RICCARDO MURGIA

Saludus a totus! 

I am a theoretical physicist exploring the interface between cosmology, theoretical particle physics, and astrophysical observations.

I am interested in constraining the fundamental properties of dark matter and dark energy through their phenomenological signatures. To that end, I develop and exploit advanced computational tools for theoretical and phenomenological modelling, data comparison and forecasts. I am also interested in the physics of black holes and other compact objects, as well as in studying cosmological tensions and anomalies possibly hinting at physics beyond standard cosmology.

My current work is focused on extracting insights on cosmology and fundamental physics from current and future Gravitational Wave (GW), Multi-Messenger, and Structure Formation data.

I was born and I lived my first 23 years of life in Sardinia, not far away from its capital city, Casteddu, and even less far away from the seaside.

In 2012 I obtained a Bachelor Degree in Physics at Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Sardinia).

In 2015 I obtained a Master Degree in Theoretical Physics at Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy). 

In 2019 I obtained a Ph.D in Astrophysics & Cosmology at SISSA, Trieste (Italy), during which I had also carried out a fellowship at the Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology (TTK) at the RWTH University, Aachen (Germany).

From 2019 to 2022 I was a Post-Doc Researcher in the PACT (Particles, Astroparticles, Cosmology: Theory) Team at LUPM - Laboratoire Univers & Particules Montpellier (France).

From 2022 to 2024 I was a Research Assistant Professor in the Astroparticle Physics Department at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L'Aquila (Italy).

Since October 2024 I am an Assistant Professor within the Gravitational Theory & Cosmology group at the Physics Department of Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Sardinia), also associated to Cagliari's Section of INFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare.

I am currently part of the GW and Cosmology Science Working Groups of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) collaboration, and a member of the Cosmology Division of the Observational Science Board (OSB) of the Einstein Telescope collaboration.

I have been actively contributing to the development of the Einstein-Boltzmann code CLASS, the cosmological parameter estimator MontePython, and the GW parameter estimation code GWFish. 

More of my coding projects can be found on my GitHub page, while some of my presentations can be found here.