For 10 years, Veronica Bindi worked as Time of Flight detector expert on AMS02, the largest and most powerful experiment in space for the measurement of cosmic rays. As an assistant professor of physics at the University of Hawaii, her research interests are dark matter and cosmic rays. She received a NASA grant to study solar activity and radiation damage for the next human mission to Mars. She was also featured as a Woman Inspiring Europe in 2013. In Hawaii, she organizes many activities for young students, including Masterclasses, Cosmic Rays days and has been appointed a Quarknet mentor.