CV
CURRENT POSITION(S)
2017 - Full Astronomer, Directorate for Science, ESO, Germany
2015 - MOS Project Scientist, Project Science Department, ESO, Germany
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2014 - 2017 Associate Astronomer, Directorate for Science, ESO, Germany
2008 - 2014 Assistant Astronomer, Directorate for Science, ESO, Germany
2008-2015 User support Astronomer, User support department, ESO, Germany
2006 - 2008 Research Fellow, Directorate for Science, ESO, Germany
2003 - 2006 Postdoctoral Scholar, X-ray group, Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Germany
EDUCATION
2003 PhD in Physics, University of Rome “Roma Tre”, Rome, Italy (Supervisors Prof. Piero Rosati and Prof. Giorgio Matt)
1999 Laurea (Master) in Physics, 110/110, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
1992 Diploma di Maturita` Scientifica, 60/60, Liceo Villa Sora, Frascati, Italy
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2006 – 2008 Research Fellow, Directorate for Science, ESO, Germany
2003 – 2006 Postdoctoral Scholar, Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Germany
SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
PhD students:
Dr. Margherita Bonzini (PhD 2014, LMU München, co-supervisor Dr. P. Padovani)
Dr. Darshan Kakkad (PhD 2017, LMU München, co-supervisor Dr. P. Padovani)
Dr. Annagrazia Puglisi (PhD 2017, University of Padua, co-supervisor Prof. G. Rodighiero)
Dr. Chiara Circosta (PhD 2019, LMU München, co-supervisor Dr. P. Padovani)
Dr. Jan Scholtz (PhD 2019, Durham University, co-supervisors Dr. C. Harrison, Prof. D. Alexander)
Dr. Miranda Jarvis (PhD 2020, LMU München, co-supervisors Dr. C. Harrison and Prof. I. Komatsu)
Dr. Isabella Lamperti (PhD 2020, UCL London, co-supervisor Prof. A. Saintonge)
Dr. Aishwarya Girdhar (PhD 2023, LMU München, co-supervisor Dr. C. Harrison)
Mr Samuel Ward (PhD expected 2024, LMU München, co-supervisor Dr. T. Costa and Dr. C. Harrison)
Miss Silvia Carolina Rueda Vargas (starting on September 1st, 2024)
Scientific advisor for postdoctoral fellows:
Dr. Italo Balestra (ESO, 2008-2009)
Dr. Mirko Krumpe (ESO, 2011-2014)
Dr. Bernd Husemann (ESO, 2013-2016)
Dr. Anita Zanella (ESO, 2016-2019)
Dr. Giustina Vietri (ESO, 2018)
Dr. Christopher Harrison (ESO, 2017-2019)
Dr. George Lansbury (ESO, 2019- 2022)
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
Major example of international conferences organized:
2024 IAU Symposium 394: All-inclusive AGN, Cape Town, August 2024, South Africa
2022 ESO Workshop: Multi-phase, Multi-temperature and Complex: how AGN feedback shapes the nature of the circum-galactic and halo gas in galaxy groups, December 2022, ESO HQ, Garching
2021 ESO-ESA conference: Galaxy evolution: from cosmic dawn to the Milky Way with the ESA Euclid mission and ESO telescopes, Sep 21-25, ESAC, Spain
2021 Massive Galaxies: The Build-up of Monsters Through Cosmic History, EAS2021, June 2021, Leiden
2019 IAU Symposium 356: Nuclear Activity in Galaxies, Oct 7-11, 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2018 Birth, life and fate of massive galaxies, Sep 3-7, 2018, Favignana, Italy
2017 Reality and myths of AGN feedback, Oct 16-20, 2017, Lorenz Center, The Netherlands
2017 Galactic ecosystem. Flow of baryons through galaxies, Jul 24-28, 2017, ESO
2016 AGN: what’s in a name, Jun 27 – Jul 1, 2016, ESO
2012 EWASS: 30 years of Italian participation to ESO, Jul 2-3, 2012, Rome, Italy
2009 JENAM: Multi-wavelength high redshift surveys, University of Hertfordshire, U.K.