School of Physics & Astronomy

Postdoctoral Researchers


Thanasis Giannakopoulos
Thanasis Giannakopoulos
Thanasis works on gravity and in particular Numerical Relativity. He is interested in modeling the dynamics of gravitational systems in General Relativity, as well as in alternative theories of gravity. This modeling process includes PDE analysis and code development. See also his personal website.
2022- Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Nottingham
2018-2022 PhD, Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal
2015-2017 MSc Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010-2015 BSc Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
 
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Joonas Hirvonen
Joonas works on phase transitions in particle physics, including both in the context of cosmological thermal history and the in neutron star cores.
2024- Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Nottingham
2020-2024 PhD in Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland
 
Swagat Saurav Mishra
Swagat Saurav Mishra
Swagat is interested in Theoretical Cosmology. His research mainly focuses on Early Universe Physics, Initial Conditions for Inflation, Reheating, Primordial Gravitational Waves, Primordial Black Holes, Dark Matter and Dark Energy.
2021- Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Nottingham
2015-2021 PhD in Cosmology, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India
2013-2015 Masters Student, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
2008-2013 Integrated BS-MS in Physics, NISER, Bhubaneswar, India
 
Elisa Todarella
Elisa Todarello
Elisa's research focuses on astrophysical signatures of axions and axion-like particles, with a broader interest in experimental efforts to detect axions, axion cosmology, and dark matter.
2024- Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Nottingham
2021-2024 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
2018-2021 Postdoctoral Researcher, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
2012-2018 PhD in Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville (FL), USA
 

 

 

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