Fulvio Melia
Fulvio Melia | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 August 1956 |
| Nationality | Italian American |
| Alma mater | Melbourne University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | High Energy Astronomy, supermassive black holes, cosmology |
| Awards | Presidential Young Investigator Award (from President Ronald Reagan), Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow, Sir Thomas Lyle Fellow, Miegunyah Fellow, Erskine Fellow, John Woodruff Simpson Chair |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics, Cosmology |
| Institutions | University of Arizona |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Joss and Saul Rappaport |
Fulvio Melia (born 2 August 1956) is an Italian-American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author. He is professor of physics, astronomy and the applied math program at the University of Arizona and was a scientific editor of The Astrophysical Journal and an associate editor of The Astrophysical Journal Letters. A former Presidential Young Investigator and Sloan Research Fellow, he is the author of six English books (and various foreign translations) and 230 refereed articles on theoretical astrophysics and cosmology.