{"id":16,"date":"2020-12-28T22:57:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T21:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.issibern.ch\/teams\/shot\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2024-08-18T13:36:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T13:36:18","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.issibern.ch\/teams\/shot\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Team Members:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Gisella Clementini<\/a><\/td>\nTeam leader<\/em>, expertise in pulsating variable stars, distance scale, involved in Gaia\u00a0and LSST\/VRO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Anderson<\/a><\/td>\nCore-team member<\/em>, expertise in Cepheids, radial velocities, and the\u00a0distance ladder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stefano Casertano<\/a><\/td>\n\n
Core-team member<\/em>, expertise in distance scale measurements, including empirical\u00a0calibration of Galactic Cepheids<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mariateresa Crosta<\/a><\/td>\nCore-team member<\/em>, expertise in Relativistic astrometry, Local Cosmology, Gaia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
L\u00e9o Girardi<\/a><\/td>\nCore-team member<\/em>, expertise in <\/span>stellar evolution models, population population\u00a0<\/span>effects, TRGB, LSST\/VRO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Martin Groenewegen<\/a><\/td>\nCore-team member<\/em>, interested in mass loss and the circumstellar shells of evolved stars, stellar\u00a0populations, and the distance scale (Classical and Type-II Cepheids, Mira variables, TRGB).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lucas Macri<\/a><\/td>\nCore-team member<\/em>,\u00a0expertise in extragalactic Cepheids<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marcella Marconi<\/a><\/td>\nCore-team member<\/em>, expertise in stellar pulsation models and the distance scale\u00a0problem, involved in Gaia and LSST\/VRO.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Miglio<\/a><\/td>\nCore-team member<\/em>, expertise in asteroseismology, stellar structure and evolution,\u00a0stellar populations, Galactic archaeology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beno\u00eet Mosser<\/a><\/td>\nCore-team member<\/em>, expertise in Asteroseismology and analysis of seismic data.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeremy Mould<\/a><\/td>\nCore-team member<\/em>, Gaia Calibration of Tip of the Red Giant Branch, SNe Ia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adam Riess<\/a><\/td>\nCore-team member<\/em>, expertise in distance scale, cosmology, JWST<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Early career researchers:<\/span><\/p>\n

Giulia De Somma, Louise Breuval, Saniya Khan, Alessia Garofalo (see below)<\/p>\n

Self-supported experts\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Marco Bruni, Michele Trabucchi<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Gisella Clementini<\/span><\/p>\n
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Affiliation:\u200b INAF- Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna (OAS-Bo)<\/p>\n

Role in the project:\u200b Team leader, expertise in \u200bpulsating variable stars, distance scale, \u200binvolved in \u200bGaia and LSST\/VRO<\/p>\n

Current position:\u200b Associate Researcher at INAF OAS Bologna, Italy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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credits: Mahdi Zamani (ESO)<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n

<\/a>Richard Anderson<\/span><\/p>\n

H1PStars<\/span>Laboratory of Astrophysics (LASTRO)<\/span>
\n\u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eccellenza Professorial Fellow & PI of ERC-StG <\/span><\/div>\n
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– Lead organizer of the ESO e-conference #H02020 “Assessing uncertainties in Hubble’s constant across the Universe”, June 2020, \u00a0http:\/\/www.eso.org\/sci\/meetings\/2020\/H0\/program.html<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/a>Stefano Casertano<\/span><\/p>\n
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Affiliation: \u200bSpace Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA<\/p>\n

Role in the project:\u200b Core team member, expertise in distance scale measurements, including empirical calibration of Galactic Cepheids<\/p>\n

Current position:\u200b Observatory Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute. At STScI since 1994.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/a>Mariateresa Crosta<\/span><\/p>\n

Affiliation: INAF- Astrophysical Observatory of Turin (OATo), Italy<\/p>\n

My contribution to ISSI SH0<\/sub>T will focus on the evaluation of the Gaia absolute parallaxes as derived with the astrometric general relativistic models available, in particular those adopted in the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC) for the next releases and for the related astrometric verifications.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/a>L\u00e9o Girardi<\/span><\/p>\n
Core-team member,\u00a0expertise in\u00a0stellar evolution models, population\u00a0population\u00a0effects, TRGB, LSST\/VRO<\/div>\n
Current position: Dirigente di ricerca at INAF\u00a0Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\n<\/a>Martin Groenewegen<\/span><\/p>\n

