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GIOVANNI CARRARO

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Position

Professore Ordinario

Address

VICOLO DELL' OSSERVATORIO, 3 - PADOVA

Telephone

0498278230

—Education

Graduated in Astronomy in 1991 (110/110 cum laude)

PhD in Astronomy in 1996.

Diploma Liceo Classico 1985

—Academic career

Post-doc at SISSA-ISAS from 1997 to 1998. Post doc at Padova University from 1998 to 1999.

Staff researcher at Padova University from 1999 to 2016.

Andes Fellow at Yale University and Universidad de Chile from 2004 to 2006.

Staff Astronomer at ESO Paranal from 2007 to 2016.

Associate Professor at Padova University from 2016.


—Scientific responsibilities


Vice President of IAU commission 37 from 2009 to 2012.

President of IAU commission 37 from 2012 to 2015.

Scientific editor of AAS Journals since 2013. Member of the AAS.

Member of the TOCS (TESS Open Cluster studies) working group.
Member of the Gaia-ESO survey.

— Publication statistics
Author of 310 referee papers, h-index 53, more than 12,000 citations (from Google Scholar).

— Main research topics:

Open star clusters
Galactic structure
Galaxy Formation
Solar System

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Publications

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Research Area

Open star clusters
Galactic structure
Galaxy Formation
Solar System

Thesis proposals

Blue Straggler Stars in Galactic Open Clusters: both theory and observations

Spiral Structure in the Milky Way in different wavelengths: observational

Globular and Open Clusters in the Gaia-ESO survey: abundances, observational (INAF)

Dynamical and luminous masses in star clusters, virial state : both theory and observations

Binary stars: statistics and impact on stellar/dynamical evolution in star clusters: both theory and observations.