Giovanni Carraro

(The one close to Chris Lidman in the photo)

Associate Astronomer
La Silla Paranal Observatory
e-mail:gcarraro@eso.org
Tel: ++56 2 463 3106
FAX: ++56 2 463 3101
On leave from Padova University

A photo of me watching the sunset with the most
        famous bulgarian astronomer

Curriculum Vitae .

List of Publications.

Functional activities.


My work at the observatory

My interest lies in the field of photometry, infrared and optical. I am in fact instrument scientist of HAWK-I and deputy instrument scientist of VIRCAM.

In Paranal I work as support astronomer on UT2 and UT4, running UVES, FLAMES, FORS, X-SHOOTER, HAWKI, NACO and SINFONI.


Research Interests

My research interests centre on Stellar Populations. In particular, I am interested in star clusters as probes of Galactic structure and evolution:


Current duties:

  • Starting from the International Astronomical Union (IAU) 2012 General Assembly (GA) in Beijing, I am President of the IAU Commission 37 organizing committee. Follow this link to get to the Commission 37 webpage. I am also part of the Division H steering committee.

  • I act as Scientific Editor of the Astrophysical Journal

  • I am a member of the Consejo Gemini-Conycit, and of the Gemini-South TAC


    2013 basic Travel Schedule:

  • January 23 - January 31: Paranal
  • February 19 - March 01 : Paranal
  • March 25 - April 04 : Paranal
  • April 19 - April 25: Paranal
  • April 30 : seminar at University of Minnesota
  • May 02 - May 05: ApJ editorial meeting in Saskatoon
  • May 07: seminar at Indiana University
  • May 15: Chilean National Gemini TAC
  • May 21 - May 25: invited talk at IAU 298 in Lijiang
  • May 26 - May 31: talk at Pacific Rim meeting in Seoul
  • May 28: seminar at Yonsei University in Seoul
  • June 05 - June 12: Paranal
  • June 22 - June 29: Paranal
  • July 07 - August 04: Home leave in Italy
  • August 10 - August 17: talk at Structure and Dynamics of Disk Galaxies meeting in Arkansas