Patrizia Romano: Curriculum Vitae

Education

      30/08/2002 Ph.D. in Astronomy - The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA
          Multi-Wavelength Study of Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies, Advisors: B.M. Peterson, R.W. Pogge, S. Mathur, T.J. Turner.
      19/03/1999 M.S. in Astronomy - The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA
      06/10/1993 Laurea (M.S.) in Astronomy - The University of Padua, Italy
          Characteristics of radiation emission from accretion discs in AGNs, Advisors: P. Rafanelli e M. Calvani

Employment history

     2008 - present: Staff Researcher at INAF-IASF Palermo
     2006 - 2007: University of Milan Bicocca Post doc (15 months)
     2004 - 2006: Italian Space Agency (ASI) Post doc (24 months)
     2002 - 2004: Brera Astronomical Observatory Post doc (24 months)
     1997 - 2002: Graduate Research/Teaching Associate, Astronomy Department, OSU, USA
     1996 - 1997: Graduate Fellow, Astronomy Department, OSU, USA (12 months)
     1995: University of Padua Fellow, at the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
             University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA (12 months)
     1995 - 1996: Ingegnere Aldo Gini Fellow, at the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
             University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA (12 months)
     1995: Vatican Observatory Summer School 1995 Fellow (1 month)
     1994 - 1995: Slovenian Ministry of Education and Sport, Post-Undergraduate Fellow (6 months)
            at the Department of Physics and Mathematics, Ljubljana, Slovenja
     1994: NFRA Summer Research Grant Fellow (3 months)

Research interests

     X-ray Binaries: SFXTs
     Active Galactic Nuclei
     Gamma-Ray Bursts
     ASTRI

Instrumentation activities

     Calibration Team member of Swift/XRT (XRT on-orbit calibration, pile-up correction)
     Swift/XRT Instrument Duty Specialist (XDS, monitoring the XRT vital parameters)

Highlight recent papers

     [ADS refereed]

