Serena Giardino is a PhD student in the “Quantum Gravity and Unified theories” department.
Her work focuses on understanding the true nature of gravity. The standard model of cosmology, based on Einstein’s general relativity, provides an accurate picture only by postulating the existence of dark matter and dark energy. She explores modified theories of gravity that might explain the accelerated expansion of the universe without resorting to dark energy. She tries to understand the cosmological implications of going beyond Einstein’s theory, for both the early and the late universe. Since she started her postdoc, she has also been working on lensing of gravitational waves and how it can be used for testing modified gravity theories.
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