocating for underrepresented groups including women in astronomy.[1]
Nota is originally from Venice, but was a student at the University of Padua. She was seconded to the Space Telescope Science Institute by the European Space Agency in 1986, and continued working for the ESA there until retiring as head of the ESA office at the institute in 2022. She was named as director of the International Space Science Institute beginning in 2023.[1]
