Simonetta Frittelli, Ph.D.

Dr. Simonetta Frittelli has been an Associate Professor of Physics at Duquesne University since 2003, and serves as Chair of the physics department. She was born and raised in Córdoba, Argentina, where she received her first degree in physics and the spark of an interest in gravitational physics. She subsequently completed a PhD at the University of Pittsburgh under the mentorship of Ezra Ted Newman, with a focus on theoretical general relativity and its applications to gravitational lensing. After joining Duquesne University, she received support from the National Science Foundation to pursue implications of the Einstein equations to the simulation of gravitational waves and to the distortions of astrophysical images caused by extreme gravity. She has taught a wide range of physics courses for all kinds of students and delivered public lectures at local venues, notably the Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, the Allegheny Observatory and Café Scientifique Pittsburgh.

• Doctor of Philosophy, Physics, University of Pittsburgh
• Master of Science, Physics, University of Pittsburgh
• Licenciada en Física, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba

Astrophysical applications of strongly gravitating systems with an emphasis on fundamental theory, including mathematical properties of the Einstein equations.