I am a PhD student in Physics at the State University of Londrina (Brazil), with a focus on gamma-ray emission and cosmic rays, supported by a CAPES (Brazil). I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and a Master’s degree in Physics and Astronomy from the Federal University of Technology – Paraná (Brazil).
My research focuses on cosmic rays and gamma-ray emission, including their propagation and interactions both inside and outside astrophysical sources, particularly in massive star clusters, pulsars, and, more recently, binary systems. At INAF, my goal is to study gamma-ray emission and cosmic rays in star-forming regions associated with massive clusters, using particle acceleration models at the termination shocks of collective stellar winds.
Luana Natalie Padilha
Supervisor: Giovanni Morlino and Rita de Cassia dos Anjos