Andrea Ferrara (astrophysicist)
Andrea Ferrara | |
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Born | 29 March 1961 |
Nationality | Italian |
Employer | Scuola Normale Superiore |
Andrea Ferrara (born 29 March 1961) is a Italian theoretical astrophysicist[1] and science communicator.[2]
Career
He is the president of the Classe di Scienze (Faculty of Science) of the Scuola Normale Superiore,[3] where he is a professor of cosmology.[4]
In 2007 he was the supervisor of the doctoral dissertation of Simona Gallerani.[5]
In 2012 he got the Beatrice M. Tinsley Centennial Visiting Professorship in Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin.[6]
In 2015 he was a member of the Board of Directors and also President of the Visiting Committee for radioastronomy of INAF.[7]
In 2018 he was associated editor for Italy of the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.[8]
In 2021 he became a member of the Science and Engineering Advisory Committee (SEAC) of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory.[9]
Research
He conducts theoretical and numerical research on the formation of the galaxies and black holes during the early stages of the Universe.[2]
In 2022 he secured with colleagues Simona Gallerani e Andrei Mesinger 187 observation hours at the James Webb Space Telescope within the international "PRIMER" project.[10]
References
- ^ Maria Cuffaro, Andrea Ferrara,Raffaella Schneider (26 October 2001). "L'italia con voi" (in Italian). Rai Italia via Scuola Normale Superiore. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ a b Biografie ospiti (in Italian), Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, retrieved 23 December 2023
- ^ "Pisa, l'accusa di tre neolaureate: "Disparità di genere, la Normale non fa abbastanza"". MSN (in Italian).
- ^ Bianucci, Piero (August 6, 2019). "Cosa si vede sulla Luna con il telescopio più potente". La Stampa.
- ^ Alumni of the Ph.D. in Astrophysics & Cosmology, SISSA, retrieved 2023-07-28
- ^ Beatrice M. Tinsley Centennial Visiting Professorship and Scholars, University of Texas at Austin, retrieved 2023-12-22
- ^ "CONSIGLIO DI AMMINISTRAZIONE INAF COMPENSI E SPESE PER MISSIONI ANNO 2015 PERIODO GENNAIO - SETTEMBRE" [BOARD OF DIRECTORS INAF COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES FOR MISSIONS YEAR 2015 JANUARY - SEPTEMBER PERIOD]. INAF. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Campana, Sergio (20 july 2018). "Astronomy & Astrophysics compie 50 anni" (in Italian). INAF. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
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(help) - ^ First meeting of the new SKAO Science and Engineering Advisory Committee, 7 June 2021, retrieved 2023-12-22
- ^ Chiamenti, Francesca M. (18 July 2022). "Pisa, tre cosmologi della Normale al lavoro con il telescopio James Webb" (in Italian). Republica. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
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