Dr. Olivier Minazzoli

Centre Scientifique de Monaco and Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (ARTEMIS), Nice, France

In development

• Lorentz symmetry
• Ralf Lehnert

• Inhomogeneous cosmology
• Chris Clarkson

• Topology in Quantum Field Theory
• Don Witt

• Stochastic gravitational background
• Michele Maggiore

• Loop Quantum Gravity
• Eugenio Bianchi

Articles sponsored or reviewed

• Astrophysical and cosmological signatures of Loop Quantum Gravity
• (2017) Aurélien Barrau

• Quantum gravity as a low energy effective field theory
• (2017) John F Donoghue

• Ashtekar variables
• (2015) Abhay Ashtekar

• Weak gravitational lensing
• (2017) Matthias Bartelmann, Matteo Maturi

• Modern cosmology
• (2017) George F.R. Ellis, Jean-Philippe Uzan

Recognized contributor

• Microlensing exoplanets
• (2010) Penny D Sackett

• Black holes
• (2008) Teviet Creighton, Richard H. Price

• Cosmic X-ray sources
• (2008) Riccardo Giacconi, Piero Rosati

• Cosmological constant
• (2010) Tamara Davis, Brendan Griffen

• Cosmic background explorer
• (2008) John C. Mather, Gary F Hinshaw

(Junior) Editor of the Encyclopedia of Space-time and gravitation.

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Current position

• Research associate at the Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Monaco.
• Research affiliate at the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (OCA), ARTEMIS CNRS/UMR 7250, France.

Noticeable previous positions and professional experiences

• NASA NPP fellow (2010-2012).
• Elected member of the OCA board of directors (2008-2009).
• Invited member of the OCA scientific board (2008-2009).
• Lecturer in Signal processing and Optics to third year (U.S. university equivalent) engineering students., Groupe ESAIP Enseignement Suprieur, France (2007-2008).

Education

• PhD in relativistic astrophysics, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur – University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France), ARTEMIS (CNRS/UMR 6162), with honors (2006-2009).
• Master in astrophysics, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France), with honors (2004-2006).
• Maîtrise in Physics, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France), with honors (2004-2005).
• Licence (Bachelor) in Physics, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France), with honors (2001-2004).

Awards and Fellowships

• 2016: Classical and Quantum Gravity, Outstanding Reviewer.
• 2010 - 2012: NASA NPP postdoctoral fellowship.
• Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur: second PhD student prize.

Research

Research interests

• Phenomenology of alternative theories of space-time (from laboratory to cosmology)

Selected publications

• Minazzoli O, Hees A (2016) Dilatons with intrinsic decouplings Physical Review D, Volume 94, Issue 06, id.064038. Link on ADSABS
• Hees A, Minazzoli O, Larena J (2014) Breaking of the equivalence principle in the electromagnetic sector and its cosmological signatures Physical Review D, Volume 90, Issue 12, id.124064. Link on ADSABS
• Minazzoli O, Hees A (2014) Late-time cosmology of a scalar-tensor theory with a universal multiplicative coupling between the scalar field and the matter Lagrangian. Physical Review D, Volume 90, Issue 2, id.023017. Link on ADSABS.
• Minazzoli O, Hees A (2013) Intrinsic Solar System decoupling of a scalar-tensor theory with a universal coupling between the scalar field and the matter Lagrangian. Physical Review D, vol. 88, Issue 4, id. 041504(R). Link on ADSABS.
• Harko T, Lobo F, Minazzoli O (2013) Extended \(f(R,L_m)\) gravity with generalized scalar field and kinetic term dependences. Physical Review D, vol. 87, Issue 4, id. 047501. Link on ADSABS.
• Full list through ADSABS

Other

Social networks

• Twitter: @OMinazzoli
• Research gate: link
• Facebook: link