On Wednesday, 17 November 2021, MDPI and the Journal Universe organized the 3^rd webinar on Universe, entitled "Women Physicists in Astrophysics, Cosmology and Particle Physics".

The introduction was held by the Chair of the webinar, Prof. Dr. Norma G. Sanchez. She is a research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, and the Chalonge - de Vega School. She conducts research in the physics of the universe, theoretical physics, gravitation, black holes, and their particle physics interplay. Her current projects are the new universe, the universe from large to small scales with inflation, general relativity, quantum field theory, the CMB, keV Warm Dark Matter, black holes, dark energy, and quantum physics at the Planckian and Transplanckian scales.

The first speaker to quick off this webinar was Prof. Norma G. Sanchez with her presentation "Women Physicists in Astrophysics, Cosmology and Particle Physics".

She was followed by Dr. Lucia A. Popa, with her presentation "Dark Matter Sterile Neutrino from Scalar Decays". She is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Space Science, Bucharest, Romania, where she has worked from 2001. Dr. Popa obtained her PhD at the University of Bucharest Romania.

The third presentation with the title "New Advancements in AdS/CFT in Lower Dimensions" was held by Prof. Yolanda Lozano. She obtained her PhD at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. Now she works at the University of Oviedo, Department of Physics, where she is a Full Professor.

The fourth presentation was held by Prof. Silvia Penati and its title was "Superconformal Line Defects in 3Dimensions". She works at the University of Milano-Bicocca, where she is a Full Professor in Theoretical Physics and at the INFN, Milano.

She was followed by Prof. Catia Grimani who presented "Environmental high energy astrophysics in the context of space missions as LISA, Solar Orbiter and JWST, and its implications for space weather science". She works at the University of Urbino, Italy, where she is a Professor in Experimental Physics, and she works at the INFN-Florence as Experiment Responsable for the ESA LISA Pathfinder and LISA missions.

The presentations were followed by a Q&A and a discussion, moderated by the Chair Prof. Norma G. Sanchez. The webinar was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found here on Sciforum website. In order to stay updated on the next webinars on Universe be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking on “Subscribe” at the top of the page.