Cecilia Garraffo

Cecilia Garraffo is the AI Astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the founding director of the AstroAI & EarthAI Institutes at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Her work focuses on developing AI models for astrophysics and atmospheric sciences. Previously, Cecilia conducted research in machine learning and artificial intelligence at Harvard’s Institute for Applied Computational Science. Besides her AI work, Cecilia is interested in stellar rotation and magnetic activity and their impacts on exoplanets, and she actively participates in mission developments, including leadership roles in the Line Emission Mapper and several mission concepts.