Riccardo Scarpa's Curriculum Vitae
Present Position:
Staff astronomer at the Paranal Observatory, which is part of the
European Southern Observatory.
My research interests are focused on AGN
and radio galaxy topics, as investigated through both Hubble Space Telescope
(HST) and ground-based data.
Education:
University of Padova, Padova, Italy, with the attainment in 1992 of the
laurea doctoral degree in Astronomy, defending the
thesis ``Optical spectrophotometry of BL Lacertae objects'';
supervisors Prof. C. Barbieri and Dr. R. Falomo.
Postdoctoral Positions:
From 1997 to 2000, I held a postdoctoral position at the
Space Telescope
Science Institute, working with C. Megan Urry.
In 1996 I worked at the Space
Telescope Science Institute as a Padova University Fellow.
During 1994-95 I worked at Padova
University and at the Space
Telescope Science Institute as a
postdoctoral fellow of the Italian ``Ing. Aldo Gini'' foundation.
After the attainment of my doctoral degree in 1992, I performed research
at the Department of
Astronomy of Padova University and, at the same time,
I taught mathematics and physics in Italian high school.
Personal skills:
During several years of research on active galactic nuclei,
I gained solid experience in both
observing at the telescope and reducing optical ground- and space-based
observations. More specifically,
the observational techniques I most used
are photometry, HST imaging, and low and
moderate dispersion spectroscopy.
The experience acquired enabled me to carry out, from proposal to
publication, a complete observing program involving the use of the most
advanced optical instrumentation.
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