Martin Groenewegen obtained his doctorate in 1993 from the University of Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

After postdoctoral positions at the IAP, MPA, and KU Leuven he became a member of staff\u00a0of the Royal Observatory of Belgium.<\/p>\n

His scientific interest are mass loss and the circumstellar shells of evolved stars, stellar\u00a0populations, and the distance scale (Classical and Type-II Cepheids, Mira variables, TRGB).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/a>Lucas Macri<\/span><\/p>\n

Affiliation: US Extremely Large Telescope Program, NSF’s NOIRLab<\/p>\n

Research interests: Extragalactic Distance Scale \u2014 Statistical analysis of massive time-series photometry \u2014 Large-scale structure and galaxy flows \u2014 Electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational wave sources.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/td>\n<\/a>Marcella Marconi<\/span><\/p>\n
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Affiliation: \u200bINAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte<\/p>\n

Role in the project:\u200b Core member team, expertise in stellar pulsation models and the distance scale problem, involved in Gaia and LSST\/VRO.<\/p>\n

Current position: Dirigente di ricerca, INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/a>Andrea Miglio<\/span><\/p>\n

Affiliation: \u200bAlma Mater, Universit\u00e0 di Bologna<\/p>\n

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Role in the project:\u200b Core member team, expertise in asteroseismology, stellar structure and evolution, stellar populations, Galactic archaeology<\/p>\n

Current position: Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/a>Jeremy Mould<\/span><\/p>\n
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Affiliation: \u200bSwinburne University
\nRole in the project: \u200bGaia Calibration of Tip of the Red Giant Branch, SNe Ia<\/p>\n

Current position:\u200b Professor Emeritus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/a>Beno\u00eet Mosser<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor at the Observatory of Paris, stellar physicist at LESIA (Laboratory for Space Science and Astrophysical Instrumentation).<\/p>\n

Expert in the analysis of seismic data, especially for red giants that can probe distances up to the Magellanic clouds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/a>Adam Riess<\/span><\/p>\n
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Affiliations\u200b:
\nJohns Hopkins University, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 2006-
\nDistinguished Bloomberg Professor and Thomas J. Barber Chair
\nSpace Telescope Science Institute, Distinguished Astronomer, 1999-<\/p>\n

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Current Science Initiatives: \u200b<\/p>\n

Principle Investigator of SH0ES Team which has refined the Hubble constant (the present expansion rate of the Universe) to 2.4% precision through the competitive awarding of more than 800 orbits of Hubble Space Telescope time and 15 separate programs. Principal Investigator of the Higher-z SN Team which has found and measured the 20 most distant type Ia supernovae known through the competitive awarding of more than 800 orbits of Hubble Space Telescope Time in 5 cycles and $2M in grants since 2002.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Early career researchers:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Giulia De Somma: \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Junior scientist with expertise in pulsating variable stars (particularly Classical Cepheids), the extragalactic distance scale and the Hubble constant tension problem. Involved in the Gaia mission and member of the LSST TVS collaboration. Current position: Cassini Fellow at INAF OACN, Napoli, Italy<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Alessia Garofalo:<\/p>\n

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Junior scientist with expertise in the characterization, validation and scientific exploitation of RR Lyrae stars and Cepheids observed by the Gaia mission. Member of the Gaia DPAC and involved in LSST@VRO. Current position: Fixed-term researcher at INAF OAS, Bologna, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Louise Breuval:<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Johns Hopkins University (2022-2024). ESA Research Fellow (2025-2027) at Space Telescope Science Institute. Member of the SH0ES Team. Expertise in Cepheids, the distance ladder, open clusters, metallicity effects.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/lbreuval.github.io<\/a><\/p>\n

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Saniya Khan<\/p>\n

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Self-supported experts<\/span><\/p>\n

Marco Bruni<\/p>\n

Affiliation: University of Portsmouth<\/span><\/p>\n

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Michele Trabucchi<\/p>\n

Affiliation: University of Padova<\/span><\/p>\n

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