{{Short description|Italian biologist (born 1968)}} {{lead too short|date=September 2021}} thumb|220px|Gallavotti in 2020 '''Barbara Gallavotti''' (born December 21, 1967) is an Italian biologist, television author and science communicator.
== Biography and career == Born in Turin {{cnspan|but raised in Rome,|date=February 2026}} Gallavotti completed her undergraduate studies in 1986. In 1993 she graduated in biology, with a specialization in genetics and molecular biology, from the University of Sapienza University of Rome, and in 1994, she passed the qualifying examination for the profession of biologist.<ref name="cv">{{Cite web|date=June 2013|title=Barbara Gallavotti Curricumum Vitae|language=it|url=https://barbaragallavotti.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/cvweb42.pdf|publisher=Barbara Gallavotti|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="cds">{{Cite news|last=Angeleri|first=Francesca|date=22 March 2021|title=Gallavotti, la voce pacata che spiega il virus in tivù: "I toni aggressivi non fanno la credibilità"|trans-title=Gallavotti, the calm voice that explains the virus on TV: "Aggressive tones do not make credibility" |language=it|newspaper=Il Corriere della Sera|url=https://torino.corriere.it/cronaca/21_marzo_22/gallavotti-voce-pacata-che-spiega-virus-tivu-toni-aggressivi-non-fanno-credibilita-15c8024a-8b17-11eb-96d7-1b239199ed0f.shtml|access-date=13 April 2021}}</ref>
After starting her career as a biologist, Gallavotti decided to devote herself to the popularization of science and began her collaboration with ''Galileo'', the first Italian online journal dedicated to the themes of scientific research and technology. Over the years, she has worked with several newspapers and radio stations, both generalist such as ''Panorama'', ''La Stampa'' and ''Il Corriere della Sera'', as well as more specialized news outlets such as ''{{interlanguage link|Newton (magazine)|it|Newton (rivista)|lt=Newton magazine}}'', enrolling in the register of journalists in 2001. Gallavotti has become well known in the field of popular science, writing books for children and young people on various scientific topics. She works as an author of television programs, having started with ''{{interlanguage link|Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta|it}}'' hosted by Alberto Angela in 2000. She continued with the children's program ''Hit Science'' in 2004 on Rai Tre. In 2007, she became correspondent of ''{{interlanguage link|Superquark|it}}'', hosted by Piero Angela, whom Gallavotti cites as her foremost teacher.<ref name="cds"/> In 2010 Gallavotti collaborated with the program ''{{interlanguage link|E se domani (programma televisivo)|it|lt=E se domani}}'', hosted first by Alex Zanardi and then by Massimiliano Ossini, becoming a correspondent in 2013.
From 2007 to 2008, Gallavotti held the position of temporary director of the Master in Communication of Science and Technology at the University of Tor Vergata, in Rome, and in 2009, she taught a course in communication sciences as adjunct professor at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the Roma Tre University.<ref name="cv"/>
Gallavotti has written several books, oriented in particular to a young audience, including: ''Il sistema solare'', ''L'Universo'', ''La vita sulla Terra''. In May 2019 she co-authored the book ''Le grandi epidemie - come difendersi'' (tr. ''"Major epidemics - how to defend yourself"''), published by {{interlanguage link|Donzelli editore|it|lt=Donzelli}} with a preface by Piero Angela. As a result of the success of this publication, in 2020, Gallavotti was called as a regular guest to the program ''{{interlanguage link|Dimartedì|it}}'', broadcast by LA7 and conducted by {{interlanguage link|Giovanni Floris|it}}, where she reports the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite news|date=24 November 2020|title=La biologa Barbara Gallavotti da Superquark