Damiano Caprioli

• 2023- : 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. Dissertation date and passing grade: 01 Apr 2009; 70/70 cum Laude
• 2000-2005: Diploma di Licenza (Master) in Physics, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy, final dissertation at the end of a 5-yr scholarship at the institute. Thesis: 'Double pulsar and force-free magnetospheres'. Supervisor: prof. M. Vietri. Dissertation date and passing grade: 14 Dec 2005; 70/70 cum Laude
• 2003-2005: Laurea Specialistica (Master Degree) in Physical and Astrophysical Sciences, curriculum of Theoretical Physics at the Universita' di Pisa, Italy. Thesis: 'On pulsar magnetospheres'. Supervisor: prof. M. Vietri. Dissertation date and passing grade: 22 Jul 2005; 110/110 cum Laude
• 2000-2003: Laurea (Bachelor Degree) in Physics at the Universita' di Pisa, Italy. Thesis: 'Le equazioni di equilibrio stellare'. Supervisor: prof. S. Degl'Innocenti. Dissertation date and passing grade: 28 Jul 2003; 110/110 cum Laude 

Awards

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

Grants (as PI or Co-PI only)

• PI: NASA grant TBD (Heliophysics TMS), Co-PI: C. Haggerty, P. Cassek, D. Turner, L. Wilson III: Understanding Energy Partitioning in Collisionless Shocks
• PI: NSF Grant AST-2308021 (Astronomy and Astrophysics), Co-PI: K. Murase: WoU-MMA: Multi-messenger Signatures of Ion Acceleration in Active Galactic Nuclei
• PI: NASA grant NNH22ZDA001N-FERMI (Fermi GI Program): nterpreting the Gamma-ray Emission from Novae
• PI: NASA grant 80NSSC20K1273 (Heliophysics TMS), Co-PI: G. Howes, A. Spitkovsky, L. Wilson III: Investigating the Mechanisms of Particle Energization in Collisionless Heliospheric Shocks

• PI: NSF Grant AST-2009326 (Astronomy and Astrophysics), Co-PI: E. Zweibel, M. Ruszkowski: Collaborative Research: Cosmic Ray Feedback from Plasma to Circumgalactic Scales
• PI: NSF Grant PHY-2010240 (NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science): A Kinetic Investigation of Plasma Instabilities Driven By Energetic Particles
• PI: NSF Grant AST-1909778 (Astronomy and Astrophysics), Co-PI: R. Margutti: A Multi-Wavelength Observational and Theoretical Study of the Fastest Evolving Stellar Explosions
• PI: NASA grant 80NSSC18K1218 (Heliophysics Supporting Research): Interpreting spacecraft observations of accelerated particles via ab-initio simulations
• PI: NASA grant 80NSSC18K1726 (Fermi GI Program): Gamma rays from supernova remnants expanding in partially-neutral media
• Co-PI: NASA grant 19800390 (Chandra GI Program): Shock structure, the electron-ion equilibration timescale and the disintegrating cool core in A2146
• PI: NSF grant AST-1714658 (Astronomy and Astrophysics): Exploring the impact of cosmic ray feedback on galaxy evolutionPI: Grant AST-1714658 (NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics), Co-PI: A. Kravtsov:
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• PI: NASA grant NNX17AG30G (Astrophysics Theory Program): Multi-species first-principles simulations of particle acceleration at shocks
• PI: NASA grant NNX14AQ34G (Fermi GI Program, Cycle-7): Gamma-Rays from Supernova Remnants: A Multi-Scale Approach
• Time awards at NASA Pleiades, XSEDE, and NERSC/ACCESS supercomputers.
  

Stages and scholarships

• July-October 2009: Program 'Non linear processes in Astrophysical Plasmas' at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), Santa Barbara (CA), US, on invitation by prof. D. C. Ellison (North Carolina State University)
• April-May 2008: Stage at the Fermi N. A. Lab., Batavia (IL), US
• October 2004: Scholarship at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris (France)