Oliver Fabio Piattella

Research Interests

Most of the energy content of the Universe is associated with dark matter and dark energy, whose fundamental nature remains unknown. My work explores theoretical approaches to these open questions and their observational consequences.

My main research interests include:

• dark matter and dark energy;

• the cosmological constant problem;

• modified theories of gravity;

• alternatives to particle dark matter;

• large-scale structure and cosmological tensions;

• gravitational lensing;

• the physics of the primordial Universe.

Experience

Present and Past Academic Positions

• Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Università degli Studi dell'Insubria and member of the Scientific Committee of the Como Lake Centre for AstroPhysics (CLAP).

• Assistant Professor (Ricercatore Universitario di Tipo B) at the Università degli Studi dell'Insubria (until 12/2024)

• Associate Professor in Physics (Professor Associado) at the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES, until 12/2021)

• CNPq level 2 researcher (until 12/2021)

• Humboldt Fellow at the Institut für Theoretische Physik der Universität Heidelberg (from 09/2018 to 02/2020)

Contact

E-mail: of.piattella@uninsubria.it

Office Phone number: +39 031 238 6213

Address

Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia (DiSAT)
Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
via Valleggio, 11
22100, Como, Italy