Fulvio Melia

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Fulvio Melia
Born	(1956-08-02) 2 August 1956 (age 68) Gorizia, Italy
Nationality	Italian American
Alma mater	Melbourne University Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known for	High Energy Astronomy, supermassive black holes, cosmology
Awards	Presidential Young Investigator Award (from President Ronald Reagan), Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow, Sir Thomas Lyle Fellow, Miegunyah Fellow, Erskine Fellow, John Woodruff Simpson Chair
Scientific career
Fields	Astrophysics, Cosmology
Institutions	University of Arizona
Doctoral advisor	Paul Joss and Saul Rappaport

Fulvio Melia (born 2 August 1956) is an Italian-American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author. He is professor of physics, astronomy and the applied math program at the University of Arizona and was a scientific editor of The Astrophysical Journal and an associate editor of The Astrophysical Journal Letters. A former Presidential Young Investigator and Sloan Research Fellow, he is the author of six English books (and various foreign translations) and 230 refereed articles on theoretical astrophysics and cosmology.