At last, I found another Italian scientist and she’s a lady! What makes Dr. Terenzi even cooler is that she’s an Astronomer, my favorite science. Then again, she may be an Astrophysicist too. These disciplines overlap with Physics so I’m confident the good doctor is well versed in all three and fully capable of doing circles around me in Math.
I held off writing about Fiorella until this year because 20 years ago I stumbled upon her music via Thomas Dolby’s album The Gate to the Mind’s Eye. The liner notes credit the female vocal on two tracks to her. How awesome! Someone else besides Brian May of Queen with an advanced degree kicking ass in music. Dolby is no slouch with electronics.
Somehow I missed out on Fiorella’s media tours back in the Nineties when she was on mainstream TV shows and in (print) music magazines. I’ve never forgotten her. I think I need to bug the hosts of Inquiring Minds to have her on. My other favorite astronomer Phil Plait was a guest. Indre is an opera singer as well as a Neuroscientist, she and Fiorella would hit it off.
You can learn more about the good doctor at her site. Currently Fiorella teaches in America at Florida International University (Miami).