Francesca Sammarruca is a Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA. She holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Her research and focus areas are theoretical nuclear physics, nuclear structure, nuclear reactions, nuclear many-body theories, and nuclear astrophysics. She has 87 papers publications with 2584 citations and an h-index of 20 (Scopus, 13 November 2023) in these areas. She was awarded the Faculty Recognition Award for Teaching Excellence, Naval R.O.T.C. in 2000, the Alumni Inspirational Mentor Award in 2001, and the Virginia Wolf Outstanding Service Award in 2010.