Giovanna Tinetti – Curriculum vitae et studiorum - UCL

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Giovanna Tinetti – Curriculum vitae et studiorum
Current position Reader in Astrophysics, University College London & Royal Society University
Research Fellow.
University College London – Department of Physics & Astronomy,
Office G05, Gower St, WC1E 6BT London, UK
Land line: +44 (0)2076793511; Mobile: +44 (0)7912509617;
E-mail: g.tinetti@ucl.ac.uk; giovanna@star.ucl.ac.uk
Research interests Extrasolar planets, modelling and observations – Planetary and atmospheric
science – Spectroscopy and radiative transfer modelling – Statistical mechanics, non-equilibrium thermodynamics,
complex systems and chaos theory.
Academic experience
- Lecturer, University College London, Dec. 2008-Aug. 2010
- Senior Research Fellow (STFC Aurora Fellow), University College London, 2007-Dec. 2008.
- ESA External Fellow, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris and University College London, 2005- 2007.
- NAI/NRC Research Associate, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, US, 2003-2005.
- Postdoc at NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory/University of Southern California, US, 2001-2003.
Awards
- Moseley Medal and Prize, IOP Institute of Physics, UK, 2011
- NASA Group Achievement Award, with Mark Swain and Gautam Vasisht (US, 2009)
- Edward Stone Award, with Mark Swain and Gautam Vasisht (JPL US, 2009)
- SIF Award for best young Italian physicist, Italian Society of Physics, Oct. 1999).
- ENEA Award for best MSc thesis, Italian National Agency for Energy & Environment, Italy, 1998.
Fellowships
- Royal Society University Research Fellowship, “Exploring Extrasolar Worlds”, UK, Jan. 2009-present.
- Science and Technology Facilities Council-Aurora fellowship, UK, 2007-2008.
- European Space Agency fellowship, “Modelling transmission Spectra of Extrasolar Planets”, France
and UK, 2005-2007
- NASA Astrobiology Institute/National Research Council fellowship, “Disk-averaged spectra and Lightcurves
for Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets”, USA,2003-2005.
- MURST (Italian Ministry of University and Research) scholarship for PhD, programme “Energy and
Entropy for extraterrestrial life”, Italy,1999-2001
Education
- PhD in Theoretical Physics, University of Torino, advisor: Prof. Luigi Sertorio (viva Jan. 2003).
- MSc in Energetics, Engineering Faculty of Torino, Italy (1998-1999).
- MSc in Astrophysics, Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Torino (1997-1998)
- Laurea in Theoretical Physics, Summa cum Laude & published thesis, University of Torino, 1997.

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Select activities for public outreach
- Interview with Sir Patrick Moore, “The sky at night”, BBC, Sept. 2011.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7y1MtknUTA
- Programme “See Britain through my eyes”, UK Foreign Office, June 2011.
- Invited speaker, Planetarium of Rome, July 2011.
- Invited lecture, Summer Science Academy Fondazione Agnelli, Turin, June 2011.
- Public lecture “Premières lumières de nouveaux mondes”, Paris, Oct. 2010.
- Invited speaker, British Science festival, Birmingham, UK, Sep. 2010
- Invited speaker, science debate, Trieste, Italy, June 2010.
- Interview with Sir Patrick Moore, “The sky at night”, BBC, 2010.
- Invited public lecture, European Week of Astronomy and Space Science, Hatfield, UK, April 2009.
- Participation to programme “Redes” Spanish public TV (La 2) and international Spanish TV Channel,
Nov. 2008.
- Invited talk, Genova Science Festival 2008, Italy, Oct.
- Participation to EuroNews television’s programme “Water in the Universe”, April 2008.
- Participation to RAI television programme Ambiente Italia, April 11th 2008.
- Invited talk, Liceo Scientifico di Rivarolo Canavese, Italy, March 2008.
- Invited talk, Highgate School, London, March 2008.
- Invited cycle of seminars organised by CosmoCaixa/La Caixa Foundation, Barcelona, Girona and
Lleida, Spain, Feb. 2008.
- Participation to radio programme RAI 3 Scienza, Italy, Nov. 2007.
- Participation to RAI International television programme Italia Lab, Oct. 5th 2007.
- Invited speaker at the “Science Festival”, Genova, Italy, Oct. 2006.
- Invited speaker, “À la recherche des nouveaux mondes”, Jussieu, Paris, May 11th 2006.
Conference Scientific Organising Committees
- Session convener, AAS-DPS annual conference, Nantes 2011.
- SOC member conference “Extreme Solar Systems II”, US, Sep. 2011.
- Royal Astronomical Society Meeting “Exoplanetary Atmospheres", co-organiser with J. Cho and P.
Irwin, Feb. 2011.
- Session convener, Europlanet 2010, Rome, Italy
- SOC member, conference Hubble Space Telescope, Venice, Oct. 2010.
- SOC member, IAU symposium 276, Turin Italy, Oct. 2010.
- SOC member, Blue Dot Team conference: “Pathways to habitable planets”, Barcelona, Sep. 2009.
- Co-organiser with A. Aylward, Royal Astronomical Society Meeting, “Exo-solar super Earths: detection,
atmospheres and internal structures”, Jan 19th 2009.
- Co-organiser with J.P. Beaulieu and I. Ribas, conference “Molecules in the atmosphere of extrasolar
planets”, Paris, Nov 19th-21st 2008.
- Session convener with M. Fridlund, European Planetary Science Congress, Munster, Sept. 2008.
- Session convener with M. Fridlund, “Spectroscopic characterisation of exoplanet atmospheres”, European
Planetary Science Congress, Potsdam, Aug. 2007.

