Education
Ph.D., Physics & Astronomy, University of Palermo (Italy)
Thesis: Gamma-ray bursts in the Swift era: evidence of a long-lived central engine and implications for the progenitor models.
M. Phil., Physics & Astronomy, University of Palermo (Italy)
Thesis: XMM-Newton observations of the supernova remnant IC 443: analysis of the thermal X-ray emission.
Credits: 110/110 cum laude
B. A., Physics & Astronomy, University of Palermo (Italy)
Thesis: X-ray spectroscopy of He-like ions in optically thin astrophysical plasmas.
Credits: 110/110 cum laude
Honors and Awards
2021 Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (ESAM), NASA Agency Honor Awards
2018 Silver Achievement Medal (SAM), NASA Agency Honor Awards
2018 Early Career Research Scientist Prize for Excellence, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland
2018 Italian Bilateral Scientific Cooperation Award, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2018 “Genio Vagante” Prize, Fondazione il Vittoriale
2017 Young Scientist Award, Italian Cultural Society
Publications
I am author or co-author of over 230 refereed publications (ApJ, A&A, MNRAS, Nature, and Science) with h-index = 85 based on the NASA ADS database (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu). Below a list of selected publications:
Troja, E., Fryer C., O’Connor B., et al.
A nearby long gamma-ray burst from a merger of compact objects
Nature, v. 612, p. 228, 2022
Troja, E., Ryan, G., Piro, L., and 9 coauthors
A luminous blue kilonova and an off-axis jet from a compact binary merger at z = 0.1341
Nature Communications, 9, 4089, 2018
Troja, E., Piro, L., van Eerten, H., and 31 coauthors
The X-ray counterpart to the gravitational-wave event GW170817
Nature, v. 551, p. 71, 2017
Troja, E., Lipunov, V. M., Mundell, C. G. and 28 coauthors
Significant and variable polarization during the prompt optical flash of GRB 160625B
Nature, v. 547, p. 425, 2017