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In April 2010 Massimo Della Valle was appointed as Director of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples.
The research activity spans several fields in the observational Astrophysics:

  • Supernovae (local and at high redshifts)
  • Gamma-ray bursts and their afterglows
  • Supernova/GRB connection
  • Novae
  • Distance scale and measurement of the cosmological parameters
He has published about 400 scientific papers.

Curriculum

  • 1976. High School diploma, Brescia
  • 1983. Laurea in Astronomia, Università di Padova. (Summa cum Laude). Supervisor: Prof. L. Rosino
  • 1984. Fellow at the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory
  • 1985. PhD student at the Byurakan Observatory (ex-URSS). Supervisor: Prof. Ambartsumian
  • 1988. PhD in Astronomy Università di Padova. Supervisors: Prof. L. Rosino, e M. Capaccioli
  • 1989. Post-Doc at SISSA, Trieste
  • 1990. Fellow at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile.
  • 1994. Fellow at the European Southern Observatory, München, Germany
  • 1995. Assistant Professor at the Astronomy Dept., Università di Padova, Italy
  • 1999. Associate Astronomer at the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Firenze, Italy
  • 2006. Adjunct Professor at the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network, Pescara, Italy
  • 2007. Research Director at the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy
  • 2008. Visiting Scientist at the ESO Telescope Division, München, Germany
  • 2010. Director of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy
Sabbatical leaves
  • 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005. Visiting Scientist, European Southern Observatory, München, Germany
  • 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004. Visiting Scientist, Space Telescope, Science Institute, Baltimore, USA
  • 1998, 2001, 2003. Visiting Scientist, European Southern Observatory, Santiago, Chile.
  • 2006. Visiting Scientist, Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
  • 2006, 2007. Visiting Scientist, KAVLI Institute, Santa Barbara, California University, USA
  • 2007. Visiting Scientist, Dark Cosmology Center, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2007. Visiting Scientist, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
  • 2007. Visiting Scientist, Aspen Center for Physics, USA
 Teaching
  • 1989. Lecturer at the SISSA (Trieste): "The Cosmological Distance Ladder"
  • 1992. Visiting Professor, Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto, Portugal: "The Late Stages of the Stellar Evolution" (grad. level)
  • Assistant Professor for Esercitazioni di Astronomia I (Padova, Astronomy Dept. a.a. 1993/94 ; 1994/95 ; 1995/96 ; 1996/97)
  • Assistant Professor for Laboratorio di Fisica II (Padova, Astronomy Dept. a.a. 1995/96)
  • Assistant Professor for Astrofisica (Padova, Astronomy Dept. a.a. 1996/97)
  • Professor in charge of Astronomia Generale (Padova, Physics Dept. a.a. 1996/97 ; 1997/98)
  • Professor for Tecniche Osservative in Astronomia (Ferrara, Physics Dept. a.a. 2002/03 ; 2003/04 ; 2005/06 ; 2006/2007 ; 2007/2008)
  • Professor for Tecniche Osservative in Astronomia and Supernovae (Ferrara, Physics Dept., PhD course a.a. 2009/2010)
  • Lecturer in national and international PhD Schools
The publications
  • Publications (ADS font)
Professional address:
INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte
Salita Moiariello 16, I-80131 Napoli
Tel: +39-081-5575-520
Fax: +39-081-5575-562
Email: dellavalle@oacn.inaf.it