About Me
"Audentes fortuna iuvat"
- Name: Michela Negro
- Current position: Assist. Research Scientist
- Affiliations: CRESST/NASA-GSFC/UMBC
- Roles: Deputy Secretary/Treasurer of APS-DAP
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Ph.D. date: 15 Jan. 2019
- Email: mnegro1@umbc.edu
h-index since 2018 (from Google scholar on 04/2023)
Citations 66 articles since 2018 (from Google Scholar on 04/2023)
Years of experience Working in high-energy astronomy and space science.
Funded project as PI for a total of ~$900,000 in grants
My Resume
"Ad astra per aspera"
Main research topic
High-energy and multimessenger astronomy
Most of my current and future projects are based on these main topics: 1) multimessenger and time-domain high-energy astrophysics 2) high-energy polarimetry and 3) advanced machine learning techniques for data analysis and/or data reconstruction.
Education
Master in Nuclear and subnuclear pshysics
2012 - 2014
Università degli studi di Torino, Torino, Italy
Thesis: "Study of the inclusive spectrum of cosmic ray electrons with the Fermi Large Area Telescope"
Doctoral studies
2015 - 2019
Università degli studi di Torino, Torino, Italy
Thesis: "Unveiling the unresolved gamma-ray background through its angular power spectrum"
Professional Experience
Assistant research scientist
2022 - Present
NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, USA
- Fermi-LAT -
- COSI -
- IXPE -
Postdoc
2019 - 2022
NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, USA
- Main Project: Cross-correlation study between Gamma-ray background and the IceCube neutrino events.
- MeV science and future opportunities --involvement in future mission concepts: AMEGO-X, GECCO, COSI).
Outside Academia
2014 - 2015
Employed at Thales Alenia Space, Torino, Italy
Main research field: “ROSSINI2: an ESA commissioned study for new material for radiation shielding in Space"
My Research
"Fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza"
- All
- GeV
- MeV
- keV
- MMA
Contact Me
"People will never forget how you made them feel"
Social Profiles
Email Me
mnegro1@umbc.edu
Visit me
NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt (MD 20771)