Niccolò Di Lalla
Staff Research Scientist at Stanford University
Menlo Park, California, United States
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Top SchoolNiccolò Di Lalla is a Staff Research Scientist at Stanford with a decade of experience bridging astrophysics research and advanced data-driven methods. He progressed from PhD work and postdoctoral roles at INFN and Stanford to a current staff position, reflecting deep expertise in observational and computational astrophysics. Trained at Università di Pisa with top honors, he combines rigorous physics foundations with practical experience at SLAC and national labs. Based in Menlo Park, he brings a track record of turning complex scientific problems into reproducible analyses and scalable research tools. Colleagues value his ability to translate theoretical insight into implementable pipelines and collaborations across institutions. An understated strength is his continuity in academia—sustaining focused research impact through transitions from student to staff scientist.
10 years of coding experience
High SchoolMaster's degree, Physics, 110 cum laude, Master's degree, Physics, 110 cum laude at Università di Pisa
English, French, Italian
Github Skills (15)
spatial10
astrology10
xspec10
cosmology10
python10
modeling-tool10
astronomy10
spectral10
astrophysics9
smithy7
conda3
ray3
simulation3
data-analysis3
imaging3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ndilalla/fermi_gw_toolkit
Apr 2023 - Mar 2025
Tools for finding electromagnetic counterparts of Gravitational Waves events in Fermi/LAT data
Contributions:174 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
threeML/xspec-modelsonly
Oct 2019 - Aug 2022
Contributions:4 PRs, 36 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 10 months
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