Monica Rizzo

Rochester Institute of Technology

Contact:

mxr5584 at rit.edu
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Rochester Institute of Technology,
54 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623

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My CV

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Research Experience

CIERA Northwestern, Evanston, IL (June 2017 - August 2017)

Under Dr. Vicky Kalogera and Dr. Chris Pankow, I created a set of routines to calculate the amount of ejected matter and resulting kilonova light curve for neutron star-black hole and binary neutron star merger events. I then assessed the effect of different nuclear equations of state on the ejecta mass distributions and light curves.

Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation at RIT, Rochester, NY (May 2015 - Present)

Worked with Dr. Richard O’Shaughnessy on a project where we compared the capabilities of two parameter estimation models - a tidally corrected T4 model and an effective one-body model which includes tides - for gravitational waves from binary neutron stars.
Under Dr. Joshua Faber I modeled inspiralling binary neutron stars using a smoothed-particle hydrodynamics code (Starcrash) to study how the amount of matter they eject is affected by their physical parameters.
Currently, I am scheduled to begin working on a project with Dr. Richard O'Shaughnessy where we will attempt to place constraints on a neutron star nuclear equation of state using hierarchical modeling techniques.

RIT Physics Department, Rochester, NY (March 2015 - June 2015)

Under Dr. Mishkatul Bhattacharya, I assisted Dr. Brandon Rodenburg in his work involving the optical trapping of a nanoparticle. I solved several phonon dynamics equations to determine stable regimes of cooling, and generated several figures to illustrate these regimes.

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, RIT Physics/Math Department, Rochester, NY (September 2015-Present)