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. Dual and binary active galactic nuclei. The thermal and kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect.
Research grants
- 2021 - 2024 Coordinator of "Towards an Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST)". This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 951815. More info on the AtLAST website.
Teaching
- 2020 - present AST2210 Observasjonsastronomi
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 research projects
- 2018 - present AtLAST (Atacama Large Aperture Submm/mm telescope). Coordinator of the EU-funded Design Study of AtLAST. Leader of the Circumgalactic medium science case for AtLAST.
- 2019 - present MOONS (Multi Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph for the VLT). Associate member of the consortium, involved in the preparation of the extragalactic GTO survey.
- 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
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Meyer, Romain A.; Walter, Fabian; Cicone, Claudia; Cox, Pierre; Decarli, Roberto & Neri, Roberto [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2022). Physical Constraints on the Extended Interstellar Medium of the z = 6.42 Quasar J1148+5251: [C II](158 μm), [N II](205 μm), and [O I](146 μm) Observations. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ). ISSN 0004-637X. 927(2). doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac4e94. Full text in Research Archive
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Braito, Valentina; Reeves, J.N.; Matzeu, Gabriele A.; Severgnini, Paola; Ballo, Lucia & Cicone, Claudia [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2022). Dramatic Changes in the Observed Velocity of the Accretion Disk Wind in MCG-03-58-007 Are Revealed by XMM-Newton and NuSTAR. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ). ISSN 0004-637X. 926(2). doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac3763. Full text in Research Archive
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Wylezalek, Dominika; Cicone, Claudia; Belfiore, Francesco; Bertemes, C.; Cazzoli, Sara & Wagg, Jeff [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2021). MASCOT: an ESO–ARO legacy survey of molecular gas in nearby SDSS-MaNGA galaxies – I. First data release, and global and resolved relations between H2 and stellar content. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. ISSN 0035-8711. 510(3), p. 3119–3131. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab3356. Full text in Research Archive
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Cicone, Claudia; Mainieri, Vincenzo; Circosta, Chiara; Kakkad, Darshan; Vietri, Giustina & Perna, Michele [Show all 19 contributors for this article] (2021). SUPER: VI. A giant molecular halo around a z∼2 quasar. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A). ISSN 0004-6361. 654. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141611. Full text in Research Archive
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Lamperti, Isabella; Harrison, C. M.; Mainieri, V.; Kakkad, D.; Perna, M. & Circosta, C. [Show all 27 contributors for this article] (2021). SUPER: V. ALMA continuum observations of z ∼ 2 AGN and the elusive evidence of outflows influencing star formation. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A). ISSN 0004-6361. 654. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141363. Full text in Research Archive
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Bewketu Belete, A.; Andreani, Paola; Fernández-Ontiveros, J. A.; Hatziminaoglou, Evanthia; Combes, Françoise & Sirressi, Mattia [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2021). Molecular gas kinematics in the nuclear region of nearby Seyfert galaxies with ALMA. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A). ISSN 0004-6361. 654. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140492. Full text in Research Archive
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Fluetsch, Andrin; Maiolino, Roberto; Carniani, Stefano; Arribas, S.; Belfiore, Francesco & Bellocchi, E. [Show all 17 contributors for this article] (2021). Properties of the multiphase outflows in local (ultra)luminous infrared galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. ISSN 0035-8711. 505(4), p. 5753–5783. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab1666. Full text in Research Archive
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Severgnini, Paola; Braito, Valentina; Cicone, Claudia; Saracco, P.; Vignali, C. & Serafinelli, Roberto [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2021). A possible sub-kiloparsec dual AGN buried behind the galaxy curtain. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A). ISSN 0004-6361. 646. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039576. Full text in Research Archive
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Circosta, Chiara; Mainieri, V.; Lamperti, I.; Padovani, P.; Bischetti, M. & Harrison, C. M. [Show all 26 contributors for this article] (2021). SUPER: IV. CO(J = 3–2) properties of active galactic nucleus hosts at cosmic noon revealed by ALMA. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A). ISSN 0004-6361. 646. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039270. Full text in Research Archive
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Koss, Michael J.; Strittmatter, Benjamin; Lamperti, Isabella; Shimizu, Taro; Trakhtenbrot, Benny & Saintonge, Amelie [Show all 26 contributors for this article] (2021). BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey. XX. Molecular Gas in Nearby Hard-X-Ray-selected AGN Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. ISSN 0067-0049. 252(2). doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/abcbfe.
