Category Archives: GAPS People

I obtained the Master degree in Astronomy in 2009 and the PhD on Astronomy in 2013, both at the University of Padova, with a thesis focused on exploring the limits of atmospheric stellar parameters and radial velocity determination on spectra with extremely low signal-to-noise ratios, on large ensemble of stars. While obtaining his PhD, hisContinue reading “Luca Malavolta”

I got a Degree and a PhD in Astronomy at the University of Bologna.I currently work as a researcher at the INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino and I am a member of the InternationalAstronomical Union. My main research topics are: asteroseismology of compact pulsators, white dwarfs and hot subdwarfs, and late evolution of planetary systems. InContinue reading “Roberto Silvotti”

Giuseppina Micela became PhD in physics in 1991 at the University of Palermo. In 1985 she received a grant from the CNR for the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics – Cambridge (MA). From 1986 – 1987 CNR was a scholar at the Institute for Appl. Interdisciplinary of Physics (CNR – Palermo) and in 1996 she tookContinue reading “Giuseppina Micela”

Born in 1962, Giampaolo Piotto had the Bachelor degree in Astronomy in 1986 at the University of Padova, where he also got the PhD in Astronomy in 1990. He has been Associate Researcher at the Astronomy Department of the University of California, Berkeley, in 1987-88 and 1994-95. In 1990, he has been Associate Astronomer atContinue reading “Giampaolo Piotto”

My main field of research is the study of exoplanets. In particular, I work both with photometry of transits and with high-resolution spectroscopy, that I use for the characterization of their atmospheres, trying to look for the presence of hazes/clouds and elements like sodium and potassium, and molecules like TiO, H2O, CO, everything using theContinue reading “Francesco Borsa”

Rosario Cosentino graduated in Physics in 1989 at the University of Catania, Italy.From 1993 he is an astronomer at INAF – Catania astrophysical Observatory, then he is assigned to Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) from 1999. His main field of research is the study of instrumentation and detectors, focused in astronomical application. The technologic expertise includesContinue reading “Rosario Cosentino”

Serena Benatti is a staff researcher (Tempo Determinato) at the INAF – Astronomical Observatory of Palermo.  She obtained her PhD in 2011 in Astronautics and Satellite Sciences at CISAS (Padova University) with a project on the Asteroseismology of Solar-like stars. From 2013 to 2018 she worked as post-doc at the INAF – Astronomical Observatory ofContinue reading “Serena Benatti”

Primo Ricercatore at INAF, since Feb 2019 is Director of INAF – Catania Astrophysical Observatory.Graduated in Physics in 1990 at the University of Catania, where she received her PhD in 1994. In 1998-99, thanks to a CNR-NATO scholarship, she was a visiting member at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA ), University of ColoradoContinue reading “Isabella Pagano”

Valentina D’Orazi is a staff researcher at INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova. She graduated in Astronomy at the University of Bologna in 2005 and obtained her PhD from the University of Florence and INAF Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Florence, Italy) in 2009.  From 2011 to 2015 she was a Super Science Fellow at Macquarie University (Sydney) and Monash UniversityContinue reading “Valentina D’Orazi”

Monica Rainer graduated in Physics at the University of Milan in 2003 and obtained her PhD in Physics at the University of Milan in 2007. Since then she worked in INAF, and she is now permanent staff at the Brera Astronomical Observatory. She is part of the GAPS project since its inception and she is currentlyContinue reading “Monica Rainer”