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Olivier Minazzoli

Education

PhD in relativistic astrophysics, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA) – University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, ARTEMIS (CNRS/UMR 6162), with honors (2006-2009)
Master in astrophysics, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, with honors (2004-2006)
Maîtrise in Physics, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, with honors (2004-2005)
Licence in Physics, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, with honors (2001-2004)

Research Interests

Relativity (either General Relativity or alternative theories)
Post-Newtonian approximations of relativistic theories and applications to modern gravitational experiments
Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the solar system (for astrometry, laser ranging, positioning systems, time transfer etc.)
Relativistic reference systems for the needs of modern astrometry, celestial mechanics and navigation

Professional Experience

NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA (2010 –present)
Elected member of the OCA administrative council (2008-2009)
Permanent invited member of the OCA scientific council (2008-2009)
Lecturer in Optics and Signal Processing in the engineering school ESAIP (2007-2008)

Selected Awards

Selected Publications

Minazzoli, Olivier, Olivier, Chauvineau, Bertrand (2011) Scalar-tensor propagation of light in the inner solar system including relevant c-4 contributions for ranging and time transfer. In Classical and Quantum Gravity, Volume 28, Issue 8, pp. 085010.
Olivier Minazzoli, Bertrand Chauvineau (2009) Post-Newtonian metric of general relativity including all the c-4 terms in the continuity of the IAU2000 resolutions. In Physical Review, D 79 (8).