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Kohno, Kotaro; Kawabe, Ryohei; Tamura, Yoichi; Endo, Akira; Baselmans, Jochem J. A. & Karatsu, Kenichi [Show all 22 contributors for this article] (2020). Large format imaging spectrograph for the Large Submillimeter Telescope (LST). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering. ISSN 0277-786X. 11453. doi: 10.1117/12.2561238. Full text in Research Archive
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Vietri, Giustina; Mainieri, V.; Kakkad, D.; Netzer, Hagai; Perna, M. & Circosta, C. [Show all 30 contributors for this article] (2020). SUPER: III. Broad line region properties of AGNs at z ∼ 2. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A). ISSN 0004-6361. 644. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039136. Full text in Research Archive
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Klaassen, Pamela D.; Mroczkowski, Tony; Cicone, Claudia; Hatziminaoglou, Evanthia; Sartori, Sabrina & De Breuck, Carlos [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2020). The Atacama large aperture submillimeter telescope (AtLAST) concept. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering. ISSN 0277-786X. 11445. doi: 10.1117/12.2561315. Full text in Research Archive
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Braito, Valentina; Reeves, J. N.; Severgnini, Paola; Della Ceca, R.; Ballo, Lucia & Cicone, Claudia [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2020). The stratified disc wind of MCG-03-58-007. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. ISSN 0035-8711. 500(1), p. 291–300. doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa3264. Full text in Research Archive
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Serafinelli, Roberto; Severgnini, Paola; Braito, Valentina; Ceca, Roberto Della; Vignali, Cristian & Ambrosino, Filippo [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2020). Unveiling Sub-pc Supermassive Black Hole Binary Candidates in Active Galactic Nuclei. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ). ISSN 0004-637X. 902(1). doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/abb3c3.
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Kakkad, Darshan; Mainieri, V.; Vietri, G.; Carniani, S.; Harrison, C. M. & Perna, M. [Show all 30 contributors for this article] (2020). SUPER: II. Spatially resolved ionised gas kinematics and scaling relations in z ∼ 2 AGN host galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A). ISSN 0004-6361. 642. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038551. Full text in Research Archive
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Belladitta, Silvia; Moretti, A.; Caccianiga, A.; Spingola, C.; Severgnini, Paolo & Della Ceca, R. [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2020). The first blazar observed at z > 6. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A). ISSN 0004-6361. 635. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201937395. Full text in Research Archive
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Herrera-Camus, R.; Janssen, A.; Sturm, E.; Lutz, D.; Veilleux, S. & Davies, R. [Show all 15 contributors for this article] (2020). AGN feedback in a galaxy merger: multi-phase, galaxy-scale outflows with a fast molecular gas blob ∼6 kpc away from IRAS F08572+3915. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A). ISSN 0004-6361. 635. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936434.
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Nguyen, Nathen H.; Lira, Paulina; Trakhtenbrot, Benny; Netzer, Hagai; Cicone, Claudia & Maiolino, Roberto [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2020). ALMA Observations of Quasar Host Galaxies at z ~ 4.8. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ). ISSN 0004-637X. 895(1). doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab8bd3. Full text in Research Archive
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Treister, Ezequiel; Messias, Hugo; Privon, George C.; Nagar, Neil; Medling, Anne M. & U, Vivian [Show all 22 contributors for this article] (2020). The Molecular Gas in the NGC 6240 Merging Galaxy System at the Highest Spatial Resolution. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ). ISSN 0004-637X. 890(2). doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab6b28. Full text in Research Archive