Stefano Zibetti

September 2017 - present: Contract professor for MSc course on "Galaxy Astrophysics" at Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy 

January 9th, 2012 - present: Permanent staff researcher (“primo ricercatore” since January 2024) at INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Firenze, Italy

November 11th, 2010: Wins “Concorso pubblico nazionale, per titoli ed esami, a venticinque posti di Ricercatore - III livello - con contratto di lavoro a tempo indeterminato - presso le Strutture di Ricerca dell’Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Macroarea 1 - Galassie e cosmologia” - 2nd ranked

October 2010 - December 2011: Postdoc at DARK Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Head Prof. J. Hjorth)

September 2007 - September 2010: Postdoc at Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg (D), Galaxies & Cosmology Dept. (Head Prof. H.-W. Rix)

September 2004 – August 2007: Postdoc at Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching bei München (D), “Optical & interpretative astronomy group”  (Head Prof. R. Bender)

September 2005: Short term visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (USA)

October 19th, 2004: Ph.D. in Astronomy defended at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in München with honours (“Magna cum laude”, scores 1.0, 1.0). Title of the dissertation: “Diffuse stellar components of galaxies and galaxy clusters”; first referee Prof. Dr. Simon White (LMU, MPA), second referee Prof. Dr. Ralf Bender (LMU, MPE).

September 2001 – August 2004: Ph.D. fellowship at Max-Planck-Institut fur Astrophysik (Garching bei München), as part of the International Max-Planck Research School (IMPRS) on Astrophysics. IMPRS distinction.

May 23rd, 2001: Master degree in Physics (“Laurea in Fisica”) with honors (110/110 “cum laude”) at Università degli Studi di Milano, with a thesis on “Studio di galassie ellittiche nane d'ammasso nel vicino infrarosso” (a study of cluster dwarf elliptical galaxies in the near infrared). Supervisors Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Gavazzi (Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca) and Dr. Marco Scodeggio (IASF Milano).

1995-2001: Undergraduate studies in Physics at Università degli Studi di Milano. Overall average exams scores 29.9/30, 10 exams over 19 passed “cum laude”

1990-1995: High school at “Liceo Scientifico Statale” in Gallarate, diploma “Maturità scientifica” with final grade of 60/60

Galaxy formation and evolution in a cosmological context through observations of the structural, dynamical and physical properties of galaxies and their link and interactions with the environment

Specific fields of research:

• Resolved studies of galaxy physical properties, stellar populations in particular

• Early-type galaxies (incl. dwarfs): structure, dynamics, stellar populations and dust

• The cosmic evolution of galaxy properties as traced by deep spectroscopic surveys

• The stellar mass in galaxies: how to measure it, how to determine its role in the physical and dynamical evolution of galaxies, how to study its evolution over cosmic times and scales (FP7-SteMaGE Career Integration Grant)

• The influence of the environment on the statistical distribution of galaxies’ physical properties

• Stellar halos and intracluster light as probes of the hierarchical assembly of galaxies and clusters 

• The relations between galaxies and their gaseous halos as studied with (MgII) QSO absorbers 

WEAVE-StePS: tracing the evolution of galaxy stellar population properties at 0.3<z<0.7

CALIFA: spatially resolved stellar population properties in the local Universe from the Integral-Field Spectroscopy of ~400 galaxies

LEGA-C: tracing the evolution of galaxy stellar population properties at 0.7<z<1

MAVIS

MOSAIC