Contact:
LUTH, Observatoire de Paris
5, Place Jules Janssen
92195 Meudon (France)
Office: 213, Bat. Evry Schatzman
Tel.: +33 (0) 1 45 07 71 69
Fax: +33 (0) 1 45 07 71 23
Email: pier-stefano.corasaniti@obspm.fr
Work Experience
- 2021 – present: Research Director (DR2), CNRS, Observatoire de Paris (France)
- 2007 – 2021: Senior Research Scientist (CR1), CNRS, Observatoire de Paris (France)
- 2006 – 2007: Postdoc, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris (France)
- 2003 – 2006: Research Fellow, Astronomy & Astrophysics Department, Columbia University (USA)
Education
- 2013: Habilitation à Diriger de Recherches (HDR), Université Paris Diderot. Dissertation: “Selected Contributions in Physical Cosmology“
- 2000 – 2003: Ph.D. in Physics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Sussex. Thesis: “Phenomenological Aspects of Dark Energy Dominated Cosmologies“, thesis’ advisor: Prof. Ed Copeland.
- 1994 – 1999: Laurea in Fisica (B.S. & M. Sc.) magna cum laude, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”. Thesis: “Simulation and detection of non-Gaussian signals in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation“, thesis’ advisors: Prof. Franco Occhionero and Prof. Luca Amendola.
Grants and Awards
- ERC-Starting Grant 2012-2017, “Exploring Dark Energy through Cosmic Structures” (EDECS), 1.5M €
- Ogden Prize in Cosmology 2004, University of Durham, Durham (UK). Awarded for best PhD thesis in cosmology in UK.
- Tito Maiani Prize 2001, Accademia dei Lincei, Rome (Italy). Awarded for top laurea tesi in cosmology among those of University of Rome “La Sapienza” and University of Pisa.