I am an Associate Research Scientist affiliated with the Department of Astronomy of the University of Maryland, College Park. I work at the Astroparticle Physics Laboratory (code 661) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center through the Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology II (CRESST II) cooperative agreement.
Cecilia Chirenti
(ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCIENTIST)
| Email: | cecilia.chirenti@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.286.4216 |
| Org Code: | 661 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 661 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | UNIV OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK |
Brief Bio
Positions/Employment
Post-doc
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics - Albert Einstein Institute - Potsdam, Germany
2007 - 2009
Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics
Federal University of ABC - Santo André, Brazil
2009 - Present
Assistant Professor from 2009-2017. Associate Professor since 2017. On leave since 2020.
Associate Research Scientist
University of Maryland - College Park, MD
2020 - Present
Visiting Associate Research Scientist from 2020-2021. Associate Research Scientist since 2021.
Teaching Experience
I have taught several undergraduate Physics and Mathematics classes at UFABC from 2009 to 2019, including Classical Mechanics, General Relativity, Multivariate Calculus, Linear Algebra, Complex Functions and Differential Geometry. I have also had fun teaching graduate level short courses: Black Hole Quasinormal Modes (CBPF, Brazil, 2018), Neutron Star Asteroseismology (University of La Plata, Argentina, 2019) and Neutron Stars (Fermi Summer School, Delaware, 2022 and 2024).
Education
- B. Sc. in Physics (2003) University of São Paulo, Brazil
- Ph. D. in Physics (2007) University of São Paulo, Brazil
Selected Publications
Refereed
2023. "Multimessenger emission from the accretion-induced collapse of white dwarfs." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 525 (4): 6359-6376 [10.1093/mnras/stad2420] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Imaging the Milky Way with Millihertz Gravitational Waves." The Astronomical Journal 166 (1): 17 [10.3847/1538-3881/acd3f1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Three approaches for the classification of protoneutron star oscillation modes." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 523 (2): 2236-2246 [10.1093/mnras/stad1459] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Kilohertz quasiperiodic oscillations in short gamma-ray bursts." Nature 613 (7943): 253-256 [10.1038/s41586-022-05497-0] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "The Radius of PSR J0740+6620 from NICER with NICER Background Estimates." The Astrophysical Journal 941 (2): 150 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac983d] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Black hole spectroscopy horizons for current and future gravitational wave detectors." Physical Review D 105 (4): 044015 [10.1103/physrevd.105.044015] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "How loud are echoes from exotic compact objects?." Physical Review D 103 (4): 044028 [10.1103/physrevd.103.044028] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Investigating the I-Love-Q and w-mode universal relations using piecewise polytropes." Physical Review D 103 (2): 023007 [10.1103/physrevd.103.023007] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Fast Radio Burst Trains from Magnetar Oscillations." The Astrophysical Journal Letters 903 (2): L38 [10.3847/2041-8213/abc562] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Where is Love? Tidal deformability in the black hole compactness limit." Classical and Quantum Gravity 37 (19): 195017 [10.1088/1361-6382/abb07a] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Overtones or higher harmonics? Prospects for testing the no-hair theorem with gravitational wave detections." Physical Review D 101 (10): 104005 [10.1103/physrevd.101.104005] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Spicing up the recipe for echoes from exotic compact objects: Orbital differences and corrections in rotating backgrounds." Physical Review D 101 (8): 084010 [10.1103/physrevd.101.084010] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Constraining the Equation of State of High-density Cold Matter Using Nuclear and Astronomical Measurements." The Astrophysical Journal 888 (1): 12 [10.3847/1538-4357/ab4ef9] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Searching for Hypermassive Neutron Stars with Short Gamma-Ray Bursts." The Astrophysical Journal 884 (1): L16 [10.3847/2041-8213/ab43e0] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Torsional oscillations of magnetized neutron stars with mixed poloidal-toroidal fields." Physical Review D 100 (4): 043017 [10.1103/physrevd.100.043017] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Probing neutron star structure via f-mode oscillations and damping in dynamical spacetime models." Physical Review D 99 (8): 084024 [10.1103/physrevd.99.084024] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "On the radial stability of ultra-compact Schwarzschild stars beyond the Buchdahl limit." Classical and Quantum Gravity 36 (6): 065004 [10.1088/1361-6382/ab0526] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "On the Persistence of QPOs during the SGR 1806−20 Giant Flare." The Astrophysical Journal 871 (1): 95 [10.3847/1538-4357/aaf5ce] [Journal Article/Letter]
Selected Public Outreach
CRESST Undergraduate Interaction Day
2023 - 2023
FemPhys Mentoring Night
2019 - 2021