Nidia Morrell

Nidia Morrell
Born	Nidia Irene Morrell (1953-07-03) 3 July 1953 (age 71) Mar del Plata, Argentina
Alma mater	National University of La Plata
Occupation	Astronomer
Employer	Las Campanas Observatory

Nidia Irene Morrell (born 3 July 1953) is an Argentine astronomer who is a permanent staff member at the Las Campanas Observatory in La Serena, Chile. She was a member of the Massive Stars research group led by Virpi Niemelä and the Hubble Heritage Project. Professionally, she is known for her numerous contributions related to the astrophysics of massive stars.^[1] She participates in the systematic search for variations of brightness in stellar objects, including the observation of a candidate for the Thorne–Żytkow object. She was also a member of the team that discovered the supernova ASASSN-15lh.