Caterina Scoglio facts for kids

Caterina M. Scoglio is an Italian expert in network science and computer engineering. She is a special professor at Kansas State University. There, she leads the Network Science and Engineering Group. She also used to be in charge of a group that focused on medical and health care systems.

Her Journey in Science

Caterina Scoglio finished her advanced studies in 1987. She earned a doctorate degree from Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. A doctorate is the highest university degree you can get.

After her studies, she worked as a researcher. From 1987 to 2000, she was at the Fondazione Ugo Bordoni. Then, from 2000 to 2005, she worked at Georgia Tech in the United States. In 2005, she joined Kansas State University. In 2016, she was given the special title of Paslay Professor.

What She Studies

Professor Scoglio's research helps us understand how things spread. She uses network science to study this. Network science looks at how different parts of a system are connected.

Her work includes studying how diseases like the Ebola and Zika virus spread. This field is called epidemiology. Epidemiology is the study of how diseases affect groups of people. She also looks at how network science can help understand the immune system of mosquitos. This research is important because mosquitoes can carry diseases.