| EDUCATION and
QUALIFICATIONS |
| 11/2006-present |
"Primo Ricercatore" at the INAF - OAR |
| 09/1998-10/2006 |
Scientific staff member at
the OAR
(High Energy Division) |
| 04/1997-09/1998 |
Post Graduate Researcher ("OAR postdoc fellow on High Energy Astrophysics")
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| 10/1996 |
Ph.D. in Astrophysics
at the International School for Advanced
Studies, Trieste, Italy
Supervisors: Prof. Aldo Treves, Prof. Luigi Stella
Thesis: "A
systematic search for new X-ray pulsators in ROSAT fields" |
| 10/1993-10/1996 |
Graduate Ph.D. Student at SISSA/ISAS,
Trieste, Italy |
| 10/1993 |
Admission to the Ph.D.
program in Astrophysics at SISSA/ISAS, Trieste, Italy |
10/1992-10/1993 |
Graduate research fellow at I.C.R.A. |
| 05/1992 |
Laurea Degree in
Physics (M.Sc.), full
marks (110/110)
at the Università "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy
Supervisor: Prof. Luigi Stella
Thesis: "Techniques for coherent periodicity
search in cosmic
X-ray sources" |
| 08/1965 |
"First Light" in Bolzano, Italy |
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| PROFESSIONAL SERVICES |
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Referee, The
Astrophysical
Journal (Letters), Astronomy
& Astrophysics (Main and Letters), and MNRAS .
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Reviewer, BeppoSAX, Chandra and XMM-Newton Guest Observing programs.
- Local and National funds coordinator (ASI/INAF/CNR/MIUR)
- PI of several tens of observational projects at high energies (ROSAT, ASCA, BeppoSAX, Swift, XMM-Newton, Chandra), at optical/IR wavelengths (VLT, CFHT, TNG, NOT) and radio (Parkes)
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AWARDS & APPOINTMENTS |
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1994-1996: SISSA Student President
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10/1997: Livio
Gratton
National Prize for the best Ph.D. thesis on Astrophysics, III
Edition, special mention
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| Main referred publications |
Israel, G.L. et al. 2002 "RX J0806.3+1527: A double degenerate binary with the shortest known orbital period (321s)" Astronomy and Astrophysics 386, L13-L17; |
Israel, G.L. et al. 2005 "Discovery and monitoring of the likely IR counterpart of SGR 1806-20 during the 2004 gamma-ray burst-active state" Astronomy and Astrophysics 438, L1-L4; |
Israel, G.L., Belloni T., Stella L., Rephaeli Y., et al. 2005 "The Discovery of Rapid X-Ray Oscillations in the Tail of the SGR 1806-20 Hyperflare" The Astrophysical Journal 628, L53-L56; |
Israel, G.L. et al. 2008 "A Swift Gaze into the 2006 March 29 Burst Forest of SGR 1900+14" The Astrophysical Journal 685, 1114-1128; |
Rea, N., et al. 2010 "A Low-Magnetic-Field Soft Gamma Repeater" Science 330, 944 |
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