Images of the GW170817 field from Jansky VLA data (PI: Corsi). The radio afterglow of GW170817 is marked with a white open circle. The central panel shows the discovery of a 6 GHz radio glow! The right image taken 6 d later confirmed this discovery. On the left is a pre-discovery image of the field.
About Me
Education
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2007: Astronomy Ph.D., University of Rome Sapienza.
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2003: Laurea in Physics cum laude, University of Rome Sapienza.
Academic positions
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9/2018 - present: Associate Professor of Physics, Texas Tech University.
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9/2014 - 8/2018: Assistant Professor of Physics, Texas Tech University.
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2012 - 2014: Assistant Professor of Physics, The George Washington University.
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2010 - 2012: Post-doc, California Institute of Technology.
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2008 - 2010: Post-doc, University of Rome Sapienza & Pennsylvania State University.
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2007 - 2008: Post-doc, National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF/IASF-Rome) and Rome University Sapienza.
Honors and Awards:
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New Horizons in Physics Breakthrough Prize (2022).
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Selected as one of the ``2020 SN 10: Scientists to Watch'' by Science News.
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President's Excellence in Research Professorship (2020-present).
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2020 TAMEST O’Donnell award for Science.
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2019 Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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AAS Bruno Rossi Prize (as part of the LSC).
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Gruber Cosmology Prize (as part of the LSC).
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Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (as part of the LSC).
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Fellow of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (Scialog).
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L’Oreal-UNESCO National awardee “For Women in Science”.
Past and current students and collaborators
High School Students
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Frank Padgett (GWU, 2014).
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Nishit Mishra (TTU Clark Scholar; Summer 2016 - 2017)
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Joe McCarty (TTU Clark Scholar; 2019-2020)
Undergraduate Students
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Sibilla di Pace (Sapienza; 2009)
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Maria Concetta Tringali (CalTech/Sapienza; Summer 2011)
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Igor Andreoni (University of Milan/GWU; Summer 2013)
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Derek Brehm (GWU; 2013-2014)
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Ajayi Scott-Robinson (GWU, 2013-2014).
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Matteo Di Giovanni (Sapienza/TTU; Summer 2015)
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Kyle Stewart, TTU (2015)
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Carrah Osborne (TTU, 2015)
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Brody Moore (TTU, 2015)
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Chance Norris (TTU; 2015-2016)
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Deven Bhakta (TTU; 2014-2017)
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Kyle Artkop (TTU; 2017-2018)
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Rachel Smith (TTU; 2017-2018)
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Connor Spinuzzi (TTU; 2018)
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Eric Garcia (TTU; 2018)
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Connor Grandorf (TTU; 2018-2019)
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Anthony Rushing (TTU; 2018 - 2019)
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Priya Rajkumar (TTU; 2018-2021)
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Heather Harbin (TTU; 2018-2021)
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Avery Cook (TTU; 2020-2021)
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Clive Binu (TTU; 2023)
Graduate Students
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Robert Coyne (TTU/GWU; 2012-2015)
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Deven Bhakta (TTU; 2017-2020)
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Eric Sowell (TTU; 2016-present)
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Arvind Balasubramanian (TTU; 2018-present)
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Tanazza Khanam (TTU; 2019-present)
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Avery Eddins (TTU; 2022-present)
Post-doctoral scholars
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Dr. Peter Veres (GWU; 2014)
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Dr. Robert Coyne (TTU; 2015-2017)
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Dr. Nipuni Palliyaguru (TTU; 2015-2017)
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Dr. Dario Carbone (TTU; 2017-2019)
Long term (senior) collaborators (partial list)
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Dr. Robert Coyne (URI)