Claudia Cicone
Academic interests
Galaxy formation and evolution. Multi-wavelength observations of galaxies in the local and high-redshift Universe. Feedback mechanisms from star formation and accreting super massive black holes. Multi-phase and multi-scale galactic outflows. The circumgalactic and intergalactic medium. Galaxy interactions and mergers. (Sub)-millimetre telescopes and observational techniques.
Fellowships, awards and prizes
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2016 – 2019 European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 664931 (Astrofit2 fellowships)
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2017 Special mention at “Premio Giuseppe Lorenzoni” for best scientific article in Astrophysics 2014-2016, Italy
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2015 MERAC funding and travel award, awarded by the Société Suisse d’Astrophysique et d’Astronomie, Switzerland
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2013 - 2015 Isaac Newton studentship, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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2013 - 2015 Science and technology facilities council (STFC) studentship, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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2011 Summa cum laude Master degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Sapienza Università di Roma
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2009 Summa cum laude Bachelor degree in Physics and Astrophysics, Sapienza Università di Roma
Employment
- 2019 - present Associate Professor, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Norway
- 2016 – 2019 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, INAF Osservatorio astronomico di Brera, Italy
- 2015 – 2016 Postdoctoral researcher, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Education
- 2012 – 2015 PhD in Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- 2009 – 2011 MS, Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
- 2006 – 2009 BS, Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Main projects
- 2019 - present MOONS (Multi Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph for the VLT), associate member of the consortium
- 2018 - present AtLAST (Atacama Large Aperture Submm/mm telescope)
- 2016 - 2019 PI of COURAGE, funded by the EU's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 664931
- 2013 - 2017 Co-I with leading role of ALLSMOG, ESO large programme at the APEX telescope
Publications
- Curti, Mirko; Maiolino, Roberto; Cirasuolo, Michele; Mannucci, Filippo; Williams, Rebecca J.; Auger, Matt; Mercurio, Amata; Hayden-Pawson, Connor; Cresci, Giovanni; Marconi, Alessandro; Belfiore, Francesco; Cappellari, Michele; Cicone, Claudia; Cullen, Fergus; Meneghetti, Massimo; Ota, Kazuaki; Peng, Yingjie; Pettini, Max; Swinbank, Mark & Troncoso, Paulina (2019). The KLEVER Survey: spatially resolved metallicity maps and gradients in a sample of 1.2 < z < 2.5 lensed galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. ISSN 0035-8711. 492(1), s 821- 842 . doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz3379