# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marica-branchesi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:38:06.121Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marica-branchesi"
name: "Marica Branchesi"
slug: "marica-branchesi"
description: "Marica Branchesi is an Italian astrophysicist. Her leadership and scientific work was pivotal for Virgo/LIGO's discovery of gravitational waves. She is vice president of International Astronomical Union Gravitational Wave Astrophysics Commission and member of the Gravitational Wave International Committee."
tagline: "Italian astrophysicist (born 1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IAU_GA_2018_(DSC_0989)_-_Marica_Branchesi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1977-03-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.7739938080495357
  historical:           6.545861333333335
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  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Marica Branchesi"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump