ABOUT ME
Anna Tenerani graduated in Physics at the University of Pisa (Italy), before continuing on for her graduate studies at the University of Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France). After grad school, Anna first held a postdoctoral scholar position in Space Plasmas at the Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and next she was appointed Staff Researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles. Anna then moved to Austin, TX, where she is currently Assistant Professor.
Besides plasmas, Anna likes to play the piano, to enjoy outdoors, hiking and biking!
Photo: Alberto Tenerani
"Woman Addressing the Public"
EDUCATION
2009 - 2012
University of Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris - University of Pisa, Italy
Joint Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics and Applied Physics, Très Honorable
2009
"G. Puccini" Conservatory, La Spezia, Italy
Master in Classical Piano
2006 - 2009
University of Pisa, Italy
Master in Physical Sciences, Cum Laude
2003 - 2006
University of Pisa, Italy
Bachelor in Physics, Cum Laude
APPOINTMENTS
2019 - PRESENT
University of Texas at Austin, TX
Assistant Professor
2014 - 2018
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Staff Researcher
2012 - 2014
Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Postdoctoral Scholar
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Anna Tenerani's research interests lie in the physics of plasmas and space plasmas. She studies the waves and particles continuously emitted by our sun, their mutual interactions, and how they evolve into space. Starting from observational data, Dr. Tenerani adopts analytical and numerical tools to develop models that can help us understand how the solar corona is heated at temperatures above one million degrees, and how it finally transitions into the solar wind, a supersonic wind that fills our solar system.
Her research addresses fundamental problems of nonlinear plasma dynamics and of energy conversion/release in magnetized plasmas. These include the study of magnetic field reconnection, the study of evolving waves and plasma turbulence, and the study of how instabilities and wave-particle interactions affect the thermodynamics of non collisional plasmas.