Senior Member, KICP
Dean of the Physical Sciences Division
Albert A. Michelson Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Enrico Fermi Institute; and the College
- Address:
- Eckhardt Research Center
Room 399
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
- Phone:
- (773 )702-7950
- Email:
- aolinto@uchicago.edu
Background
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
Research
Olinto's interests are in theoretical astrophysics, particle and nuclear astrophysics, and cosmology. Her work has focused on the highest energy cosmic rays, indirect signatures of particle dark matter, cosmological effects of magnetic fields, natural inflation, and the internal structure of neutron stars.