CV

Contact

German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Institute for Planetary Research
Department of Planetary Physics
Rutherford Strasse 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
+49 (0) 30 67055 365
nicola.tosi@dlr.de
https://nicola-tosi.github.io

Positions

2019 —           Staff Scientist, DLR Berlin
2014 — 2019 Helmholtz Young Investigator Group Leader, TU Berlin and DLR Berlin
2011 — 2014 PostDoc, TU Berlin
2010 — 2011 PostDoc, DLR Berlin
2008 — 2010 Marie Curie PostDoc, Charles University Prague

Education

2004 — 2008 PhD Geophysics, GFZ Potsdam and Charles University Prague
1997 — 2003 MSc Physics, University of Milan

Projects

2024 — 2025 The co-evolution of mantle and core over Earth’s history. DFG Priority Program DeepDyn: Reconstructing the deep dynamics of planet Earth over geologic time.
2023 — 2025 PLAGeS: Physics-based Learning Algorithms for Geophysical fluid Simulations. BMBF. Datenkompetenzen für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs.
2022 — 2025 Structure and thermal evolution models for Neptune-like planets. DFG Research Unit Matter under planetary conditions.
2021 — 2023 Structural and thermal models of rocky planets and solid exoplanets. DFG Research Unit Matter under planetary conditions.
2018 — 2022 Unravelling the interior evolution of terrestrial planets with machine learning. Helmholtz Graduate School in Data Science HEIBRIDS.
2018 — 2020 Interior-atmosphere feedbacks and the nature of detected sub-Neptunian planets. DFG Priority Program Exploring the diversity of extrasolar planets.
2017 — 2019 Crystallising the terrestrial magma ocean: Thermo- and Geodynamics. DFG Priority Program Building a habitable Earth.
2014 — 2019 Early dynamics of the terrestrial planets. Helmholtz Young Investigator Group.
2011 — 2014 Structure and dynamics of Mercury’s interior from a new generation of space-geodetic observations. DFG Individual Research Grant.