Office: Villa Bazzoni, INAF-Osservatorio di Trieste
v. Bazzoni 1, 34124, Trieste, Italy
Email:rasia@oats.inaf.it
Phone: +39 040 3199 143
Office: 3240 Randall Lab, Physics Department, University of Michigan
Address: 450 Church St, Ann Arbor, MI-48109
Email: rasia@umich.edu
Phone: 734-615-4256
Skype: elena.rasia
Job Positions
Dec 2016-present: Researcher (Ricercatore III livello): INAF- Observatory of Trieste
2015-Jan 2017: Marie Curie Fellow: INAF- Observatory of Trieste
2012- 2017: Research Scientist at Physics Department, University of Michigan (on Educational leave)
2009-2012: Fellow of the Michigan Society of Fellows, Post-Doctoral Scholar and Assistant Professor at Astronomy Department, University of Michigan
2006-2009: Chandra-Eistein Fellow at Physics Department, University of Michigan
2006: Researcher at Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy
Curriculum Studiorum
PhD: Astronomy Department, Padova University, Italy (2006)
PhD Europeus in Astronomy (2006)
Laurea (Graduation): Astronomy Department, Padova University, Italy (Summa Cum Laude, 2002)
TOTAL: $ 1064K
EUR 380K
Grants
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Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships (IIF) “A multi-wavelenght approach to investigate biases affecting galaxy clusters mass” (EUR 249K).
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Co-PI: HST Theory proposal (2014-2016): $120K
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PI: Chandra theory grant “Temperature structure characterization” (2012-2013): $60K
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PI: NSF grant “Investigating the Complex Interaction of Dark Matter and Gas in Cluster of Galaxies” (2012-2014): $363K
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PI: Michigan Society of Fellows Fellowship (2009-12): $155K
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Scientific PI: Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics grants for visitor program to support US-I galaxy cluster research. MCTP number-12-05 (2011-12): $2.6K
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US Scientific PI: Joint Project for the exchange of researchers within the executive program Italy-USA (2008-11): EUR 6K
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Scientific-PI: Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics grants for visitor program to support US-Italy Galaxy Cluster research. MCTP-number 09-10 and 09-09 (2008-09): $5K
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PI: Chandra Fellowship grant number PF6-70042 awarded by the Chandra X-ray Center Operated by Smithsonian (2006-09): $266.9K
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Co-PI: Chandra Theory Award (2007): $70K
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PI: Dipartimento di Astronomia, Alma Mater Studiorum, Univeersity of Bologna research grant (2006): EUR 40+K
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PI: Marie Curie Host Fellowships: EARA Early Stage Training to work at MPA, Garching, Germany (2006): EURO 10K
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PI: Marie Curie Host Fellowships: EARA Early Stage Training to work at MPA, Garching, Germany (2005): EUR 10K
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PI: University of Padova, PhD research (2003-05): EUR 10K
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Co-PI: COFIN 2001 research grant "Numerical model fro formation and evolution of Galaxy Clusters" (2002): EUR 40+
Colloquia, Seminar, Conferences
92 contributions at seminars, conferences, school, and workshop (details on PDF)
Conferences: 42 international conferences and workshops (42 oral contributions and 6 posters)
Schools: 8 International PhD schools (4 oral contribution)
Invited Colloquia, seminars, and conferences (39)
Professional Activities
Committee Member for RTD (researcher for 1-3 years) titled "Sviluppo di algoritmi per lo studio di sistemi di galassie per le attività del segmento di Terra Euclid" (2018)
Committee Member for RTD (researcher for 1-2 years) titled "Cosmologia con ammassi di galassie, nell'ambito del progetto MIUR - FARE ClustersXEuclid" (2018)
Committee Member for research contract (1 year) titles "Comologia con Ammassi di Galassie" (2018)
Person of Contact of the SWG1.1 within the Athena Collaboration
Panel member per ASI (Italian Space Agency)
Panel member on NSF-AAG review panel
Panel member on NASA-ADAP (Archival Data Analysis) review panel (twice)
Panel member on NASA-ATP (Astrophysics Theory) review panel
Panel member on NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory review panel (twice)
Panel member on NASA Hubble Space Telescope review panel
External Reviewer for the NSF Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Panel member for the Michigan Society of Fellows (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12)
Panel member for Rackham Distinguish Dissertation Evaluation (2011, 2012)
Committee member for the Rackham one-term Dissertation Fellowship (2013-14)
Committee member for Graduate Awards (Cornwell, Franken, Terwillinger, and Wiedenbeck Prizes, 2013-14)
Physical Science Poster Judge for the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (2012, 2013)
Poster Judge at UROP event
Reviewer for the Astrophysical Journal and Astrophysical Journal letter
Reviewer for Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters
Reviewer for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Reviewer for the International Journal of Computational methods
Contribution to the Italian Virtual Observatory
Cluster Seminar organizer (2006-07, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014)
Languages
Italian (Mother toungue)
English
Spanish (Household toungue)
French
Croatian (to be refreshed!)
Publications
Tot cit: 3160 (ADS)
Top cit 100: 9 papers (ADS)
Top cit 50: 20 paper (ADS)
h-index=27 (ADS)
2010 - present
2010 - present