alla Notte dei Ricercatori|publisher=Università della Calabria|trans-title=The biologist Barbara Gallavotti from Superquark at the Researchers' Night|language=it|url=https://www.unical.it/portale/portaltemplates/view/view.cfm?104793|access-date=13 April 2021|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414092247/https://www.unical.it/portale/portaltemplates/view/view.cfm?104793|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="us">{{Cite news|last=Roveda|first=Roberto|date=3 June 2020|title=Le grandi epidemie e come difendersi, il profetico volume di Barbara Gallavotti|trans-title=The great epidemics and how to defend oneself, the prophetic volume by Barbara Gallavotti|language=it |magazine=L'Unione Sarda|url=https://www.unionesarda.it/articolo/cultura/2020/06/03/le-grandi-epidemie-e-come-difendersi-il-profetico-volume-di-barba-8-1025361.html|access-date=13 April 2021}}</ref>
Since 2022, she has been the host and author of the popular science TV program <em>Quinta Dimensione</em> broadcast on the Rai 3, on Saturday nights.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Quinta Dimensione: il futuro e' gia qui|url=https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/quintadimensioneilfuturoegiaqui|publisher=Rai-3}}</ref>
Winner of numerous awards and prizes, including the Capo d'Orlando Award for multimedia communication which she received in 2013, Gallavotti is also an advisor for the scientific coordination of the National Museum of Science and Technology "Leonardo da Vinci" in Milan.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 March 2021|title=Premio Comunicazione Multimediale 2013|trans-title=Multimedia Communication Award 2013|language=it |url=https://www.premiocapodorlando.it/premiati/barbara-gallavotti/|publisher=Premio Capo d'Orlando|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref>
== Published works ==
* {{cite book|title=I segreti della vita|language=it|publisher=Idealibri|location=Rimini|year=1997|isbn=88-7082-362-8}} * {{cite book|title=L'ecologia|language=it|publisher=Idealibri|location=Rimini|year=1998|isbn=88-7082-568-X}} ** {{cite book|title=L'ecologia|language=it|others=Illustrated by Gian Paolo Faleschini|publisher=La biblioteca|location=Florence|year=2001|isbn=88-86961-45-6}} * {{cite book|title=La vita sulla Terra|language=it|publisher=Idealibri|location=Rimini|year=1998|isbn=88-7082-522-1}} * {{cite book|title=Il corpo umano: strategie di una macchina perfetta|language=it|others=Illustrated by Studio Inklink|publisher=Mondadori|location=Milan|year=1999|isbn=88-04-46996-X}} * {{cite book|last1=Gallavotti|first1=Barbara|last2=Bachiorri|first2=Antonella|title=Educare per la biodiversità: idee e proposte di educazione ambientale|language=it|publisher=Editur|location=Rome|year=1999|id={{ICCU|IT\ICCU\GEA\0088909}}}} * {{cite book|title=Il sistema solare|language=it|others=Illustrated by Alessandro Bartolozzi|publisher=La biblioteca|location=Florence|year=1999|isbn=88-86961-21-9}} * {{cite book|last1=Gallavotti|first1=Barbara|last2=Capuzzo Dolcetta|first2=Roberto|title=L'Universo: origine, teorie, prospettive|language=it|others=Illustrated by Alessandro Bartolozzi|publisher=Mondadori|location=Milan|year=2000|isbn=88-04-48332-6}} * {{cite book|title=Le grandi epidemie: come difendersi: tutto quello che dovreste sapere sui microbi|language=it|others=In collaboration with Francesco Maria Galassi. Preface by Piero Angela|publisher=Donzelli|location=Rome|year=2019|isbn=978-88-6843-882-1}} * {{cite book|title=Confini invisibili. Quello che abbiamo imparato sui microbi e le sfide che ci aspettano|language=it|publisher=Mondadori|location=Rome|year=2022|isbn=978-8804741176}} * {{cite book|title=L'infinito dentro di me. Dagli atomi alle balene, alla scoperta dell'Universo e dei segreti della vita|language=it|publisher=De Agostini|location=Rome|year=2023|isbn=979-1221202656}}
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