Alessandro Trani

Alessandro Trani is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Niels Bohr Institute (University of Copenhagen), affiliated with the Astrophysics and Planetary Research group and the Niels Bohr International Academy. His research focuses on collisional self-gravitating systems, including star clusters, galactic nuclei, binary stars, and planetary systems, with a particular emphasis on gravitational wave astronomy and few-body dynamics.

Key research areas include:

• Chaos in stellar and planetary dynamics
• Formation of hierarchical triples and black hole mergers
• Relativistic three-body problem
• Dynamical evolution of compact object binaries

Recent publications highlight his work on gravitational wave capture mechanisms, stability criteria for triple systems, and chaos suppression in relativistic regimes. He holds fellowships from the INTERACTION and JSPS programs.