Simone Scaringi

Simone Scaringi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas Tech University. His research focuses on accretion disk physics across cosmic scales and the application of machine learning to astrophysical data analysis, particularly through the BlackGEM telescope project.

Education:

• Ph.D., Astrophysics, University of Southampton (2010)
• M.Phil., Astrophysics, University of Southampton (2007)
• B.Sc., Mathematics with Astronomy, University of Southampton (2005)

Research Interests: Dr. Scaringi investigates universal accretion processes in systems ranging from young stellar objects to supermassive black holes. He develops machine learning algorithms to analyze data from projects like BlackGEM, aiming to classify transient events and reduce subjective bias in classification. His work bridges observational astronomy with computational techniques.

Awards:

• Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (2014)
• FWO Pegasus Marie Curie Fellowship (2012)

Labs/Teams: Involved with the BlackGEM telescope array project, focusing on optical transient detection and data fusion techniques using deep learning and convolutional neural networks.