Veronica Bindi
Professor / Dept. Chair
Ph. D.: Physics University of Bologna, Italy
Research Group: AMS-02
Office: WAT 432
Dr. Veronica Bindi
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Research Interest: 
Experiemental and Astroparticle Physics
Specialty: 
Cosmic Rays
Indirect Detection of Dark Matter
Anti Matter
Space Detectors
Particle Physics Detectors
Solar Modulation
Solar Energetic Particles
Space Radiation
Space Weather
Research Associate(s): 
Nikolay Nikonov
Critstina Consolandi
Claudio Corti
Graduate Student(s): 
Andrew Kulhman
Siqi Wang
Alexandria Holthaus

Career History:

  • Professor, Department of Physics, University of Hawai'i, Manoa (Present)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Hawai'i, Manoa
  • CERN Project Associate, Switzerland
  • INFN Scientific Staff located at CERN, Italy-Switzerland
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship Carlo Gavazzi Space, Italy
  • PhD, Physics University of Bologna, Italy
  • MSc Astronom, University of Bologna, Italy

Dr. Bindi's main research topics are the study of dark matter, cosmic rays, solar modulation of cosmic rays, solar energetic particles, and space weather. She graduated in astronomy and got her PhD in Physics at the University of Bologna in Italy. From 2002 at the INFN (Italian National Institute for Nuclear Research), based at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Switzerland, she has been part of the team that constructed and integrated the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) instrument, which has been in operation on the International Space Station since 2011.

Since 2012, Dr. Bindi has been a Professor in the Physics Department of the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM). Her group is involved in the data analysis of the AMS instrument and the construction of Neutron Monitors at the summit of Haleakala. The current analysis topic is solar modulation of cosmic rays and studying solar energetic particles with AMS-02. PI of several grants with NASA, she received an NSF (National Science Foundation) career award. She has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals and a book about galactic cosmic rays. She has been invited as a keynote speaker at several international conferences and has organized international workshops in her field. 2019 Dr. Bindi worked in the Heliophysics and Strategic Integration and Management Divisions at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. She is a full Professor and Department Chair since 2022. Dr. Bindi teaches undergraduate and graduate courses, she has been part of study abroad a few times, and she is committed to increasing diversity

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