Riccardo Giovanelli is an Italian born PhD Astronomer. He works as a Professor in Astronomy at Cornell University.
In 1989 Giovanelli and Martha Haynes were awarded the Henry Draper Medal from the National Academy of Sciences for their work with on mapping the local universe.[1]
He is a principal scientist on the ALFALFA survey at Arecibo
He used to be the Director of Arecibo.
He is married to Martha Haynes.