Professor Giovanna Tinetti
Professor of Astrophysics
Dept of Physics & Astronomy
Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences
- Joined UCL
- 18th Jun 2007
Research summary
Professor Giovanna Tinetti is Head of the Astrophysics Group, UCL Department of Physics & Astronomy, and Director of the UCL Centre for Space Exochemistry Data at Harwell.
She is the Principal Investigator of Ariel, the European Space Agency's next medium-class (M4) science mission to be launched in 2028. She is also co-founder and co-director of Blue Skies Space Ltd, which aims at creating new opportunities for science space satellites.
Select appointments and achievements include Principal Investigator of the European Research Council-funded program Exo-Lights (2014-2019), and Institute of Physics Moseley medal 2011.
Awarded a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Turin in Italy, Giovanna Tinetti has continued her academic career as NASA Astrobiology Institute fellow at Caltech/JPL and then as European Space Agency external fellow in Paris, before moving to UCL in 2007 as STFC Aurora and then Royal Society URF Fellow.
Prof. Tinetti has authored / co-authored over 200 research papers and has delivered over 260 talks, seminars and public lectures internationally.
Teaching summary
Currently teaching Physics of Exoplanets, PHAS0068.
Academic teaching experience: http://giotin.org/pages/teaching.html
PhD students supervised
- Arianna Saba, UCL CDT, Oct. 2020-present.
- Vinooja Thurairethinam (second supervisor), UCL Physics Department, Oct. 2020-present.
- Sze Kay Cynthia Ho (second supervisor), UCL MSSL, Oct. 2020-present.
- Lara Anisman, UCL Physics Department, Dec. 2019-present
- Quentin Changeat, UCL Physics Department, Oct. 2018-present
- Gordon Yip (second supervisor), UCL CDT, Oct. 2017-present
- Billy Edwards, UCL Physics Department, Nov. 2017-Dec. 2019
- Mario Damiano (co-supervisor), UCL Physics Department/INAF, Dec. 2015-2018.
- Tiziano Zingales (co-supervisor), UCL Physics Department/INAF, Nov. 2015-2018
- Angelos Tsiaras, UCL Physics Department, Oct. 2014-2017.
- Giuseppe Morello (second supervisor), UCL Physics Department, Oct. 2013-2016.
- Marco Rocchetto, UCL Physics Department, Oct. 2014-2016.
- Emma Barton (second supervisor), UCL Physics Department, Oct. 2013-2016.
- Ryan Varley, UCL Physics Department, Oct. 2012-2016.
- Marcell Tessenyi, UCL Physics Department, Oct. 2010-2013.
- Camilla Danielski, UCL Physics Department, Oct. 2010-2013.
- Morgan Hollis, UCL Physics Department, Oct. 2010-2013.
- Ingo Waldmann, UCL Physics Department, Oct. 2009-June 2012.
- David Kipping, UCL, Physics Department, Oct. 2007-2010.
Education
- Universita degli Studi di Torino
- First Degree, Laurea |
- Universita degli Studi di Torino
- Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy | 2003
- Politecnico di Torino
- Other higher degree, Masters | 1999
Biography
Select appointments and achievements:
- Principal Investigator EChO (ESA M3 candidate mission) payload consortium, 2011-2014.