Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Eleonora Castelli

(POST DOC RESEARCH ASSOCIATE)

Eleonora Castelli's Contact Card & Information.
Email: eleonora.castelli@nasa.gov
Org Code: 663
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 663
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: UMBC Univ. of MD, Baltimore

Brief Bio


I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, hosted by University of Maryland, Baltimore County, as part of the Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology II (CRESST II). I am genuinely happy to be a part of NASA and to work in the Gravitational Astrophysics 663 branch within GSFC.


I'm working on LISA - the first space-based gravitational wave detector, launching in the mid-2030s - as a full member of the LISA Consortium, contributing to the development of data analysis algorithms and mitigation techniques for instrumental noise artifacts affecting the scientific data.


During my PhD I performed data analysis on the LISA precursor space mission - LISA Pathfinder, the geodesic explorer. I worked on the assessment of LISA Pathfinder noise performance and on the characterization of instrumental noise artifacts occurring in the data. I also contributed to the post-processing of the mission scientific data, ultimately published on the LISA Pathfinder Public Data Archive (lpf.esac.esa.int/lpfsa/).

Education


  • Nov 2016 - Mar 2020: PhD in Physics, University of Trento (Italy). Thesis: "LISA Pathfinder noise performance results: disturbances in the sub-mHz frequency band and projection to LISA" https://dx.doi.org/10.15168/11572_254388
  • Oct 2014 - Oct 2016: Master's Degree in Physics, University of Trento (Italy)
  • Sep 2011 - Sep 2014: Bachelor Degree in Physics, University of Trento (Italy)

Selected Publications


Refereed

2022. "Transient acceleration events in LISA Pathfinder data: Properties and possible physical origin." Physical Review D 106 (6): 062001 [Full Text] [10.1103/physrevd.106.062001] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Detection and characterization of instrumental transients in LISA Pathfinder and their projection to LISA." Physical Review D 105 (4): 042002 [10.1103/physrevd.105.042002] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Sensor Noise in LISA Pathfinder: In-Flight Performance of the Optical Test Mass Readout." Physical Review Letters 126 (13): 131103 [10.1103/physrevlett.126.131103] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Beyond the Required LISA Free-Fall Performance: New LISA Pathfinder Results down to 20 ensuremathmu Hz." prl 120 061101 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.061101] [Journal Article/Letter]