THESIS
PhD Thesis
2026-on
Luca Nagni @ Gran Sasso Science Institute
TBA
2026-on
Nicole Grillo @ Gran Sasso Science Institute
TBA
2025-on
Akshita Mittal @ Gran Sasso Science Institute
Stellar Oscillations as Probes of Neutron Star Interiors
2024-on
Manuel Gonçalo Oliveira Mariano @ University of Aveiro
Co-advisor: C. Herdeiro
TBA
2024-0n
Laura Pezzella Name @ Gran Sasso Science Institute
Ringdown modelling for asymmetric mass ratio mergers
2023-2026
Sara Gliorio @ Gran Sasso Science Institute
When asymmetric binaries meet fundamental physics
2022-2025
Anjali Kugarajh @ Gran Sasso Science Institute
Co-advisors: S. Matarrese & A. Ricciardone
Scalar Induced GWs in the multimessenger era: from fundamental physics in the early universe to PBH evolution
2020-2023
Susanna Barsanti @ Sapienza University of Rome
Co-advisor: L. Gualtieri
Testing fundamental physics with extreme mass ratio binaries
2019-2022
Andrea Sabatucci @ Sapienza University of Rome
Co-advisor: O. Benhar
Nuclear dynamics in modeling Neutron Star structure and its
implications in Gravitational Waves phenomenology
2019-2022
Massimo Vaglio @ Sapienza University of Rome
Co-advisor: P. Pani
Modelling and phenomenology of boson stars as gravitational
sources for future ground and space based interferometers
2018-2022
Gabriel Piovano @ Sapienza University of Rome
Co-advisor: P. Pani
Gravitational waves from exotic compact objects in extreme mass ratio inspirals
2017-2020
Margherita Fasano @ Sapienza University of Rome
Co-advisor: V. Ferrari
Constraining the equation of state of neutron stars with astrophysical and GWs observations
Master Thesis
2026
Giovanni Benetti @ University of Padova
Ultralight bosons and supermassive black holes:
new fundamental physics from GW observations
2025-2026
Giorgio Monti @ University of Milano-Bicocca
Co-advisor: Davide Gerosa
Evolution of Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals in
Dense Environments: A Multi-Parameter
Study
2024-2025
Serafino Bruscia @ University of Pisa
Co-advisor: L. Gualtieri
Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals with
Scalarized Neutron Stars
2024
Elisabet Keppler @ University of Trieste
Co-advisors: F. Longo, M. Branchesi & S. Ansoldi
A Multimessenger approach to Tidal Disruption Events
2024
Niccolo' D'onofrio @ Sapienza University of Rome
Co-advisor: S. Barsanti
Scalar fields and Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals: where do we look with LISA
2024
Chiara Anselmo @ Sapienza University of Rome
Ringdown tests of General Relativity with future
space gravitational wave detectors
2023-2024
Alessandro Agapito @ Sapienza University of Rome
Co-advisor: P. Pani
GWs inspiral tests of General Relativity in the framework of the Einstein Telescope
2023
Laura Pezzella @ Sapienza University of Rome
Quasi Normal Mode of dirty Black Holes embedded by dark matter halos
2021-2022
Lavinia Paiella @ Sapienza University of Rome
Anatomy of a binary neutron star merger
2021-2022
Matteo della Rocca @ Sapienza University of Rome
Co-advisor: L. Gualtieri
Scalar Flux from an EMRI: inclined circular orbits around Kerr Black holes
2020-2021
Viola De Renzis @ Sapienza University of Rome
Distinguishing Black Holes from Exotic Compact objects with gravitational observations
2020-2021
Tommaso Garbin @ Sapienza University of Rome
Co-advisor: L. Gualtieri
Black holes in Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity:
numerical analysis and analytical approximation for the numerical solutions
2019-2020
Irene Fabbri @ Sapienza University of Rome
Constraining the neutron star composition with QPO observations
2020
Susanna Barsanti @ Sapienza University of Rome
Scalar fields around Kerr black holes in extreme mass ratio inspirals
2020
Giulio Danella @ Sapienza University of Rome
Multi-band analysis of the neutron star EoS with future gravitational wave and electromagnetic observatories
2019-2020
Vania Vellucci @ Sapienza University of Rome
Co-advisors: L. Gualtieri & P. Pani
Black-hole spectroscopy with multiple event:
A data-analysis framework
2017-2018
Goncalo Castro @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon
Co-advisor: V. Cardoso
Gravitational waves and massive gravitons
2017-2018
Giuseppe Gnocchi @ Sapienza University of Rome
Co-advisor: V. Ferrari
Prospects for testing General Relativity with multiband gravitational wave detections
Bachelors
& Internships
& Internships
2026-2027
Charlotte Rizo-Crastes @ Gran Sasso Science Institute
Internship from École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay
2025
Albert Radulea @ Gran Sasso Science Institute
Internship from Institut Polytechnique de Paris
2022 - 2023
Enzo Figueiredo @ Gran Sasso Science Institute
Co post-master from Ecole Normale Superieure of Lyone
2020 - 2021
Alessandro Buchicchio @ Sapienza University of Rome
Bachelor
2020
Francesca Attadio @ Sapienza University of Rome
Bachelor
2019
Simone D'onofrio & Andrea Falzetti & Danilo di Ludovico @ Sapienza University of Rome
Bachelor
2017
Verena Krall @ University of Tübingen
Bachelor co-supervised with K. Kokkotas