About me
Roberto Trotta is professor of theoretical physics at the International School for Advanced Study in Trieste, Italy, where he is the head of Data Science, and a visiting professor at Imperial College London, where he was professor of astrostatistics. His research focuses on cosmology and machine learning. An award-winning author and science communicator, he is the recipient of the Annie Maunder Medal 2020 of the Royal Astronomical Society for his public engagement work. His new book, STARBORN - how the stars made us (and who we would be without them), named BBC Radio 4 book of the week, is out now.