Anthony

Piro

Anthony Piro is a theoretical astrophysicist with a broad interest in topics involving black holes and neutron stars, astrophysical explosions, accretion flows, and planetary dynamics. He draws on his expertise in thermodynamics, radiative transfer, nuclear physics, and fluid dynamics to both predict novel astrophysical phenomena as well as understand the key underlying physical mechanisms responsible for new and exciting observations. Some of the key questions that he is especially interested in include, how can we use supernovae to probe the dying stars that generate them? What can we learn when we combine electromagnetic and gravitational wave information from the same systems? Where can we find moons around planets outside of our own solar system and is the presence of moons important for making these planets habitable for life?