Giovanna Tinetti Explained

Giovanna Tinetti
Birth Date:1 April 1972
Birth Place:Turin
Education:University of Turin
Employer:University College London
Known For:Exoplanets

Giovanna Tinetti (born 1 April 1972) is an Italian physicist based in London. She is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at University College London, who researches galactic planetary science, exoplanets and atmospheric science.

Early life and education

Giovanna Tinetti was born in 1972 in Turin, Italy.[1] She earned an MA in Astrophysics in 1997 and an MSc in Fluid Dynamics and Energetics in 1998 at the University of Turin. She completed PhD in Theoretical Physics under Professor Luigi Sertorio in 2003.[2]

Research and career

Tinetti joined NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2003 as a postdoctoral researcher and remained in NASA's Astrobiology Institute until 2005.[3] [4] [5] She joined the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris as a European Space Agency as an external fellow in 2005, where she was the first to identify water vapour in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system.[6] [7] She went on to secure a STFC Aurora Fellowship to pursue her research at University College London in 2007.[8] [9] [10] [11]

In 2009, Tinetti was made a research fellow of the Royal Society.[12] She coordinated the European Space Agency's EChO Mission (Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory), which was backed by ESA, in 2013.[13] [14] She is the Principal Investigator of ARIEL, Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, one of three candidate-missions selected by European Space Agency for the next medium class (M4) science mission and now confirmed to be launched in 2028.[15] [16] [17] She is Principal Investigator for the European Research Council Consolidator program Exo-Lights - Decoding the light from other worlds.[18]

She is on the editorial board of Springer's Experimental Astronomy and of Proceedings of the Royal Society A.[19] [20]

Public engagement and outreach

Tinetti regularly shares her enthusiasm for exoplanets and space science with non-expert audiences, contributing to websites, giving public lectures, appearing at science festivals and appearing on the television.[21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] Tinetti appears regularly on the BBC's Sky At Night and Stargazing Live.[29] [30] She featured in the 2012 Sky at Night Question and Answer book which accompanied the series.[31] She has discussed the quest for exoplanets on several radio and television programs and podcasts.[32]

In 2012, she was included in the London 2012 Olympics See Britain campaign, where recognised the "UK’s ability to harness the best from the past whilst looking to the future has created the perfect conditions for great scientific innovation".[33] [34]

In 2013 she released a popular science book, "I pianeti extrasolari" (Extrasolar Planets), describing the history of exoplanets, detection techniques and likelihood of finding alien life.[35] In 2016, she was an invited speaker at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies.

Tinetti is co-director of Blue Skies Space Limited, a commercial enterprise for space science projects.[36] She is the Science Lead for the Citizen Science project Twinkle, a small, low-cost spectroscopy mission that decodes the light from extrasolar planets developed by Surrey Satellite Technology and UCL.[37]

Awards

2022 - Sir Arthur Clarke Award, British Interplanetary Society and the Arthur C Clarke Foundation[38]

2011 - Moseley Medal & Prize, Institute of Physics[39]

2009 - NASA Group Achievement Award, with Mark Swain and Gautam Vasisht[40]

2009 - Edward Stone Award, JPL[41]

1999 - SIF Award for best young Italian physicist, Italian Society of Physics

1998 - ENEA Award for best MSc thesis, Italian National Agency for Energy & Environment

