roberto bruno
National Institute for Astrophysics, Università degli Studi dell'Aquila Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche
Research areas: Physics and Astronomy · Astronomy and Astrophysics · Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics · Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics · Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
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About
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name
Given name: Roberto
Family name: Bruno
Address
Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (IAPS-INAF)
Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 ROMA
Tel. (+39-06)-45488389, Fax. (+39-06)- 45488242
e-mail: [email protected]
Life & Career
1978 -Laurea in Physics, with honors, at L’Aquila University (Italy), the highest academic degree at that time in Italy;
1978-1979-Research Fellow at Department of Physics, University of L'Aquila;
1979-1980-Served in the Italian Navy;
1980-1982-Research Fellow at NASA-GSFC, Greenbelt (MD);
1982-Taught at Department of Physics, University of L'Aquila
1982-2012-Researcher at IFSI-CNR which became IFSI-INAF in 2005
1993-2001-Member of IFSI-CNR Scientific Council
1999-2009-Taught at Department of Physics, University of Calabria
2008-2010-Member of INAF Scientific Council
2012-present-Senior Researcher at IAPS-INAF
2017-Full Professor habilitation
Research field
His main interest has been focalized on Solar Wind physics, in particular:
• MHD turbulence and plasma kinetics,
• solar wind large scale structure
• numerical studies of electrostatic analysers for solar wind and magnetospheric plasmas.
Space missions experience
• CoPI of SWA experiment onboard Solar Orbiter
• PI of several research projects funded by the Italian Space Agency
• CoI of: SolarOrbiter METIS and RPW, Bepi Colombo SERENA-MPO and MEA-MMO, CIS-CLUSTER, CIS-Double Star
• Collaborator of the Solar Orbiter Assessment Study Report
• Co-author of 3 LoIs in response to the ESA-Call for Solar Orbiter in 2006
• Co-author of LoI in response to the ESA-Call for M4 mission proposals
Relevant Bibliography
Co-author of more than 150 papers published on international refereed journals;
Received more than 5000 citations, H35 (NASA/ADS source 2020);
Received more than 80 invitations at international conferences and schools;
Books
R. Bruno and V. Carbone, Turbulence in the Solar Wind, Lecture Notes in Physics, 928, 2016
Membership, Associations and Committees
ISSI member of the Science Committee 2019-2022
Member of American Geophysical Union since 1981
Member of Europen Geosciences Union since 2013
Member of Asociacion Latinoamericana de Geofisica(ALAGE-2004)
National Coordinator of IAGA-Italia Division IV Solar Wind and Interplanetary Magnetic Field since 2008
Publishing Activity & Meetings
Associate Editor of Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics for 2004-2005
Reviewer for NSF and Referee for several international journals.
Editor of Solar Wind X, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 679, 2003
Editor of Solar Wind XIII, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1539, 2013
Editor of Solar Wind XIV, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1720, 2015
Convenor and Chairman in several international meetings
Director of 3 International Summer Schools (2006, 2007, 2014) organized by the International Space Science School (ISSS)
Awards nad Prizes
2018 - Space Weather and Nonlinear Waves and Processes Prize presented by Nonlinear Geophysics and Space Physics and Aeronomy Sections of the AGU
2016 - Alumni Award of the Physics Dpt. of University of L’Aquila (Italy)
2005 - ESA-CLUSTER recognition certificate for outstanding contribution made to Cluster's exploration of Geospace
List of 5 relevant publications
1. Bruno, R. and Trenchi, L., 2014. Radial Dependence of the Frequency Break between Fluid and Kinetic Scales in the Solar Wind Fluctuations, ApJ, 787, LL24
2. Bruno, R., Carbone, V., 2013. The Solar Wind as a Turbulence Laboratory, Living Reviews in Solar Physics 10, 2.
3. Bruno, R., Carbone, V., Veltri, P., Pietropaolo, E., Bavassano, B., 2001, Identifying intermittency events in the solar wind, PSS 49, 1201-1210.
4. Bruno, R., Bavassano, B., 1991, Origin of low cross-helicity regions in the inner solar wind, JGR 96, 7841-7851.
5. Bruno, R., Bavassano, B., Villante, U., 1985, Evidence for long period Alfven waves in the inner solar system, JGR, 90, 4373-4377.
June 1st, 2015
Employment
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Istituto nazionale di astrofisica Primo Ricercatore in quiescenza1982 - Present
Education
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Università degli Studi dell'Aquila Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche Laurea1972 - 1978
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (562)
- Disentangling the Anomalous Acceleration of Coronal Mass Ejections via Turbulent Energy Conversion Save
- Characterization of Multiple Alfvénic Solar Wind Regimes Observed by Solar Orbiter at the October 2022 Perihelion Save
- Observations of multiple ion populations in solar wind velocity distributions with Solar Orbiter-PAS Save
- Evolution of Alfvénic slow wind parcels coming from the same solar source: observations by Parker Solar Probe, Solar Orbiter, and Wind Save
- Impact of Two-population α-particle Distributions on Plasma Stability Save
- Decoding Ion Beams in the Solar Wind: Insights into Kinetic Processes and Acceleration Mechanisms Save
- Impact of Two-Population Alpha-particle Distributions on Plasma Stability Save
- What determines the departure from equipartition of energy in Alfvénic fluctuations in solar wind streams? Insights from Solar Orbiter observations Save
- Kinetic properties of proton and alpha beams in the Alfvénic wind observed by Solar Orbiter-PAS Save
- Observations of Suprathermal Ions(5-75 keV) in Association with Shocks Save
- Solar Orbiter Observations of Proton and Alpha Particle Kinetic Signatures Related to the Presence of Switchbacks in the Inner Heliosphere: A Case Study Save
- Comparative Study of the Kinetic Properties of Proton and Alpha Beams in the Alfvénic Wind Observed by SWA-PAS On Board Solar Orbiter Save
- Iron Heating Across a Shock Observed by Solar Orbiter's Heavy Ion Sensor Save
- Innovative technique for separating proton core, proton beam, and alpha particles in solar wind 3D velocity distribution functions Save
- Evolution of coronal hole solar wind in the inner heliosphere: Combined observations by Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe Save
- Linking Small-scale Solar Wind Properties with Large-scale Coronal Source Regions through Joint Parker Solar Probe–Metis/Solar Orbiter Observations Save
- Investigating Alfvénic Turbulence in Fast and Slow Solar Wind Streams Save
- Sudden depletion of Alfvénic turbulence in the rarefaction region of corotating solar wind high-speed streams at 1 AU: Possible solar origin? Save
- Non-thermal features in proton and alpha velocity distribution functions in the solar wind in the inner heliosphere Save
- High-cadence measurements of electron pitch-angle distributions from Solar Orbiter SWA-EAS burst mode operations Save