Luca Comisso is an associate research scientist in the Department of Astronomy, the Department of Physics, and the Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory. Before joining Columbia University, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences of Princeton University and a long-term visitor in the Theory Department of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. He received a Ph.D. in plasma physics from the Polytechnic University of Turin (Italy). Before pursuing his passion for physics, he obtained a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering and a master’s degree in space engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy). His research primarily lies in the cross-disciplinary field of plasma astrophysics, integrating diverse areas of plasma physics, high-energy astrophysics, and astroparticle physics. His research is supported by NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy.
Research Topics
Multi-messenger astrophysics, gamma-ray bursts, black holes, jets from active galactic nuclei, accretion disks, particle acceleration, astrophysical turbulence, plasma instabilities.