Science - Evolution of Galaxies: People: David Garofalo

Evolution of Galaxies: People

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David Garofalo

Education

B.S. in Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland (July, 1999) - transferred from University of Bologna, Italy
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Maryland, College Park (2008)

Research Interests

Professional Experience

NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (2008 - present)

Selected Awards

Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship (2007-2008)
Physics department teaching award (for the academic years 2000-2001, 2001-2002 and 2004-2005)
College of Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences Teaching Award (1999-2000)

Selected Publications

The spin dependence of the Blandford-Znajek effect, David Garofalo, 2009, ApJ.
Trapping of Magnetic Flux by a Black Hole Accretion Disk, Chris Reynolds, David Garofalo, Mitch Begelman, 2006, ApJ, 651, 1023
Sporadically Torqued Accretion Disks Around Black Holes, David Garofalo, Chris Reynolds, 2005, ApJ, 624, 94
Black Hole Spin in AGN and GBHC’s, proceedings of "From X-ray Binaries to Quasars: Black Hole Accretion on All Mass Scales", Chris Reynolds, Laura Brenneman, David Garofalo, 2004.