Universe Space Observatory on-board of the Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station) mission—an international collaboration involving 16 countries to discover the origin of the highest energy cosmic rays. Olinto is the principal investigator of EUSO-SPB (Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon), a series of NASA balloon missions. EUSO-SPB1 flew in April 2017 and EUSO-SPB2 is now under construction. EUSO-SPB2 will combine the fluorescence technique developed for JEM-EUSO and EUSO-SPB1 with a novel Cherenkov detector designed to search for up-going tau showers produced by astrophysical tau neutrinos. EUSO-SPB2 is expected to fly by 2022. Starting in 2017, Olinto served as principal investigator for POEMMA (Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics), providing the conceptual design for the NASA space mission. The study will be presented to the Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 Decadal Survey. Awards and honors Elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2021. Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021. Elected to the Academia Brasileira de Ciencias in 2021. Albert A. Michelson Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College, The University of Chicago. (2017) Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring, The University of Chicago. (2014-2015) Homer J. Livingston Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College, The University of Chicago. (2013–2016) Hess Lecturer of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference. (2013) Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (2012) Awarded the Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, The University of Chicago (2011) Awarded Chaire d’Excellence of the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche. (2006) Speaker Award of the Particles and Nuclei International Conference (PANIC 05). (2005) Convocation Speaker for the 478th Convocation at the University of Chicago. (2004) Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society. (2001) Awarded the Arthur H. Compton Lecturer, Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago. (1991) Personal life Olinto is married to classical guitarist Sérgio Assad. References Astroparticle physics University of Chicago faculty Fermilab 1961 births Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro alumni People from Boston Fellows of the American Physical Society 21st-century American physicists Brazilian physicists American women physicists Living people MIT Center for Theoretical Physics alumni American women academics Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences 21st-century American women scientists