giulia.murtas@mail.wvu.edu Department of Physics and Astronomy
Assistant Professor
Giulia received her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Exeter (UK) in 2022, working on computational models of solar plasmas. After that, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 2022 to 2024, and at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa from 2024 to 2025. Her research interests are focused on the quantitative analysis and numerical modeling of explosive events on solar and space plasmas related to magnetic reconnection, such as chromospheric jets, spicules and Ellerman bombs, and the acceleration of energetic particles across the heliosphere which largely affect space weather conditions. She is also leading observational campaigns dedicated to exploring the origin of energetic events on the Sun at radio frequencies, through the SunDish/Solaris collaboration.