Francesco De Paolis

Biography

Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics (SSD FIS / 05), graduated in Physics at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" in 1991 with a thesis titled " Electromagnetic Fields of Relativistic Systems Revolutionary Astrophysical Applications". He then obtained the PhD in Physics at the University of Bari with a thesis titled "Dark matter in elliptical and spiral galaxies". After conducting research at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) and at the Bartol Research Institute of the University of Delaware (USA) as a post-doc, she has been a researcher at the University of Delaware since 1999, of Salento and from September 2015 associate professor. Since the academic year 2005/2006 she has been responsible for the course of Theoretical Astrophysics (Specialized Degree in Physics). Dall'a.a. 2002/2003 to 2005/2006 was responsible for the Introduction to Modern Physics and the AI. 2003/2004 to 2007/2008 also of Course of Astronomy Elements. He has been a speaker or co-rapporteur of 10 thesis students in the four-year Physics Course, of 8 thesis of three-year (1st level), 4th level II and 5 thesis PhD in Physics. He is a designated member of the Doctoral School of Physics PhD in 2002/2003 and PhD in Physics and Nanoscience from 2013/2014 to present. He is INFN Research Director, associated with INAF and is a member of the Commission for Internationalization of RIAA. He is responsible for the Convention between the University of Salento and the University of Science and Technology of Rawalpindi (Pakistan) and is co-chairman of the Itlian-Pakistani Workshops on Relativistic Astrophysics. He was the local head of a European Commission Project and a PRIN. He was the local manager of the INFN's specific initiative FA51 and is currently responsible for the INFN's specific TAsP initiative. He is author of over 160 publications in international journals.

Research Interest

Distribution and nature of dark matter, Astrophysics of the central regions of the galaxies, Strong field effects in Relativity General, Astrophysics of gamma-ray bursts, Astrophysics of collapsed objects,