Benedetta Vulcani
Personal details:
Place of Birth: Trieste, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Date of Birth: 1984, April 14th
Employment details:
2016/12 -: Staff Researcher at INAF - OapD
23/1/2016-31/03/2018: DECRA Fellow at the University of Melbourne
2012/10/16-2015/10/15: Postdoctoral Position at the KAVLI IPMU - University of Tokyo
2012/02/01-2012/05/10: Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Carnegie Mellon University Qatar
Education:
2009-2011: Ph. D. in Astronomy - mention of Doctor Europaeus - Universita’ degli Studi di Padova.
Supervisor dr. Bianca M. Poggianti. "The evolution of the galaxy mass assembly and star formation activity from z=1 to z=0 as a function of environment". Aim of my thesis was to investigate the role of the galaxy stellar mass, environment and redshift in shaping galaxy properties. I have been analyzing the star formation rates in clusters and comparing them with the same quantity in the field. I have also been studying the mass distribution and the ellipticity distribution of cluster galaxies at different redshifts, in order to characterize their evolution. I was mainly interested in contrasting the role of the global and local environment in shaping the mass distribution. My research was based on the analysis of four surveys: the WIde-field Nearby Galaxy-cluster Survey (WINGS) (0.04<z<0.07) (Fasano et al. 2006, AAp 405, 805), the ESO Distant Cluster Survey (EDisCS) (0.4<z<0.8) (White el al. 2005, AAp, 444, 365), the IMACS Cluster Building Survey (ICBS) (0.4<z<0.8) (Oemler et al. 2013, ApJ 760, 61) and the Padova Millennium Galaxy and Group Catalog (PM2GC) (0.04<z<0.1) (Calvi et al. 2011, MNRAS 416, 727).
2006 - 2008: Master Degree in Astronomy - Universita’ degli Studi di Padova. 110/110 cum laude.
Supervisor dr. Monica Lazzarin. 2008, October 14th. "Mineralogical analysis of asteroids near the main Main-Belt resonances and their possible contribution to the origin of Near Earth Objects'' (in collaboration with IAC (E)).
2003 - 2006: Bachelor Degree in Astronomy - Universita’ degli Studi di Padova}. 108/110.
Supervisor prof. Sergio Ortolani. 2006, September 21st. "Interstellar Dust in the Solar System" ("Polveri interstellari all'interno del Sistema Solare").
1998 - 2003: High School Degree. Liceo Scientifico Statale G. Oberdan, Trieste. 100/100.
Personal Grants, Awards and Achievements:
ARC DECRA Fellowship 2016
Establishment grant, University of Melbourne 2016
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) 2014-2015
Gratton Prize 2013 special mention for one of the best Italian thesis in 2011-2012
Fondazione Gini grant 2009 for spending 5 months at the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California (working with dr Alan Dressler) and 4 months at the University of Nottingham, UK (working with dr. Alfonso Aragon- Salamanca)
Erasmus grant 2008 for spending a period of 6 months in Tenerife (@IAC - Canary Island, E)
Additional Grants:
ASI 2019: Environmental processes at work in galaxy clusters: triggering of the AGN activity and development of X-ray tails., P.I.: A. Moretti , 50.000 EUR.
Main Streams 2018: A multi-wavelength view of the gas stripping phenomena in galaxies, P.I.: B.Vulcani, 35.500 EUR.
PRIN MIUR 2017: Opening the ALMA window on the cosmic evolution of gas, stars and super- massive black hole, P.I.: A. Cimatti, 838.446 EUR.
PRIN SKA 2016: Empowering SKA as a probe of galaxy evolution with HI, P.I.: L. Hunt, 411.000 EUR.
ASI 2016: Galaxy clusters in X-rays: the buildup of massive structures in the last 10 Gyrs., P.I.: S. Ettori, 60.000 EUR.
PRIN MIUR 2009: Nature and evolution of superdense galaxies., P.I.: M. D’Onofrio, 120.000 EUR.
Main Funding Management Responsibilities:
2019-: Local Coordinator of a 2017 MIUR PRIN project (Opening the ALMA window on the cosmic evolution of gas, stars and supermassive black holes, PI Cimatti)
2018-: National responsible of 1 contract to manage the funding of INAF to support the MICADO activities (60.000 EUR)
Organizer of Scientific Meetings:
Chair of the International Conference “Extreme Galaxies and their Extreme Environments as Probes of Galaxy Formation, held in a Reykjavik (IS) on 20-24 April 2020
Organizer (in collaboration with C. Lackner) of the Workshop “Getting a Grip on Galactic Girths”, held at the Kavli IPMU (J) on 2-6 Febrary 2015.
Supervision of students and postdocs:
since 2014 Co-Supervisor of 4 PhD students and 1 Ms student, Advisor of two post docs
Others:
Paper Reviewer for the "Astrophysical Journal'', "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society'', and "Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan''
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