PERSONAL INFORMATION
Family name, First name: Tombesi Francesco
Researcher unique identifier(s) (ORCID): 0000-0002-6562-8654
URL for web site: http://francescotombesi.altervista.org/
• EDUCATION
2010 PhD in Astronomy. Thesis "An X-ray absorption line spectroscopy study of ultra-fast outflows from the innermost regions of AGNs". Dept. of Astronomy, University of Bologna, Italy. Name of PhD Supervisor: Prof. G.G.C. Palumbo.
2006 Master in Astrophysics & Cosmology. Dept. of Astronomy, University of Bologna, Italy.
• CURRENT POSITION(S)
2017 – "Montalcini" Assistant Professor. Dept. of Physics, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy
2018 – Affiliated Researcher. Astronomical Observatory of Rome, INAF, Italy.
2014 – Assistant Research Scientist. Dept. of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
2010 – Astrophysicist. X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA.
• PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2010 – 2014 Research Associate. Dept. of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
2010 – 2010 Research Assistant. Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, George Mason University, USA.
2008 – 2009 Research Scholar. Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, USA.
• FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2017 Aspen Institute Italia Award for "research and scientific cooperation between Italy and USA", Aspen Institute Italia, Italy.
2016 Giovani Ricercatori "Rita L. Montalcini" Fellowship, Ministry of Education, University and Research, Italy (218.000 euro).
2016 "Exceptional Scientific Achievement" Medal, NASA, USA.
2015 "Robert H. Goddard Honor Award" for "exceptional achievement in science", NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA.
2015 National Prize "Gentile da Fabriano", Italy.
2014 "Astrophysics Science Division Peer Award", NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA.
2014 "Early Career Research Scientist Prize for Excellence", Dept. of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
2014 Special Mention "Cefalu' 2014 Prize for Astrophysics", Italy.
2013 Special Mention "ISSNAF Award for Young Investigators", Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation, USA.
2008 – 2009 Scholarship, Dept of Physics, Johns Hopkins University USA.
• SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
2017 – Supervisor of 2 PhD students, Co-Supervisor of 1 PhD Student. Dept. of Physics, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy.
2017 – 2018 Supervisor of 1 Master student. Dept. of Physics, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy.
2013 – 2017 Tutor of 9 Bachelor students. Dept. of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
• TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2017 – Professor of "Physics 2", Bachelor course, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy.
• ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2019 EWASS Symposium "Jets and disk winds across cosmic scales'', SOC member, Lyon, France.
2019 EWASS Special Session "Quasar feedback: ejecting, compressing and enriching gas at different scales", SOC member, Lyon, France.
2018 "Multiphase AGN feeding and feedback'', Co-Chair SOC, Sexten, Italy.
2018 "Breaking the limits 2018: super-Eddington accretion on compact objects", Co-Chair SOC, Sardinia, Italy.
2017 "AGN winds on the Georgia coast", SOC member, Georgia, USA.
2016 "Breaking the limits: super-Eddington accretion on compact objects", Co-Chair SOC, Italy.
2015 "The extremes of black hole accretion", SOC member, Madrid, Spain.
2011 "AGN winds in Charleston", SOC member, Charleston, USA.
• INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2017 – Member of the Board of Faculty of the joint PhD program in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Science, at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata'', University of Rome "Sapienza'', and INAF institutes in Rome, Italy.
2017 – Faculty member, Dept. of Physics, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy.
2017 – Graduate Student Advisor, Dept. of Physics, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy.
2017 – Master Student Advisor, Dept. of Physics, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy.
2014 – Faculty member, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
2017 – Organizer of the Astrophysics Seminars, Dept. of Physics, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy.
2015 – 2016 Member of the Faculty Committee drafting the "Plan of Organization for Shared Governance", Dept. of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
• REVIEWING ACTIVITIES
2018 – Reviewer for the "Register of Expert Peer Reviewers for Italian Scientific Evaluation (REPRISE)" of the Ministry of Education, University and Research, Italy.
2017 – 2017 Reviewer for the "Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research" VINI program, Netherlands.
2017 – Reviewer for the "Young Investigator Award" of the Intalian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation, USA.
2014 – 2014 Reviewer for a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant panel, USA.
2013 – 2013 Reviewer for the ARISTEIA program of the "Ministry of Education of Greece", Greece.
2012 – Peer reviewer for seven NASA grant panels (Chandra, Swift, NuSTAR, Astrophysics Theory Program, NASA Postdoctoral Program), USA.
2010 – Referee for the International Journals "Nature", "Physical Review Letters", "The Astrophysical Journal", "The Astrophysical Journal Letters", "Astronomy & Astrophysics", "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society", "Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan", "New Astronomy".
• MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2016 – Member, European Astronomical Society (EAS), American Astronomical Society (AAS), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
2015 – Member, International Astronomical Union (IAU).
2012 – Member, Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation (ISSNAF).
2008 – Member, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR).
• MAJOR COLLABORATIONS
2018 – Member of the Habitable Worlds (HAW) collaboration in Rome on Exoplanets.
2018 – Member of the Supemassive Black Hole Winds in X-rays (SUBWAYS) collaboration.
2016 – Co-I of the NASA Astrophysics probe mission proposal Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)
2016 – NASA endorsed member of the Neutron star Interior Composition ExploreR (NICER) observatory
2016 – Member of the ESO-Athena Synergy Team (EAST)
2016 – Member of the SKA-Athena Synergy Team (SAST)
2015 – NASA endorsed member of the science working group of the Lynx X-ray Observatory
2015 – NASA/ESA endorsed member of the science study team of the Athena X-ray Observatory
2010 – NASA/JAXA endorsed member of the science working group of the Hitomi X-ray Observatory
• GRANTS AND PROPOSALS
2010 – Research grants: PI > 700.000 euro, Co-I > 400.000 euro. Telescope observing time (number of proposals) PI > 375 hrs (7), Co-I > 1050 hrs (18).