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Scientific meetings and Seminars
1. Plenary session talk, Royal Society URF Research Conference, Feb. 2012.
2. Invited seminar, UCL-MSSL, July 2012.
3. Invited seminar, University of Nottingham, January, 2012
4. Invited seminar, Geneva Observatory, Oct. 2011.
5. Invited speaker, conference “Extreme Solar Systems II”, US, Sep. 2011.
6. Invited talk, ROPACS meeting, Cambridge, July 2011.
7. Invited talk, IOP, London, May 2011.
8. Invited seminar, RSSD programme, ESA-ESTEC, June 2011.
9. Invited speaker, conference “Exploring Strange New Worlds”, Flagstaff, May 2011
10. Schuster Colloquium at University of Manchester, March 2011.
11. Invited seminar, Earth Science Dep., UCL, Dec, 2010.
12. Invited seminar APEX, UCL, Dec. 2010.
13. Invited talk, conference “Hubble anniversary”, Venice, Italy, Oct. 2010.
14. Invited talk, IAU symposium 276, Turin, Italy, Oct. 2010.
15. Oral presentation, AAS-DPS, Pasadena, US, Oct. 2010.
16. Invited seminar, University of Heidelberg, May 2010.
17. Invited talk, “The Faraday discussion”, France, May 2010.
18. Invited talk, UK Astrobiology conference, April, 2010.
19. Oral presentation, EGU, Vienna, 2010
20. Invited talk, conference “Theory & Observation of Exoplanets”, Santa Barbara, US, April 2010.
21. Invited seminar, Oxford, March 2010.
22. Invited seminar, University of Florence, Italy, March 2010.
23. Invited talk, “THESIS” workshop, Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Feb. 2010.
24. Invited seminar, University of Keele, Jan. 2010.
25. Oral presentation, AAS Washington DC, Jan 2010.
26. Invited seminar, Imperial College, Dec. 2009.
27. Invited talk, “THESIS” workshop, Paris, Dec. 2010.
28. Invited review talk on exoplanets, symposium on Galileo at Keck Institute for Space Studies,
Pasadena, Nov. 2009.
29. Invited talk, Study week on Astrobiology, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Rome, Nov. 2009.
30. Invited talk, Spitzer Conference, Pasadena, Oct. 2009.
31. Invited seminar, University of Leicester, Sep. 2009.
32. Talk at the Blue Dot Team conference: “Pathways to habitable planets”, Barcelona, Sep. 2009.
33. Invited talk, “High-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy”, Castellamare, Sep. 2009.
34. Invited talk, workshop “Water on Earth and Beyond”, Durham, Sep. 2009.
35. Invited talk Special Session “Planetary Systems as Potential Sites for Life”, XXVIIth International
Astronomical Union General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 2009.
36. Invited talk, Dep. of Astrophysics, Oxford, June 2009.
37. Invited talk, Observatory of Trieste, May 2009.
38. Invited talk, La Sapienza, Rome, May 2009.
39. Invited talk, ARENA meeting on telescopes in Antarctica, Frascati, Italy, May 2009.
40. Invited talk, Observatory of Pino Torinese, Turin, Italy, April 2009.
41. Talk, European Week of Astronomy and Space Science conference, Hatfield, UK, April 2009.
42. Invited talk University of Southampton, UK, Nov. 2008.