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Giovanna Tinetti CV. giotin.org. 2022-08-18.
  2. Web site: Professor Giovanna Tinetti. www.ucl.ac.uk. 25 April 2018 . en. 2022-08-18.
  3. Web site: Giovanna Tinetti. World Economic Forum. 2017-12-09.
  4. Web site: NASA Astrobiology Institute. nai.nasa.gov. 2017-12-09.
  5. Book: Assessment of the NASA Astrobiology Institute. 2008. National Academies Press. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Review of the NASA Astrobiology Institute.. 978-0309114981. Washington, D.C.. 568512701.
  6. News: Water, water everywhere - on an extrasolar planet. esa. European Space Agency. 2017-12-09. en-GB.
  7. Book: The chemical cosmos : a guided tour. Miller, Steve. 2012. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 978-1441984449. New York. 759858110.
  8. Web site: Searching For Life On Other Worlds. 2014-08-27. Science 2.0. en. 2017-12-09.
  9. Web site: First organic molecule on extra-solar planet found. www.ucl.ac.uk. en. 2017-12-09. 2008-03-19.
  10. Web site: New Technique for Detecting Earth-like Planets - SpaceRef. spaceref.com. en. 2017-12-09.
  11. Web site: 19th October – School of Cosmic Physics Statutory Public Lecture 2017 – DIAS. www.dias.ie. en-US. 2017-12-09.
  12. Web site: Giovanna Tinetti. royalsociety.org. en-gb. 2017-12-09.
  13. Web site: EChO. sci.esa.int. EN. 2017-12-09.
  14. Gewin. Virginia. 2011-04-13. Turning point: Giovanna Tinetti. Nature. en. 472. 7342. 251. 10.1038/nj7342-251a. free.
  15. Web site: ARIEL Space Mission. ARIEL Space Mission. en-US. 2017-12-09.
  16. Tinetti. G.. Drossart. P.. Eccleston. P.. Hartogh. P.. Heske. A.. Leconte. J.. Micela. G.. Ollivier. M.. Pilbratt. G.. Edward C. Tong. Nicholas. Siegler. Natalie. Batalha. Makenzie. Lystrup. Giovanni G. Fazio. Howard A. MacEwen. 2016-07-29. The science of ARIEL (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey). Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical. International Society for Optics and Photonics. 9904. 99041X. 10.1117/12.2232370. Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave. 2016SPIE.9904E..1XT. 53530358.
  17. https://arielspacemission.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/ariel-selection-press-release-uk_2018_final_updated.pdf ARIEL exoplanet mission selected as ESA’s next medium-class science mission
  18. Web site: ERC Consolidator Grants 2013 Results. European Research Council. 2017-12-09.
  19. Web site: Experimental Astronomy - incl. option to publish open access (Editorial Board). springer.com. en. 2017-12-09.
  20. Web site: Editorial Board Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org. en. 2017-12-09.
  21. News: Brave new worlds. 2017-12-09. en.
  22. News: Giovanna Tinetti. New Scientist Live 2017. 2017-12-09. en-GB.
  23. Web site: Royal Astronomical Society. www.ras.org.uk. en-gb. 2017-12-09.
  24. Web site: National Space Academy - Professor Giovanna Tinetti. nationalspaceacademy.org. en-gb. 2017-12-09.
  25. News: What is the weather like on exoplanets?. O’Connell. Claire. 2017-10-16. Silicon Republic. 2017-12-09. en-GB.
  26. News: BBC News - Reporter's log: Science festival. 2010-09-14. 2017-12-09. en-GB.
  27. Web site: Giovanna Tinetti. The Conversation. 22 July 2015 . en. 2017-12-09.
  28. Web site: Exoplanet explorers. royalsociety.org. en-gb. 2017-12-09.
  29. Web site: Search for a planet like Earth, The Sky at Night - BBC Four. BBC. October 2011 . 2017-12-09.
  30. Web site: Episode 3, Series 2, Stargazing Live - BBC Two. BBC. 2017-12-09.
  31. Book: Patrick., Moore. The sky at night. 2012. BBC. North, Chris (Chris E.). 978-1849903462. London. 772973696.
  32. News: Searching for new planets. Pod Academy. 2017-12-09. en-US.
  33. Web site: Giovanna Tinetti. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110107224318/http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/global-issues/london-2012/see-britain/giovanna-tinetti. dead. 2011-01-07. webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. en. 2017-12-09.
  34. Web site: The National Archives - Astrophysicist Giovanna Tinetti: science and innovation in the UK - Foreign & Commonwealth Office Video Archive - UK Government Web Archive. Archives. The National. webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. en-GB. 2017-12-09.
  35. Book: G. TINETTI, Extrasolar Planets. it-IT.
  36. Web site: Blue Skies Space Ltd.. www.blueskiesspace.co.uk. en-GB. 2017-12-09.
  37. News: Team. Twinkle. 2017-12-09. en-GB.
  38. Web site: 2023-10-13 . Announcing the winners of the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards 2022 . 2023-10-15 . The British Interplanetary Society . en-GB.
  39. Web site: 2011 Moseley Medal and Prize. Physics. Institute of. www.iop.org. en-GB. 2017-12-09.
  40. News: Curriculum vitae et studiorum. Giovanna Tinetti's website. 2017-12-09. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20120122100202/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucapgti/CV/. 2012-01-22. dead.
  41. Web site: JPL Ed Stone Awards for Outstanding Research Publications: 2007-2011 Awards. Caltech JPL Library. 2017-12-09. 2017-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171210020308/https://libguides.caltech.edu/c.php?g=555256&p=3931975. dead.

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