Andrea Maselli
Gran Sasso Science Institute (Italy)
Binary black hole systems as particle physics laboratories in dark matter environments
2025–2026: Fall
Andrea Maselli is an Associate Professor at the Gran Sasso Science Institute, an international PhD school and research center in Italy. After earning his MSc and PhD at Sapienza University of Rome, he held research positions at the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation in Portsmouth, the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, the University of Tübingen, and Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon.
His research focuses on strong gravity astrophysics and the modeling of the Universe’s most compact objects—black holes and neutron stars—which act as sources of gravitational waves and electromagnetic signals, and as natural laboratories for testing fundamental physics under extreme conditions that cannot be replicated on Earth.
He is actively involved in international collaborations developing the next generation of gravitational wave detectors, including the Einstein Telescope, the space-based mission LISA, and the Lunar Gravitational Wave Antenna. These instruments will observe black holes evolving in the most remote regions of the Cosmos.
At the Italian Academy, he will investigate how astrophysical environments interact with compact objects, and explore how gas, electromagnetic fields, and potentially unknown forms of matter that shape our Universe affect the evolution of black holes and stars in the final stages of their life.
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