Emanuele Berti received a Ph.D. from the University of Rome "La Sapienza” in 2002. He held postdoctoral positions at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Washington University in Saint Louis, and JPL/Caltech. He joined the faculty at the University of Mississippi in 2009, and he moved to Johns Hopkins in 2018.

Berti is a theoretical physicist who specializes in gravitational physics and gravitational-wave astronomy. His research interests include the structure, dynamics and formation of black holes and neutron stars; gravitational-wave signatures of modified theories of gravity and of physics beyond the Standard Model; using gravitational waves to understand black hole binary astrophysics and cosmology; and preparing for the challenge of future gravitational-wave observations with the Einstein Telescope, Cosmic Explorer and LISA.

Berti is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG), and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He served as Chair of the APS Division of Gravitational Physics and as President of the ISGRG. He is a Simons Investigator and a Co-PI of the Simons Collaboration on Black Holes and Strong Gravity. He was the recipient of the 2023 APS Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science.