Her previous positions were as a Research Associate, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; she performed dark matter searches with gamma rays at KIPAC; she was a member of the Fermi LAT Collaboration; and she was a Research Associate at Stanford University, working in neutrino physics as a member of the MINOS Collaboration. Prof. Murgia received a BSc, Universita' degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy, and a Ph.D. in Physics from Michigan State University.