Resume

INTERESTS

High-performance computing, (research) software engineering, open source software, open science, community and inclusion.

EDUCATION

2018–2023: University of Arizona — MSc and PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics (GPA:4/4, Advisor: Prof. Vasileios Paschalidis)
2015–2017: University of Milan — Master in Physics (cum laude, GPA:30/30, Advisor: Prof. Nikolaos Stergioulas)
2012–2015: University of Milan — Bachelor in Physics (cum laude, GPA:29.35/30, Advisor: Prof. Valentino Liberali)

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (12 total; 10 first author, 2 second author; 2 single author; 2 letters)

G. Bozzola, C. Chan, V. Paschalidis, Not all spacetime coordinates for general-relativistic ray tracing are created equal, PRD 108, 8, 084004 (2023)
G. Bozzola, V. Paschalidis, Can quasi-circular mergers of charged black holes produce extremal black holes?, PRD 108, 064010 (2023)
P. Espino, G. Bozzola, V. Paschalidis, Quantifying uncertainties in general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic codes, PRD 107, 104059 (2023)
R. Luna, G. Bozzola, V. Cardoso, V. Paschalidis, M. Zilhão, Kicks in charged black hole binaries, PRD 106, 8, 084017 (2022)
G. Bozzola, C. Chan, V. Paschalidis, Black Hole Physics and Computer Graphics, CISE 24, 2 (2022)
G. Bozzola, Does charge matter in high-energy collisions of black holes?, PRL 128, 4, 071101 (2022)
G. Bozzola, V. Paschalidis, Numerical-relativity simulations of the quasi-circular inspiral and merger of non-spinning, charged black holes: methods and comparison with approximate approaches, PRD 104, 4, 044004 (2021)
G. Bozzola, kuibit: Analyzing Einstein Toolkit simulations with Python, JOSS 60(6), 3099 (2021)
G. Bozzola, V. Paschalidis, General relativistic simulations of the quasi-circular inspiral and merger of charged black holes: GW150914 and fundamental physics implications, PRL 126, 041103, (2021)
G. Bozzola, P. Espino, C. Lewin, V. Paschalidis, Maximum mass, solution space and universal relations of rotating relativistic hadron-quark hybrid stars, EPJ A 55 9, 149, (2019)
G. Bozzola, V. Paschalidis, Initial data for general relativistic simulations of multiple electrically charged black holes with linear and angular momenta, PRD 99, 10, 104044 (2019)
G. Bozzola, N. Stergioulas, A. Bauswein, Universal relations for differentially rotating relativistic stars at the threshold to collapse, MNRAS 474, 3557–3564 (2017)

CONFERENCE PAPERS (2 first author)

G. Bozzola, V. Paschalidis, Generation of Initial Data for General-Relativistic Simulations of Charged Black Holes, in “Einstein Equations: Physical and Mathematical Aspects of General Relativity”, Birkhäuser (2019)
G. Bozzola, L. Frontini, V. Liberali, S. Shojaii, A. Sabile, Improvement of radiation tolerance in CMOS ICs through layout-oriented simulation, in “5th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies (MOCAST)”, IEEE (2016)

WHITEPAPERS

E. Barausse et al. (with G. Bozzola), Prospects for Fundamental Physics with LISA, GR&Grav 52, 81 (2020)

SOFTWARE (3 total (published); 1 lead developer)

Einstein Toolkit maintainers et al. (with G. Bozzola), The Einstein Toolkit, Zenodo, 3350841 (2021 and later)
H. Witek, M. Zilhão, G. Bozzola, et al., Canuda, Zenodo, 3565474 (2021 and later)
G. Bozzola, kuibit, Zenodo, 4679862 (2021 and later)

AWARDS

2022: Distinguished Student Award, Forum on International Physics, American Physical Society
2022: Graduate Student Research Prize, Theoretical Astrophysics Program, University of Arizona
2022: Department of Astronomy award for excellence in Teaching, University of Arizona

SUPERCOMPUTING TIME (AS PI OR CO-I)

2021–2023: 146,250 SBUs on NASA’s High-End Computing Center (HECC) (equivalent to $ 68,738)
2020: 50,000 SUs on Frontera at Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)

GRANTS

2020–2023: NASA Future Investigator in NASA Earth and Space Science ($ 135,000)
2020–2021: TACC Frontera Fellowship ($ 44,000)
2017–: Travel grants from NewCompStar, American Physical Society (APS) divisions, University of Arizona Theoretical Astrophysics Program (TAP), Graduate Student and Professional Council (GSPC), National Science Foundation (NSF), Institute of Theoretical Physics at the Goethe University (total: $ 9,500)

TEACHING

Fall 2022: Guest lecture on gravitational waves in ASTRO300A (main instructor: A. Youdin)
Fall 2022: Introduction to the Einstein Toolkit, series of seminars at the University of Arizona
Spring 2022: TA for PHYS105A: Introduction to Scientific Computing (main instructor: C. Chan)
Spring 2022: Physics consultation room (academic support for undergraduate physics courses)
Fall 2021: TA for ASTR300A: Dynamics and Mechanics in Astrophysics (main instructor: A. Youdin)
Fall 2021: Mentor for Astronomy Tutoring for Majors & Minors Program (ATOMM)
Spring 2017: Computational tools for physicists, series of seminars at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)

