Elena Masciadri

ELENA MASCIADRI

PhD in Physics, Research Director (Dirigente di Ricerca) since 2006

Optical Turbulence group Team Leader

INAF - Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory

L.go Enrico Fermi 5, 50125, Firenze (ITALY)

Tel: (+39) 055 2752 203

e-mail: elena.masciadri at inaf.it

Professor at Florence University (UniFi) - yearly commitment since 2015

Viale delle Idee 23, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, ITALY

Affiliate Researcher at Scuola Superiore d'Eccellenza Sant'Anna TeCIP (Telecomunication, Computer Engineering, Photonics) - since 2026

Via Giuseppe Moruzzi 1, Pisa, Italy

Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii

Research Path in a nut-shell

2006-Today INAF - Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Firenze, Italy

2002-2005 Max-Planck Institute fur Astronomie (MPIA), Heidelberg, Germany

1999-2002 Istituto de Astronomia - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico D.F, Mexico

1997-1998 6 months Visitor at Centre National des Recherches Meteorologiques (CNRM), Toulouse, France

1995-1998 PhD, Universite' de Nice-Sophia Antipolis- Departement d'Astrophysique (now Laboratoire Lagrange - Universite' de la Cote d'Azur, Nice, France)

1994-1995 Human Capital and Mobility Fellowship (EU), Laboratoire Lagrange - Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, Nice, France

Main Research Topics

Electromagnetic fields propagation in turbulent media. Optical Turbulence (OT) applied to astronomy supported by Adaptive Optics (AO) and free-space optical communications (FSOC). OT modelling: analytical and atmospherical numerical models. Operational OT forecast systems. Statistical techniques for OT estimates. Techniques for OT measurements and characterisation. Site testing. Effects on OT on high-contrast imaging supported by adaptive optics and coronography.

Secondary Research Topics

Extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs. High contrast imaging techniques for extrasolar planets detection. Outflows from young source objects. Origin of jet knot emission from YSO. Mechanism of deceleration of giant outflows. Jets from low-mass stars and brown dwarfs.