Contact Info

Email

lgrisa AT physics.umass.edu

Phone

+1-413-545-0334

Address

1130 LGRC Department of Physics
UMass at Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003-9337 (USA)

Welcome!

I am a postdoctoral research associate working in the High Energy Theory Group, Department of Physics at University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

My research has been focused on both particle physics and cosmology, in particular on the interrelation between them. I have studied models of gravity, that depart from standard General Relativity at very long distances, as a possible path towards an understanding of the cosmological constant problem. I am also interested in braneworld scenarios and their holographic interpretation. These models can shed light on strongly coupled theories, that are difficult to describe in terms of their fundamental degrees of freedom.