Italian nuclear astrophysicist
Cecilia Lunardini is an Italian nuclear astrophysicist known for her research on neutrinos from the sun, from the cosmic neutrino background , from supernovae and failed supernovae ,[ 1] and from collisions of stars with black holes .[ 2] [ 3] She is a professor of physics at Arizona State University .
Education and career
Lunardini studied physics at the University of Pavia , graduating in 1998. She completed a Ph.D. in physics at the International School for Advanced Studies in 2001, under the supervision of Alexei Smirnov . Her dissertation won the Giorgio Gamberini prize of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa .[ 4]
After postdoctoral research at the Institute for Advanced Study and University of Washington , she became an assistant professor at the Arizona State University in 2007, concurrently with a five-year research fellowship at the Brookhaven National Laboratory . She earned an Italian habilitation in 2014,[ 4] and was promoted to full professor in 2018.[ 5]
Recognition
Lunardini was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2020, after a nomination by the APS Division for Nuclear Physics, "for outstanding contributions to nuclear and neutrino astrophysics, in particular to the theoretical analysis of supernova neutrino propagation and prospects for detection".[ 6]
References
^ "Netting new physics from a stellar collapse" , Research News , RIKEN, August 21, 2009, retrieved 2021-07-17
^ McKinnon, Mika (November 17, 2017), "Black holes that shred stars burp out cosmic rays and neutrinos" , New Scientist
^ "Ghostly particle from shredded star reveals gigantic cosmic particle accelerator" , ASU News , Arizona State University, February 22, 2021
^ a b Curriculum vitae (PDF) , May 18, 2017, retrieved 2021-07-17
^ Congratulations to Cecilia Lunardini on her promotion to full Professor , Arizona State University Physics Department, May 17, 2018 – via Facebook
^ "Fellows nominated in 2020 by the Division of Nuclear Physics" , APS Fellows archive , American Physical Society, retrieved 2021-07-17
External links
International National Academics