Serena Valtolina

Serena Valtolina serves as a Research Fellow (Junior Scientist/Postdoc) at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Hannover, Germany, within the Observational Relativity and Cosmology research group. Her work focuses on gravitational wave detection through pulsar timing array methodologies.

Her research spans theoretical and observational aspects of Relativity and Cosmology, with specialized expertise in Pulsar Timing Arrays for low-frequency gravitational wave astronomy. This work contributes to understanding supermassive black hole binaries, cosmic inflation signatures, and neutron star physics through precise timing analysis of millisecond pulsars. Her investigations sit at the intersection of astrophysics, general relativity, and cosmological modeling.

Based at the Hannover campus (Callinstraße 38), Dr. Valtolina collaborates within international gravitational wave consortia including the European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) and the International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA), advancing multi-messenger astronomy through radio telescope observations and data analysis techniques.