Leonardo Giani

My research addresses fundamental questions about the Universe and the laws of physics by investigating the nature of gravity and dark energy using innovative and multidisciplinary approaches to gravitational research. It has often gathered the public's attention and has been mentioned several times in national and international news outlets. My paper “An effective description of Laniakea: impact on Cosmology and the local determination of the Hubble constant” sits in the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric and received coverage in English, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, and Italian news outlets. It has also been featured on YouTube science dissemination channels Dr. Becky, PBS Spacetime and What da Math, collectively accruing over one million views. I actively engage in outreach activities, spanning interactions with high-school students through research projects, astronomy work-experience placements, and delivering public talks, interviews and podcasts.