     P. Romano, et al., 2016, A&A, in press
        Searching for supergiant fast X-ray transients with Swift
     P. Romano, 2015, JHEAP, 7, 126
        Seven years with the Swift Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients project
     P. Romano, et al., 2015, A&AL, 576, L4
        Giant outburst from the supergiant fast X-ray transient IGR J17544-2619: accretion from a transient disc?
     E. Bozzo, P. Romano, et al., 2015, AdvSpRes, 55, 1255
        Supergiant fast X-ray transients as an under-luminous class of supergiant X-ray binaries
     P. Romano, et al., 2014c, A&A, 572, A97
        Constraining duty cycles through a Bayesian technique
     P. Romano, et al., 2014b, A&A, 568, A55
        Soft X-ray characterisation of the long-term properties of supergiant fast X-ray transients
     P. Romano, et al., 2014a, A&A, 562, A2
        The 100-month Swift catalogue of supergiant fast X-ray transients I. BAT on-board and Transient Monitor flares
     P. Romano, et al., 2013, AdvSpRes, 52, 1593
        The Swift Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients Project: a review, new results, and future perspectives
     L. Ducci, P. Romano, et al., 2013, A&A, 556, A72
        Swift/XRT orbital monitoring of the candidate SFXT IGR J17354-3255
     R. Farinelli, P. Romano, et al., 2012, MNRAS, 424, 2854
        Swift observations of two SFXT prototypes in outburst
     P. Romano, et al., 2012, MNRAS, 419, 2695
        Swift/XRT monitoring of the candidate Supergiant Fast X-ray Transient IGR J16418-4532
     J.A.Kennea, P. Romano, et al., 2011, ApJ, 736, 22
        Swift Observations of MAXI J1659-152: A Compact Binary with a Black Hole Accretor
     P. Romano, et al., 2011b, MNRAS, 412, L30
        Confirmation of the Supergiant Fast X-ray Transient nature of AX J1841.0-0536 from Swift outburst observations
     P. Romano, et al., 2011a, MNRAS, 410, 1825
        Two years of monitoring Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients with Swift
     P. Romano, et al., 2010, MNRAS, 401, 1564
        Swift/XRT monitoring of the Supergiant Fast X-ray Transient IGR J18483-0311 for an entire orbital period
     E. Pian, P. Romano, et al., 2010, MNRAS, 401, 677
        Variability and spectral energy distributions of low-luminosity active galactic nuclei: a simultaneous X-ray/UV look with Swift
     P. Romano, et al., 2009c, MNRAS, 399, 2021
        Monitoring Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients with Swift. Results from the first year
     P. Romano, et al., 2009b, ApJ, 696, 2068,
        Disentangling the System geometry of the Supergiant Fast X-ray transient IGR J11215-5952 with Swift
     P. Romano, et al., 2009a, MNRAS, 392, 45,
        Multiple flaring activity in the supergiant fast X-ray transient IGR J08408-4503 observed with Swift
     S. Vercellone, et al., 2009, ApJ, 690, 1018,
        Multiwavelength observations of 3C 454.3. I. The AGILE 2007 November campaign on the "Crazy Diamond''
     P. Romano, et al., 2008b, ApJ, 680, L137,
        Monitoring Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients with Swift. II. Rise to the outburst in IGR J16479-4514
     P. Romano, 2008a, A&A, 488, 1221,
        The Brera Multi-scale Wavelet Chandra Survey. I. Serendipitous source catalogue
     P. Romano, et al., 2007, A&AL, 469, L5,
        Swift/XRT observes the fifth outburst of the periodic Supergiant Fast X-ray Transient IGR J11215-5952
     P. Romano, et al., 2006, A&A, 456, 917,
        Panchromatic study of GRB 060124: from precursor to afterglow
     P. Romano, et al., 2006, A&A, 450, 59,
        X-ray flare in XRF 050406: evidence for prolonged engine activity
     D.N. Burrows, P. Romano, et al., 2005, Science, 309, 1833,
         Bright X-ray Flares in Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows

Highlight old papers

     P. Romano, et al. 2004, ApJ, 602, 635,
        The Spectral Energy Distribution and Emission-Line Properties of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy Arakelian 564
     P. Romano, S. Mathur, R.W. Pogge, B.M. Peterson, and J. Kuraszkiewicz, 2002, ApJ, 578, 64,
        FUSE Observations of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy Arakelian 564
     P. Romano, T.J. Turner, S. Mathur, and I.M. George, 2002, ApJ, 564, 162
        A 12-day ASCA Observation of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy Ton S180: Time-Selected Spectroscopy
     T.J. Turner, P. Romano, I.M. George, R. Edelson, S.J. Collier, S. Mathur, B.M. Peterson, 2001, ApJ, 561, 131
        Multiwavelength Monitoring of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy Ark 564. I. ASCA Observations and the Variability of the X-Ray Spectral Components
     P. Romano, P. Marziani, and D. Dultzin-Hacyan, 1998, ApJ, 495, 222,
        Balmer Line Variations in the Radio-Loud AGN PG 1512+370
     P. Romano, T. Zwitter, M. Calvani, J. Sulentic, 1996, MNRAS, 279, 165,
        On the wings of broad H$\alpha$ emission in active galactic nuclei

Recent Talks

     Swift 10 years of Discovery: Seven years with the Swift Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients Project
     HEAD 2014: The 100-month Swift Catalogue of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (proxy by J.A. Kennea)
     X-ray Universe 2014: The 100-month Swift Catalogue of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients

     Swift Science Planning Meeting: The 100-month Swift Catalogue of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients
     Santorini 2013: The 100-month Swift Catalogue of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients
     HEAD 2013: Long-term Monitoring of SFXTs with Swift: From Hours to years

     2nd LOFT Science Meeting:Investigating Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients with LOFT

