Education
Ph.D. in Theoretical Astrophysics
California Institute of Technology, Jun 2002
Advisor: Kip Thorne. Thesis: Modeling and Detecting Gravitational Waves from Compact Stellar Objects
Research Doctorate in Physics
University of Parma, Italy, Dec 2000
Advisor: Massimo Pauri. Thesis: Relativity and Acceleration
Laurea in Physics
University of Parma, Italy, Apr 1997
Advisor: Massimo Pauri. Cum laude. Thesis: Developments in the Notion of Vacuum
Employment
Research Scientist (Director's Fellow)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Sep 2005-
Astrophysics and Space Sciences section; LISA Science Office (Tom Prince, NASA Mission Scientist)
Visiting Associate
California Institute of Technology, Dec 2005-
Theoretical AstroPhysics Including Relativity (TAPIR)
...and previously...
Postdoctoral Scholar
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, Sep 2002-Sep 2005
Relativity and Gravitation Team; LISA Science Office (Tom Prince, NASA Mission Scientist)
Lecturer in Physics
California Institute of Technology, Jan 2003-Jun 2005
Computational Physics Lab (Ph 20, 21, 22)
Teaching Assistant
California Institute of Technology, Oct 2000-Jun 2002
Professors: Tom Prince, Ken Libbrecht
System Administrator
Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, Caltech, Apr 2001-Jun 2002
Physics Computation Lab, Divisional Beowulf, Theoretical Astrophysics cluster
Research Assistant
Theoretical Astrophysics, Caltech, Jun 1999-Sep 2000 + summer 2001
Supervisors: Kip Thorne, Lee Lindblom
Community Service
Member
- LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Compact Binary Coalescence Working Group
- Caltech-JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research (chair, executive committee)
- LISA Mock Data Archive (steering board)
- LISA Mock Data Challenge Task Force (co-chair)
Conference organizer
- 20th Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting, Caltech, 26-27 Mar 2004 (website)
- ``AMIGOS'' Workshop on LISA Data-Analysis Planning, Pasadena, 13-15 Oct 2005 (wiki)
Referee
- Physical Review Letters, Physical Review D, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Living Reviews in Relativity, Foundations of Physics Letters
Random Portrait of the Day
Erdös number
5!
- Vallisneri → Lindblom → Detweiler → Chandrasekhar → Kac → Erdös
- Vallisneri → Pauri → Onofri → Andrews → Subbarao → Erdös
- ...probably other paths. Find your own.