Simone Zaggia

{{Short description|Italian astronomer (born 1965)}}

Simone Zaggia is an Italian astronomer. He was born in 1965 and did undergraduate work at the

University of Padua, where he also received his Ph.D. in 1996. He has done post-doctoral work at the

European Southern Observatory and the Capodimonte Observatory, he worked at Trieste Observatory and currently (2007) works at Padua Observatory.[http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Scienze_e_Tecnologie/2006/03_Marzo/16/vialattea.shtml Via Lattea più grande e con un'altra forma] (in Italian)

Zaggia's research interest include the dynamics of dwarf galaxies and globular clusters.{{Cite web |title=Dissecting the Gaia HR diagram within 200 pc |url=https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/506/4/5681/6321175}}