10 Facts About Fulvio Melia

Fulvio Melia was born on 2 August 1956 and is an Italian-American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author.

Fulvio Melia is professor of physics, astronomy and the applied math program at the University of Arizona and was a scientific editor of The Astrophysical Journal and an associate editor of The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Fulvio Melia was educated at Melbourne University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and held a post-doctoral research position at the University of Chicago, before taking an assistant professorship at Northwestern University in 1987.

Fulvio Melia became a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2002.

Fulvio Melia is a professorial fellow in the School of Physics, Melbourne University, and a distinguished visiting professor at Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing, China.

Fulvio Melia is the chief editor of the Theoretical Astrophysics series of books at the University of Chicago Press.

Fulvio Melia is especially known for his work on the Galactic Center, particularly developing a theoretical understanding of the central supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A*.

Fulvio Melia's cosmology is notable for its simplicity and its adherence to the symmetries implied by the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric, which require the comoving frame to be inertial.

Fulvio Melia is a publicist of astronomy and science in general, delivering lectures at public venues, including museums and planetariums.

Fulvio Melia's books have won several awards of distinction, including the designation of Outstanding Academic Books by the American Library Association, and selection as worldwide astronomy books of the year by Astronomy magazine.