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 thrilled 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 2035 - 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.

I have a PhD in Physics, during which 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/).

Selected Publications

Refereed

Armano, M., H. Audley, J. Baird, et al. P. Binetruy, M. Born, D. Bortoluzzi, E. Castelli, A. Cavalleri, A. Cesarini, V. Chiavegato, A. Cruise, D. Dal Bosco, K. Danzmann, M. De Deus Silva, I. Diepholz, G. Dixon, R. Dolesi, L. Ferraioli, V. Ferroni, E. Fitzsimons, M. Freschi, L. Gesa, D. Giardini, F. Gibert, R. Giusteri, C. Grimani, J. Grzymisch, I. Harrison, M. Hartig, G. Heinzel, M. Hewitson, D. Hollington, D. Hoyland, M. Hueller, H. Inchauspé, O. Jennrich, P. Jetzer, B. Johlander, N. Karnesis, B. Kaune, N. Korsakova, C. Killow, J. Lobo, J. López-Zaragoza, R. Maarschalkerweerd, D. Mance, V. Martín, L. Martin-Polo, F. Martin-Porqueras, J. Martino, P. McNamara, J. Mendes, L. Mendes, N. Meshksar, M. Nofrarias, S. Paczkowski, M. Perreur-Lloyd, A. Petiteau, E. Plagnol, J. Ramos-Castro, J. Reiche, F. Rivas, D. Robertson, G. Russano, L. Sala, P. Sarra, J. Slutsky, C. Sopuerta, T. Sumner, D. Texier, J. Thorpe, D. Vetrugno, S. Vitale, G. Wanner, H. Ward, P. Wass, W. Weber, L. Wissel, A. Wittchen, C. Zanoni, and P. Zweifel. 2022. "Transient acceleration events in LISA Pathfinder data: Properties and possible physical origin." Physical Review D 106 (6): 062001 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1103/physrevd.106.062001]

Baghi, Q., N. Korsakova, J. Slutsky, et al. E. Castelli, N. Karnesis, and J.-B. Bayle. 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]

Armano, M., H. Audley, J. Baird, et al. P. Binetruy, M. Born, D. Bortoluzzi, N. Brandt, E. Castelli, A. Cavalleri, A. Cesarini, A. Cruise, K. Danzmann, M. de Deus Silva, I. Diepholz, G. Dixon, R. Dolesi, L. Ferraioli, V. Ferroni, E. Fitzsimons, R. Flatscher, M. Freschi, A. García, R. Gerndt, L. Gesa, D. Giardini, F. Gibert, R. Giusteri, C. Grimani, J. Grzymisch, F. Guzman, I. Harrison, M.-S. Hartig, G. Heinzel, M. Hewitson, D. Hollington, D. Hoyland, M. Hueller, H. Inchauspé, O. Jennrich, P. Jetzer, U. Johann, B. Johlander, N. Karnesis, B. Kaune, C. Killow, N. Korsakova, J. Lobo, L. Liu, J. López-Zaragoza, R. Maarschalkerweerd, D. Mance, V. Martín, L. Martin-Polo, F. Martin-Porqueras, J. Martino, P. McNamara, J. Mendes, L. Mendes, N. Meshksar, A. Monsky, M. Nofrarias, S. Paczkowski, M. Perreur-Lloyd, A. Petiteau, P. Pivato, E. Plagnol, J. Ramos-Castro, J. Reiche, F. Rivas, D. Robertson, G. Russano, J. Sanjuan, J. Slutsky, C. Sopuerta, F. Steier, T. Sumner, D. Texier, J. Thorpe, D. Vetrugno, S. Vitale, V. Wand, G. Wanner, H. Ward, P. Wass, W. Weber, L. Wissel, A. Wittchen, and P. Zweifel. 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]

Armano, M., H. Audley, J. Baird, et al. P. Binetruy, M. Born, D. Bortoluzzi, E. Castelli, A. Cavalleri, A. Cesarini, A. Cruise, K. Danzmann, M. de Deus Silva, I. Diepholz, G. Dixon, R. Dolesi, L. Ferraioli, V. Ferroni, N. Finetti, E. Fitzsimons, M. Freschi, L. Gesa, F. Gibert, D. Giardini, R. Giusteri, C. Grimani, J. Grzymisch, I. Harrison, G. Heinzel, M. Hewitson, D. Hollington, D. Hoyland, M. Hueller, H. Inchausp'e, O. Jennrich, P. Jetzer, N. Karnesis, B. Kaune, N. Korsakova, C. Killow, J. Lobo, I. Lloro, L. Liu, J. Lopez-Zaragoza, R. Maarschalkerweerd, D. Mance, N. Meshskar, V. Mart'in, L. Martin-Polo, J. Martino, F. Martin-Porqueras, I. Mateos, P. McNamara, J. Mendes, L. Mendes, M. Nofrarias, S. Paczkowski, M. Perreur-Lloyd, A. Petiteau, P. Pivato, E. Plagnol, J. Ramos- Castro, J. Reiche, D. Robertson, F. Rivas, G. Russano, J. Slutsky, C. Sopuerta, T. Sumner, D. Texier, J. Thorpe, D. Vetrugno, S. Vitale, G. Wanner, H. Ward, P. Wass, W. Weber, L. Wissel, A. Wittchen, and P. Zweifel. 2018. "Measuring the Galactic Cosmic Ray flux with the LISA Pathfinder radiation monitor." Astroparticle Physics 98 28-37 [10.1016/j.astropartphys.2018.01.006]

Armano, M., H. Audley, J. Baird, et al. P. Binetruy, M. Born, D. Bortoluzzi, E. Castelli, A. Cavalleri, A. Cesarini, A. Cruise, K. Danzmann, M. de Deus Silva, I. Diepholz, G. Dixon, R. Dolesi, L. Ferraioli, V. Ferroni, E. Fitzsimons, M. Freschi, L. Gesa, F. Gibert, D. Giardini, R. Giusteri, C. Grimani, J. Grzymisch, I. Harrison, G. Heinzel, M. Hewitson, D. Hollington, D. Hoyland, M. Hueller, H. Inchausp'e, O. Jennrich, P. Jetzer, N. Karnesis, B. Kaune, N. Korsakova, C. Killow, J. Lobo, I. Lloro, L. Liu, J. L'opez-Zaragoza, R. Maarschalkerweerd, D. Mance, N. Meshksar, V. Mart'in, L. Martin-Polo, J. Martino, F. Martin-Porqueras, I. Mateos, P. McNamara, J. Mendes, L. Mendes, M. Nofrarias, S. Paczkowski, M. Perreur-Lloyd, A. Petiteau, P. Pivato, E. Plagnol, J. Ramos-Castro, J. Reiche, D. Robertson, F. Rivas, G. Russano, J. Slutsky, C. Sopuerta, T. Sumner, D. Texier, J. Thorpe, D. Vetrugno, S. Vitale, G. Wanner, H. Ward, P. Wass, W. Weber, L. Wissel, A. Wittchen, and P. Zweifel. 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]