Damiano Caprioli

Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics | University of Chicago

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  • 2023 - Present
    Associate Professor
    Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and E. Fermi Institute, University of Chicago
  • 2016 - 2023
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and E. Fermi Institute, University of Chicago
  • 2014 - 2016
    Associate Research Scholar
    Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
  • 2011 - 2014
    Postdoctoral Research Associate
    Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
    Working with prof. A. Spitkovsky
  • 2008 - 2011
    Postdoctoral Research Associate
    INAF/Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Florence, Italy
    Working with prof. P. Blasi and his group
  • 2005 - 2008
    Perfezionamento (Ph.D.) in Physics
    Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy
    Thesis: 'Non-linear cosmic ray acceleration in supernova remnants'.
    Supervisors: prof. M. Vietri, prof. P. Blasi. (70/70 cum Laude)
  • 2000 - 2005
    Diploma di Licenza (Master) in Physics
    Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy
    Thesis: 'Double pulsar and force-free magnetospheres'. (70/70 cum Laude)

Awards

  • 2015 Rita Levi Montalcini Award for young researchers, awarded by the Italian Government (MIUR)
  • Shakti P. Duggal Award (2015) "to recognize outstanding work by a young scientist in the field of cosmic ray physics", 34th ICRC

Grants (PI / Co-PI)

  • PI NASA Heliophysics TMS: Understanding Energy Partitioning in Collisionless Shocks
  • PI NSF Grant AST-2308021: WoU-MMA: Multi-messenger Signatures of Ion Acceleration in Active Galactic Nuclei
  • PI NASA Fermi GI Program: Interpreting the Gamma-ray Emission from Novae
  • PI NASA Heliophysics TMS: Investigating the Mechanisms of Particle Energization in Collisionless Heliospheric Shocks
  • PI NSF Grant AST-2009326: Cosmic Ray Feedback from Plasma to Circumgalactic Scales
  • PI NSF Grant PHY-2010240: A Kinetic Investigation of Plasma Instabilities Driven By Energetic Particles
  • PI NSF Grant AST-1909778: A Multi-Wavelength Observational and Theoretical Study of the Fastest Evolving Stellar Explosions
  • PI NASA Heliophysics Supporting Research: Interpreting spacecraft observations of accelerated particles via ab-initio simulations
  • PI NASA Fermi GI Program: Gamma rays from supernova remnants expanding in partially-neutral media
  • Co-PI NASA Chandra GI Program: Shock structure, the electron-ion equilibration timescale and the disintegrating cool core in A2146
  • PI NSF Grant AST-1714658: Exploring the impact of cosmic ray feedback on galaxy evolution

Stages & Scholarships

  • July - Oct 2009
    KITP Program
    Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, CA
  • April - May 2008
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
    Batavia, IL
  • Oct 2004
    Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris
    Scholarship