     Swift and the Surprising Sky, The first 7 years of Swift: Swift Observations of SFXTs (invited)
     Time Domain Astrophysics with Swift: From hours to years: Swift's revolutionary view of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients
     HEAD 2011: Spectroscopic and temporal properties of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients with Swift
     X-ray Universe 2011: The enigma of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients: Swift broad-band results
     Fermi Symposium 2011: Properties of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients as observed by Swift
     INAF TeV Days: The Swift view of the Galactic transient X-ray sources (invited)
     COST MP0905-Black Holes in a Violent Universe: Swift as a go-to facility for BH physics (invited)

     Texas 2010: Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients with Swift: from outbursts to monitoring campaigns
     GRB 2010: Swift: a five-year hunt (mission status and highlights) (invited review)
     SAIt 2010: Swift: the science across the rainbow (invited)
     HEAD 2010: Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients with Swift

     PSU 2009: The true colors of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients: the Swift view
     Genoa Science Festival 2009: The multicolor universe of Swift (invited)
     Venice GRB 2009 Conference: SFXTs: the Swift monitoring program
     Frascati Workshop 2009: Multifrequency behaviour of high-energy cosmic sources: Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXTs): A Review (invited)
     Agile 6th Science Workshop (Two Years after): Swift follow-up of AGILE GRBs (invited)

     AGN8: Testing the LINERs paradigm with Swift simultaneous UV to X-ray data
     High Energy Summer school 2008: Multi-wavelength study of the Blazar 3C 454.3: Swift & AGILE

Last 10 years of ''service'' activities

Referee: Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Advances in Space Research, Il Nuovo Cimento

     2004-2007: Burst Advocate (BA) and XRT Burst Scientist (XBS) during the Italian Swift BA weeks:
        prompt reaction (24/7), issuing of burst discovery GCN; real-time XRT data analysis and dissemination
        of results through follow-up GCN Circulars and Reports; daily monitoring of bursts.
     2006-2007: XRT Instrument Duty Specialist: prompt reaction in case of anomalies (24/7);
        daily monitoring the XRT vital parameters, daily written and oral reports
     LOC SWIFT and GRBs: Unveiling the Relativistic Universe conference, Venice (June 2006).

Teaching or other internal ''duty'' services

     Sept 2005 - Apr 2006: Co-Advisor `Laurea specialistica in Astrofisica e Fisica dello Spazio', Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca:
     (a) D. Rizzuto, Study of the prompt emission in Gamma-Ray Bursts,
         (Advisor Prof. M. Colpi; Co-Advisor Dott. S. Covino, P. Romano);
     (b) G. Sironi, Study of the coronal emission in the fast rotator Gl355 with XMM-Newton,
         (Advisor Prof. M. Colpi; Co-Advisor Dott. S. Covino, P. Romano).

     Aug 1997 - Aug 2002: Graduate Teaching Associate, Astronomy Dept., The Ohio State University (33 months).
        GTA for introductory and intermediate undergraduate courses (100 and 200 level)

Public Outreach

     2014: Palazzo Mirto, Palermo "L'universo di Swift" e le attivita' dell'INAF/IASF Palermo
     2012: Light 2012, La Notte dei Ricercatori a Palermo: "L'universo in technicolor con Swift" e le attivita' dell'INAF/IASF Palermo
     2009: Genoa Science Festival: The multicolor universe of Swift (invited talk)
     2009: IYA2009: Instant translator of: Esplorando l'universo estremo col satellite Fermi (L. Cominsky).
     2004: Guided tour of the Brera Observatory (Merate).
     2002, 2000, 1999: Take a Daughter to Work Day (planetarium demos, diapos, seminar).
     2001: Stars Night Out At ''the Wilds'': invited NSF-financed talk in the Zanesville (Ohio) natural park.
     2001: Young Women in Science and Technology (seminar).
     2000: Women in Science Day: planetarium demos, diapos, invited talk.


Pat Romano 2016-07-01