MENTORING

Graduate, University of Arizona (main advisor: V. Paschalidis):: Margaret Smith (2021–), Mahdi Naseri (2022–)
Undergraduate, University of Arizona (main advisor: V. Paschalidis):: Collin Lewin (2018–2019), William Lake (2018–2019), Cyrus Worely (2022–)

INVITED TALKS AND SEMINARS (18 in total)

2023: Introduction to the Einstein Toolkit, Instituto Superior Tecnico (PT)
2023: The high energy collisions of (charged) black holes, Instituto Superior Tecnico (PT)
2023: The high energy collisions of (charged) black holes, University of Valencia (ES)
2023: The high energy collisions of (charged) black holes, Goethe University in Frankfurt (DE)
2022: Nonlinear simulations of charged binary black holes as a tool for theoretical physics, Perimeter Institute (virtual)
2022: Exploring nonlinear interactions between charged black holes with numerical relativity: gravitational waves and fundamental physics, KIPAC Tea talks, Stanford (virtual)
2022: Advancements in fundamental physics with numerical relativity simulations of charged black holes, Theoretical Astrophysics Program Colloquia, University of Arizona (AZ)
2022: Advancements in fundamental physics with numerical relativity simulations of charged black holes, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan (IT)
2022: Post-processing Cactus simulations with Python, Einstein Toolkit North American School, University of Idaho (ID)
2022: Advanced tools for Python projects, LCM (Multimedia and Computing Lab) in Milan (IT)
2021: A brief introduction to the Journal of Open-Source Software, Theoretical Astrophysics Program, Computation&Data Initiative, University of Arizona (AZ)
2021: kuibit: Analyzing Einstein Toolkit simulations with Python, Einstein Toolkit North American School (virtual)
2021: Ray-tracing and radiation-transfer in dynamical spacetimes, Texas Advanced Center for Computing (virtual)
2021: Exploring the future of supercomputing, IBM EMEA Project Managers workshop (virtual)
2021: kuibit: a community-friendly tool to analyze Cactus simulations, Einstein Toolkit seminars (virtual)
2020: Numerical relativity simulations of charged black holes, Los Alamos National Laboratory (virtual)
2017: Computational tools for physicists, series of seminars, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
2016: Introduction to GNU/Linux, series of seminars, LCM (Multimedia and Computing Lab) in Milan (IT)

CONTRIBUTED TALKS (11 in total)

2022: Fundamental physics probed via high-energy collisions of electrically charged black holes, American Physical Society April Meeting in New York City (NY)
2022: Fundamental physics probed via high-energy collisions of electrically charged black holes, Midwest Relativity Meeting (virtual)
2021: General-relativistic simulations of quasi-circular inspirals of charged black holes, American Physical Society April Meeting (virtual)
2021: telega.el and the Emacs community on Telegram, EmacsConf 2021 (virtual)
2020: Advancements in general-relativistic simulations of charged black holes, Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting (virtual)
2020: Are black holes charged?, Early Career Scientist Talks at Steward Observatory (virtual)
2020: A tour of vterm, EmacsConf 2020 (virtual)
2019: Initial data for general-relativistic simulations of generic black hole systems with electric charge, linear and angular momenta, American Physical Society April Meeting in Denver (CO)
2018: Initial data for general-relativistic simulations of generic black hole systems with electric charge, linear and angular momenta, Alpine School for Theoretical Physics in Domodossola (IT)
2018: Quasi-radial instability of differentially rotating relativistic stars, American Physical Society April Meeting in Columbus (OH)
2017: Stability and universal relations of differentially rotating neutron stars, NewCompStar School in Sofia (BG)

SERVICE

2020–: Building, maintaining, and providing support for software for the scientific community (mainly, kuibit) and for the open-source community (mainly, emacs-libvterm)
2020–: Contributing to the public codes Einstein Toolkit and canuda
2020–: Referee for Physics Review D, Science Bulletin, Journal of Open Source Software

COMMUNITY, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION

2022: Graduate student representative for Steward Observatory graduate school admissions
2020–: Founding member of Steward Observatory International Scholars Task Force
2020–: Creating and supporting software to lower the entry-barrier to numerical relativity
2019: Outreach activities with K-12 classes at the Planetarium of the University of Arizona

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

2018–: LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) Science Group
2018–: TAP (Theoretical Astrophysics Program) at the University of Arizona

CONTRIBUTIONS TO OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE

Lead developer:

kuibit: Post-processing and visualization Python package for Einstein Toolkit.
motionpicture: Effortlessly make animations with Python.
ivy-emoji: Insert emojis in Emacs buffers.
vterm-extra: Additional features for Emacs’s vterm.
gray-python: Tools for the GRay2 general-relativistic ray-tracing code.
sphinx-citations: Fetch citations from ADS and add them to Sphinx-generated pages.
Jhuki: Preparing simulations for Einstein Toolkit.
ciak: Orchestrate running scripts.

Active contributor:

Einstein Toolkit: Relativistic astrophysics, gravitational-wave astronomy, and numerical relativity simulations.
Canuda: Fundamental physics with numerical relativity.
vterm: The best terminal emulator for Emacs. (Maintainer, with libvterm-mirror)