About Me
I'm Paolo Padoan, an astrophysicist studying how stars form in the turbulent, magnetized interstellar medium. My work combines theory and large-scale numerical simulations to connect the physics of supersonic turbulence and gravity to the properties of star-forming clouds, stellar clusters, and the stellar initial mass function.
Research Interests
- —Star formation and molecular clouds
- —Interstellar turbulence and magnetic fields
- —Stellar clusters and the stellar initial mass function
Academic Background
PhD in Astrophysics, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen1997
Degree in Astronomy, Università degli Studi di Padova1992
Postdoctoral Fellowships
National Research Council Associate, JPL, NASA/Caltech2001–2003
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University1999–2001
CONACYT Fellow, INAOE, Puebla, Mexico1998–1999
Professional Experience
Research Professor at Dartmouth College2024–Present
ICREA Research Professor at the University of Barcelona2010–Present
Associate Professor (tenured) at the University of California, San Diego2007–2010
Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego2003–2007
Barcelona 2017, with Bernard Jones