Josefa Masegosa Gallego | |
Birth Date: | 22 November 1957 |
Birth Place: | Oria, Andalusia, Spain |
Education: | University College of Almería |
Occupation: | Astrophysist |
Employer: | The Spanish National Research Council at the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia |
Josefa Masegosa Gallego is a Spanish astronomer and scientific researcher. She is a winner of both the Granada, City of Science and Innovation award and the Mariana Pineda Award of Equality.
Gallego was born in 1957 in Oria, Spain.[1] She has a PhD from the University of Granada.[2]
Gallego works in the field of astrophysics.[3] She researches science at the Spanish National Research Council at the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia.[4] Her research is mainly focused on formation in intense stars and evolution, formation and nuclear activity in galaxies.[5] [6]
In 2018, she won the Granada, City of Science and Innovation award,[7] and in 2022, she won the Mariana Pineda Award of Equality.[8]