Amedeo Balbi

Current

• Assistant Professor / Researcher at Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma Tor Vergata

Past

• Visiting Scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Visiting Scientist at Fermilab
• Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley

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Education

• Università di Roma La Sapienza
• Università di Roma Tor Vergata

Connections

4 connections

Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• My book

Amedeo Balbi’s Summary

I am a theoretical cosmologist, doing research at the frontier between astrophysics and fundamental physics. I am also interested in the search for life elsewhere in the universe. I am author of about 50 research papers on peer-reviewed international journals, and of an equivalent number of contributions to volumes and conference proceedings.

I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Rome, Tor Vergata. I also teach at the master in Communication of Science at the same University.

I write non-technical science articles and give science talks for a general audience. I am consulted as an expert by local and national radio and tv programs. Since 2006, I run Keplero.org, my blog (in Italian) about science and popular culture.

I am the author of a popular-science book on cosmology, "The Music of the Big Bang" (Springer, 2008).

Amedeo Balbi’s Specialties:

Physics; astronomy & astrophysics; cosmology; astrobiology.
Science writing and communication to a general audience.

Amedeo Balbi’s Experience

• Assistant Professor / Researcher

  Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma Tor Vergata

  (Research industry)

  November 2002 — Present (7 years 1 month)

• Visiting Scientist

  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  August 2008 — August 2008 (1 month)

• Visiting Scientist

  Fermilab

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

  August 2004 — August 2004 (1 month)

• Visiting Scholar

  UC Berkeley

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years )

Amedeo Balbi’s Education

• Università di Roma La Sapienza

  PhD , Astronomy , 2000

• Università di Roma Tor Vergata

  MSc , Physics , 1989 — 1995

Additional Information

Amedeo Balbi’s Websites:

• My book

Amedeo Balbi’s Groups:

•    Science & Technology Media Professionals™
•    Science Writers

Amedeo Balbi’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• reference requests
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