Personal:
Born on February 8 1959, at Fabriano (AN), Italy
Married, one child
Postal Address: 2822 Lakeland Ave., Madison WI 53704
e-mail address: orio@astro.wisc.edu
Education:
Ph.D.: Department of Physics, Technion, Haifa, Israel, October 1987
Laurea in Astronomia (equivalent to a M.Sc. in Physics and Astronomy): Padova, Italy, July 1983
``Maturità Classica'' degree: Asti, Italy, July 1977
Positions at Research Institutes and Universities:
August 1998 - present: Visiting associate scientist, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA
October 1991 - present: Astronomer, Turin Astronomical Observatory (tenured civil servant, professor track)
December 1993 - July 1997: Visiting assistant scientist and Fullbright scholar, Physics Department, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA
October 1988 - October 1991: Astronomer, Turin Astronomical Observatory (tenure track)
October 1987 - October 1989: Post doctoral fellow, Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik, Garching bei München, FRG
October 1983 - October 1987: Teaching and research assistant, Physics Department, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Teaching and Lecturing:
1997-2002 and previously 1989-1992: Public outreach activities of the Turin Observatory
Spring 1997: Faculty assistant; lab sessions of ``Physics for the Arts'' (Physics 109), Madison, University of Wisconsin
1975 - 1990: Tutoring experiences with students of age ranging from the Junior High School to university undergraduates (in Italy and in Israel).
Spring 1987: Teaching assistant and substitute lecturer in the graduate course of Stellar Structure at the Technion of Haifa, Israel.
October 1983 - January 1987: Teaching assistant at the Technion of Haifa, Israel, in undergraduate physics courses for students of physics, engineering and architecture, and in the course of analytical mechanics for students of physics (for seven semesters).
1981 and 1982: Short periods as substitute teacher of mathematics and sciences at a junior high school in Asti, Italy.
Prizes and Awards:
``Girolamo Bortignon'' award for the Ph.D. thesis, Padova, Italy, 1988
Research Interests:
Stellar astrophysics in general and more specifically: close binaries, cataclysmic variables and especially classical novae, low mass X-ray binaries and especially super-soft X-ray sources, the origin of type Ia supernovae, stellar winds, nebular outflows. Observational work done with XMM-Newton, Chandra, RossiXTE, ASCA, ROSAT, Beppo SAX, IUE, the HST FOS, ESO telescopes, the WIYN telescopes.
Spoken Languages:
English, Italian, Hebrew and German fluently. Very elementary knowledge of French, Spanish, Turkish, Arabic.