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43. Invited talk, Special Session Exoplanets, AAS-DPS, Ithaca, US, Oct. 2008
44. Invited talk workshop on Habitability in our Galaxy, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Oct. 2008.
45. Invited talk, Cool Stars 15, St. Andrews, Scotland, July 2008.
46. Oral presentation, International Workshop on Super-Earths, Nantes, June 2008.
47. Invited talk, NASA Astrobiology Institute director seminar, NASA Ames, May 2008.
48. Invited review talk, IAU symposium on Transiting Planets, Harvard, US, May 2008.
49. Invited talk, ARENA meeting on telescopes in Antarctica, Granada, Spain, April, 2008.
50. Solicited talk, European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria, April 2008.
51. Oral presentation, National Astronomy Meeting, Belfast, April, 2008.
52. Invited seminar, IAS, Orsay, Feb. 2008.
53. Invited seminar, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK, Jan. 2008.
54. Invited APEX talk, University College London, Jan. 2008.
55. Invited talk, Imperial College, London, Jan, 2008.
56. Invited seminar, LUTH, Observatoire de Paris Meudon, Jan. 2008.
57. Invited talk, Royal Astronomical Society Meeting on Astronomy from the Moon, Dec. 2007
58. Invited talk, University of Exeter, UK, Oct. 19th, 2007.
59. Invited talk, University College London, Earth Science Dep., 16th Oct. 2007
60. Invited talk, Royal Astronomical Society meeting, Oct. 12th, 2007.
61. Oral presentation, AAS/Division of Planetary Science, Orlando US, Oct. 2007
62. Invited talk, University College London, Astronomy Dep., Oct. 8th 2007
63. Invited talk, Queen Mary University, London, Oct. 5th, 2007.
64. Invited talk, ARENA meeting on telescopes in Antarctica, Potsdam, Sept. 2007.
65. Invited talk, European Planetary Science Congress, Potsdam, Aug. 2007.
66. Invited talk, Caltech, July 2007.
67. Oral presentation, Bioastronomy, July 2007, Puerto Rico
68. Invited talk, University of Turin, 25 May 2007
69. Oral presentation, European Geophysical Union, Vienna, April 2007
70. Invited talk, Geneva Observatory, 28 March 2007
71. Invited talk, Observatory of Paris Meudon, 20 March 2007
72. Oral presentations, ESO workshop, Santiago, Chile, March 2007
73. Invited talk, École Normale Supériore de Lyon, France, 15 Feb. 2007.
74. Invited talk, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, France, 26 Jan. 2007.
75. Invited talk, Observatory of Nice, France, 9 Jan. 2007.
76. 24th Winter School in Theoretical Physics, Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem Dec. 2006.
77. Oral presentation at the AAS/Division of Planetary Science, Pasadena, Oct. 2006.
78. Invited talk, University College London, UK, October 2006.
79. Oral presentations at the European Planetary Science Congress in Berlin, Sept. 2006.
80. Invited presentation at the Europlanet N2 meeting in Helsinki, August 2006.
81. Invited talk, Department of Astrophysics, Jet Propulsion Lab, US, May 2006.
82. Invited talk, Department of Planetary Sciences, Caltech, US, May 2006.
83. Invited talk, NASA-Goddard, US, May 2006.
84. Oral Presentation, American Geophysical Union, May 2006, Baltimore, US.
85. Oral Presentation, “Astrobiology Science Conference”, Washington DC, March 2006.
86. Invited talk, Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, Tor-Vergata, Italy, March 2006.
87. Invited talk at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, March 22nd.

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88. Presentation at the American Geophysical Union, Dec. 2005, San Francisco, US.
89. Oral presentation at IPAC Symposium, Pasadena, Sept. 2005, US.
90. Poster Presentation, AAS/Division of Planetary Science, Cambridge (UK), Sept. 2005.
91. Invited talk , Imperial College, London, July 2005.
92. Oral Presentation, “NASA Astrobiology Biennal meeting”, Boulder, Apr. 2005, US.
93. Invited talk , Department of Planetary Sciences (GPS), Caltech, Feb. 2005, US.
94. Oral Presentation, AAS/Division of Planetary Science, Louisville, Nov. 2004, US ,
95. Oral Presentation, “Bioastronomy 2004, Habitable words”, Iceland, July 7-11, 2004.
96. Poster presentation, “TPF and Darwin”, July 2004, San Diego US.
97. Invited talk , Department of Planetary Sciences (GPS), Caltech, June 2004, US.
98. Poster presentation, EGU annual conference, Apr. 2004, Nice, France.
99. Invited talk , IPAC symposium, Caltech, Apr. 2004, US.
100. Oral Presentation, “Annual Conference of Astrobiology”, March 2004, NASA-Ames.
101. Invited talk, University of Pisa, Department of Mathematics, Italy, January 2004.
102. Invited talk, Astronomical Observatory of Torino, Italy, January 2004.
103. Invited talk, University of Torino Faculty of Physics, Italy, January 2004.
104. Poster presentation, “Astrobiology Science Conference 2004”, March 2004, NASA Ames.
105. Poster presentation, AGU annual conference, December 2003, San Francisco.
106. Poster presentation, DPS meeting, Monterey, September 2003.
107. Poster presentation, the “Astrobiology Science Conference”, February 2003, Tempe. US.
108. Poster presentation, “Astrobiology Science Conference 2002”, April 2002, NASA Ames.
109. “Determinism and complexity”, Arcidosso, Italy, Sept. 2001.
110. “Non Extensive Thermodynamics and physical applications”, Villasimius, Italy, March 2001.
111. Poster presentation, SIAM, Pacific Rim Dynamical Systems Conf., Aug. 2000, Maui, US.
112. Invited talk, EEC Carnet meeting, Balaton Lake, Hungary, June 1999.
113. Invited talk, EEC Carnet meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, April 1998.