Andrea Ferrara (astrophysicist)

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Andrea Ferrara
Born29 March 1961
NationalityItalian
EmployerScuola Normale Superiore

Andrea Ferrara (born 29 March 1961) is an Italian theoretical astrophysicist [1] [2] and science communicator. [3]

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He is considered one of the top 100 Italian scientists in the field of astrophysics. [4] and he is a professor of cosmology at the Scuola Normale Superiore, [5] [6] where the president of the Classe di Scienze (Faculty of Science) from 2018 to 2024, until he was succeded by Angelo Vistoli. [7]

Career

He graduated in Physics in 1988 from the University of Pisa and he obtained a Ph.D. in Astronomy in 1992 from the University of Florence. [8]

In 2007 he was the supervisor of the doctoral dissertation of Simona Gallerani. [9]

In 2008 he was awarded the honorary Blaauw Professorship, from the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute and Groningen University [10]

In 2012 he got the Beatrice M. Tinsley Centennial Visiting Professorship in Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin. [11]

In 2015 he was a member of the Board of Directors and also President of the Visiting Committee for radioastronomy of INAF. [12]

In 2018 he was associated editor for Italy of the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics together with Steven Shore and Sergio Campana [13]

n 2018 he was granted one the 100 Humboldt Research Awards by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation,sponsored by Michela Andreani and Benedetta Ciardi.The related fellowship started in September 2019. [1]

In 2021 he became a member of the Science and Engineering Advisory Committee (SEAC) of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory. [14]

Research

Professor Ferrara conducts theoretical and numerical research on the formation, properties and evolution of cosmic structures such as galaxies and black holes during the early stages of the Universe after the Big Bang. [3] [1]

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. [15]

Personal life

Andrea Ferrara is also active as an electronic music composer, and he performs under the pseudonym Ongakuaw. [16] [17]

Honors and awards

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  2. ↑ 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.
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  7. ↑ "Angelo Vistoli nuovo preside della Classe di Scienze per il prossimo triennio accademico". normalenews.sns.it (in Italian). 27 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "Andrea FERRARA". Aracne . Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  9. ↑ Alumni of the Ph.D. in Astrophysics & Cosmology, SISSA, retrieved 2023-07-28
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