Gianluca Castignani - CV 

Project Scientist - Fixed Term ReseacherIstituto Nazionale di AstrofisicaOsservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio Bolognavia Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy
Born October 15, 1986, Recanati Citizenship Italian
Italian Native; English Full professional proficiencyFrench Intermediate
Observational cosmology, extra-galactic/high-energy astrophysics• Galaxy Clusters and Large Scale Structures• Active Galactic Nuclei and Super Massive Black Holes
2010-2014 PhD in Astrophysics, cum laude, SISSA, Trieste2008-2010 MSc in Physics, 110/110 cum laude, University of Pisa, Italy2005-2008 BSc in Physics, 110/110 cum laude, University of Pisa, Italy2005-2010 Student in Physics, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
2024-present Project scientist - fixed term researcher, INAF Obs. Bologna, Italy2021-2023      Postdoctoral fellow, University of Bologna, Italy2018-2020      Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratory of astrophysics, EPFL, Switzerland2016-2018      Postdoctoral fellow, Observatory of Paris (LERMA) & Collège de France , Paris2014-2016      CNES postdoctoral fellow, Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur, Nice, France2010-2014      Research scholar, Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), Baltimore, USA
2024                   INAF grant, 8000 euros, for organizing an international conference as SOC chair in Sirolo (Italy), 2-6 September 20242021 & 2022 Visiting Astronomer, Observatory of Nice (OCA), FR, 18200 euros2019                   SSAA MERAC and travel grants, 3850 CHF2014-2016     CNES postdoctoral fellowship 2010-2014     SISSA PhD fellowship2013 & 2014 Fondazione Angelo Della Riccia Fellowship, STScI, 5300 euros2010                   ISSNAF/INAF internship, STScI, ∼7000 $, press release2005-2010     Scuola Normale Superiore scholarship, ∼60000 euros, 23rd classified over ∼500 applicants in all scientific disciplines
2021              Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions 2020, Seal of Excellence (score = 87.60%).2018              Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions 2017, Seal of Excellence (score = 87.20%).2005              Italian Olympiads of Physics, contestant at the national final (100 participants).2005              Italian Olympiads of Mathematics, Honorable Mention at the national final.
2012-present  First-author papers: 19 published, total of 65 papers published in refereed journals; 44 others submitted; plus 7 conference proceedings and 2 non- refereed papers. NASA ADS link
2016-present Main developer, Castignani & Benoist (2016) cluster membership code.       The only stand-alone code in the Euclid collaboration that provides both cluster membership and richness using photo-zs              2021-present  Main developer, membership-based cluster matching code       The first non-parametric code to match cluster samples using membership probabilities in Euclid.        2014-present   Main developer, wavelet-based Poisson Probability Method (wPPM) to search for distant (proto)clusters
2016-2020 Millimeter, 327.5 hr of observations (IRAM-30m telescope, EMIR, NIKA2).2019               Infrared, 1.5 nights at Baade (Magellan) telescope (FourStar, imaging).2019               Optical, 0.5 nights at Baade (Magellan) telescope (IMACS, imaging).
2012- present     55 accepted observational proposals at mm wavelengths (39), cm (2), NIR and optical (7), X-rays (6) and  gamma-rays (1)2016-present      PI of 20 accepted proposals to observe galaxies at mm wavelengths with NOEMA (10), IRAM-30m (8), SMA (1), ALMA (1)
2024-present   co-Lead of Work Package Galaxy Protoclusters, SWG “Clusters of Galaxies”2020-present   Euclid CAT-CL Processing Function Lead, Euclid consortium. Group responsible to make the Euclid catalog of clusters2021-present    Euclid Early Career, Committee member and chair (since 2022)2024                        Euclid Consortium Builders Selection, Committee member2022-2024          Euclid Science Working Group leads selection committee, Committee member2022-2024          Euclid SWG early career and Euclid College committee, Committee member2019-2021        Euclid STAR Prize, Committee member
2024  AGN feedback and star formation across cosmic scales and time, SOC chair, 2-6 Sep 2024, Sirolo, Italy2023  Euclid welcome session, Early Career Workshop, SOC member, 6 Dec, virtual2023  Italian Astronomical Society (SAIt) annual conference, SOC member, May 2023, Camerino, Italy2023  Early Career Workshop & Flash talk sessions, SOC member and co-chair , Euclid Consortium annual meeting, June 2023, Copenaghen (Denmark)2022  Euclid Early Career Workshop, SOC chair, 20 Oct, 14 and 21 Nov, virtual2022  Early Career Workshop & Flash talk sessions, SOC member and co-chair , Euclid Consortium annual meeting, Apr 2022, Oslo (Norway)2022  Euclid Consortium annual meeting, SOC member, 25-29 April 2022, Oslo (Norway)2017  “Galaxy Evolution Across Time” conference, LOC member, 12-16 June, Paris, France
- Missions and Survey: Euclid, MOONS, SKA, DES, KiDS, CTA - International Collaborations: Radio Galaxy Zoo project, CHEX-MATE, two ISSI international teams- Astronomical Societies: IAU, EAS, SSAA
2021                   Qualification aux fonctions de Maı̂tre de conférences, habilitation to assistant professorship in Astronomy and Astrophysics in France, section CNU 342018-2022     Teaching assistant for MSc and BSc courses at Obs. Paris, EPFL, and Université Côte d’Azur (Nice, France)
2016-present  Main supervisor of 5 students (4 MSc and 1 BSc); co-supervisor of two students (MSc, PhD)        
2010-present  9 international press releases as PI, 3 as top co-author, 1 press release as conference organizer (USA, Italy, France, Switzerland, Spain)
2010-present   47 contributed talks           (14 as invited speaker) in conferences and workshops                                  32 seminars and colloquia (24 as invited speaker) in institutes (Europe, USA, South America, and Asia)
2012-present    Several activities in English, Italian, and French. Audience up to ~100 people including children, young adults, adults, and students