Matteo Cantiello

Senior Research Scientist // Scientific Advisor

Role: Senior Research Scientist at Simons Foundation
Location: Brooklyn, NY, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

About Matteo Cantiello

I am a scientist with 20+ years of research experience. I work in the field of computational and theoretical astrophysics. Currently at the Center for Computational Astrophysics in Manhattan and at Princeton University, where I run the Stars and Plasma Astrophysics (SPA) group. My work focuses on the life and death of stars. I have executive experience in a VC-backed company (Authorea) of which I was chief scientist and board member. Authorea was acquired by Wiley in 2018.Specialties: Physics, Astrophysics, Programming, Data Science, Problem Solving, Scientific Communication, Entrepreneurship, Open Science

Experience

Senior Research Scientist
Simons Foundation
Dec 2025 — Present

Education

Università di Pisa
Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics
1999 — 2003
Utrecht University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astrophysics
2005 — 2009
Università di Pisa
Master of Science - MS, Astrophysics
2003 — 2005

Skills

Astronomy
Simulation
Data Analysis
Binary Evolution Code (1d Stellar Evolution)
Mathematics
Perl/Shell Scripting
Html
Computational Physics
Adobe Creative Suite
Public Speaking
Mathematica
Theoretical Physics
English
Python
Photoshop
Latex
Spectroscopy
Fortran
Scientific Writing
Optics
C
Programming
Mesa
Writing
Os X
Mac Os X
Science Communication
Statistics
Astrophysics
Theory
Simulations
Linux
Idl
Mathematical Modeling
Science
Applied Mathematics
Pencil Code (3d Mhd)
Html + Css
Teaching
Numerical Analysis

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