INTERESTS

N-body and hydrodynamical simulations applied to protoplanetary disk evolution and planetary formation; extra-solar planet detection and dynamical modeling of radial velocity and transit data; data analysis through human-based computation and citizen science.

EDUCATION

• 2012 Ph.D. (anticipated) Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz
• 2008 M.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz
• 2006 M.S. Astrophysics (highest honors), University of Bologna, Italy
• 2004 B.S. Astronomy (highest honors), University of Bologna, Italy (University of California, Santa Cruz, exchange student)

FIRST-AUTHOR PUBLICATIONS

• Meschiari, S., et al., “The Lick-Carnegie Survey: Four New Exoplanet Candidates”, 2010, ApJ
• Meschiari, S., Laughlin, G., “Systemic: a testbed for characterizing the detection of extrasolar planets. II. Full solutions to the Transit Timing inverse problem”, 2010, ApJ
• Meschiari, S., Wolf, A. S., Rivera, E., Laughlin, G., Vogt, S., Butler, P., “Systemic: a testbed for characterizing the detection of extrasolar planets”. I. The Systemic Console Package”, 2009, PASP
• Meschiari, S., Laughlin, G., “The Potential Impact of Groove Modes on Type II Planetary Migration”, 2008, ApJL
• All publications…

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• Meschiari, S., et al., “The Lick-Carnegie RV survey”, Putting our Solar System in Context – European Science Foundation
• Meschiari, S., Wolf, A. S. et al., “The Systemic Console Package”, Pathways Towards Habitable Planets

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2010, Award for Excellence in Teaching
• 2008, Whitford Prize for research and coursework
• 2006, University of California, Regent’s Fellow

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

• 2007- Teaching Assistant, UC Santa Cruz
• 2008- Graduate Student Researcher, UC Santa Cruz
• 2010- Research Analyst, VN7 Dynamic LP