Curriculum vitae

Education:

• 1995 Ph.D., Astronomy, Florence University, Italy
• 1991 Laurea, Astronomy, Bologna University, Italy

Fellowships:

• 1995 - 1997 STScI Fellowship
• 1997 Florence University Fellowship (declined)
• 1997 IAC Fellowship (declined)

Employment:

• 29.01.2020   Habilitation an der Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg
• 2010 -          Staff Researcher, Astronomisches Rechen Institut, Heidelberg, DE
• 2005 - 2010 Research Associate, Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, DE
• 2003 - 2005 Data Specialist, Institut für Astronomie, ETH Hönggerberg, Zürich, CH
• 1997 - 2003 Information Instrument Scientist, ESO/ST-ECF,Garching bei München, DE
• 1995 - 1997 Postdoctoral Position, STScI, Baltimore MD, USA
• 1992 - 1995 Graduate Student, Florence University, Italy - STScI, Baltimore MD

Scientific Committees:

• 1998 - 2002 ESO Fellowships Studentships Selection Committee
• 2000 - 2002 Organizing Committee for the Network of Observatories of North (NEON) Summer Schools
• 2007            LOC of ¨Galaxy Growth in a Dark Universe¨, Heidelberg, July 16 - 20, 2007
• 2007            ESO OPC Panel Member
• 2008            ESO OPC Panel Member (Co-chair)
• 2010            Co-organizer and SOC of ¨Environment and the Formation of Galaxies: 30 years later¨, JENAM 2010,   Lisbon, September 6 - 7, 2010
• 2011            SOC of ¨Does the redshift-zero universe look as predicted by models?'', Heidelberg, September 21 - 22, 2011
• 2012            Co-organizer and SOC of the IAU GA Symposium ¨The intriguing life of massive galaxies¨, IAU GA 2012, Beijing, August 27 - 31, 2012
• 2013            ESO OPC Panel Member
• 2014            ESO OPC Member
• 2014            Referee for the Leibniz Competition 2015, Leibniz Gemeinschaft
• 2015 - 2018 Member of the Calar Alto Observatory TAC
• 2016 -          Member of the MPIA TAC
• 2016            SOC of ¨The Milky Way and its environment: gaining insights into the drivers of galaxy Paris, September 19 - 23, 2016
• 2016            LOC of ¨Star Clusters: from Infancy to Teenagehood'', Heidelberg, August 8 - 12, 2016
• 2016            SOC of ¨II workshop of future instrumentation for CAHA, beyond 2018¨, Granada, October 13 - 14, 2016
• 2018 -          Member of the ZAH/LBT TAC
• 2018 - 2020 Member at large of the Italian TAC
• 2019            Referee for the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT)   of the Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research
• 2020            Member of the Calar Alto Observatory Scientific Advisory Committee
• 2021            Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee, Special Session SS24, "The role of nurture on the Star Formation cycle of satallite galaxies", EAS Annual mmeting, June 30 - July 1, 2021
• 2022            Referee for the Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation
• 2023 - 2024 HST TAC member
• 2024            Reviewer for Cambridge University Press
• 2024            Reviewer for the DOT Time Allocation Committee

Expertise:

• Ultraviolet spectroscopy: HST/FOS and IUE
• Optical spectroscopy:  Echelle and longslit spectroscopy with NTT/EMMI, WHT/ISIS, Calar Alto 2.2m CAFOS, VLT/XShooter; Slitless/multiobject with HST/STIS, HST/ACS, VLT/FORS2
• Infrared spectroscopy: Slit spectroscopy with NTT/IRSPEC, NTT/SOFI and Calar Alto 1.23m MAGIC; Slitless/multiobject with HST/NICMOS; Slit spectroscopy with LBT/LUCIFER
• Optical imaging: STScI Coronograph + NTT/SUSI and WHT, HST/WFPC2, HST/STIS and HST/ACS, Calar Alto 2.2m CAFOS and 3.5m MOSCA, LBT/LBC, VLT/FORS2
• Optical polarimetry: HST/WFPC2
• Infrared imaging: ESO 2.2m IRAC2, ISO/ISOCAM and HST/NICMOS, LBT/LUCIFER
• Archives: HST, ESO, IUE, LBT
• Large Databases: SDSS
• Modelling of Stellar Atmospheres
• Data reduction packages: IRAF, IUE/IDL and ISO/IDL
• Computer Languages: UNIX, FORTRAN