Dr. Cristina Chiappini

Education

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  Diploma of Laurea in Astronomia, Padova University
  
  

• 1991
  B.Sc. (Physics), University of Sao Paulo
  
  

• 1994
  M.Sc. (Astronomy), University of Sao Paulo
  
  

• 1998
  Ph.D. (Astronomy), University of Sao Paulo (part of it carried out in Italy)
  
  

Academic Positions (since 2000):

• since 2000
  Research Fellow, Columbia University, New York, USA
  
  

• 2000 – 2003
  Research Astronomer, Trieste Observatory/OAT, INAF, Italy
  
  

• 2003 – 2011
  Research Astronomer Tenured, Trieste Observatory/OAT, INAF, Italy (On leave from January 2008 until April 2011)
  
  

• 2005 – 2007
  Sabbatical at Geneva Observatory, Geneva University, Switzerland
  
  

• 2008 – 2010
  Maitre Assistant, Geneva Observatory, Geneva University, Switzerland
  
  

• 2010 – 2011
  Research Assistant at the Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (AIP)
  
  

• Since 2011
  Scientific Staff at the Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
  
  

• Chiappini, C., Frischknecht, U., Meynet, G. et al. 2011, Nature 472, 545: Imprints of fast rotating massive stars in the Galactic Bulge

• Chiappini, C., Gorny, S.K., Stasinska, G., Barbuy, B. 2009, A&A 494, 591: Abundances in the Galactic bulge: results from planetary nebulae and giant stars

• Chiappini, C., Ekstroem, S., Meynet, G. et al. 2008, A&A Letters 479, L9: A new imprint of fast rotators – low 12C/13C ratios in extremely metal-poor halo stars

• Chiappini, C., Hirschi, R., Meynet G. et al. 2006, A&A Letters 449, L27: A strong case for fast stellar rotation at low metallicities

• Chiappini, C., Matteucci, F., Ballero, S. 2005, A&A 437, 429: The origin of Nitrogen: implications of recent measurements of N/O in Galactic metal-poor halo stars

• Chiappini, C., Matteucci, F., Meynet, G. 2003, A&A 410, 257: Stellar yields with rotation and their effect in chemical evolution models

• Chiappini, C., Romano, D., Matteucci, F. 2003, MNRAS 339, 63: Oxygen, Carbon and Nitrogen evolution in galaxies

• Chiappini, C., Renda, A., Matteucci, F. 2002, A&A 395, 789: Evolution of Deuterium, 3He and 4He in the Galaxy

• Chiappini, C., Matteucci, F. Romano, D. 2001, ApJ 554, 1044: Abundance Gradients and the Formation of the Milky Way

• Chiappini, C., Matteucci, F., Padoan, P. 2000, ApJ 528, 711: The Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy with a variable IMF

• Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)

• Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE, sky survey)

• 4m Multi Object Spectrograph Telescope – 4MOST (Conceptual study for ESO)

Selected research activities (from 2000):

• Panel Member of the ESO OPC, 2012

• Project Scientist for 4MOST, since 2011

• Chair/Organizer of the Workshop “Large Area Optical Spectroscopic Surveys: Science with 4MOST “, 2012

• Chair of the “4MOST Science Kick Off Meeting”, 2011

• Chair of the workshop Galactic Archaeology with SEGUE, held in Potsdam, 2011

• Member of the CoRoT red giant working group, 2010

• Invited to join SDSS-III via the Brazilian Participation Group, 2009 (member since November 2009)

• Member of GREAT , 2009

• Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the IAU Symposium 268 Light Elements in the Universe, held in Geneva and one of the editors of the proceedings, 2009

• Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the IAU Symposium 265: Chemical Abundances in the Universe, held in Rio de Janeiro, 2009

• Member of the ESA/ESO working group on Galactic Science (outcome document 177 pp), 2008

• Member of the International Advisory Board of the International Symposium Series Nuclei in the Cosmos , 2007

• Referee for Nature, ApJ, A&A, MNRAS, AJ, PASA, Review of Modern Physics, since 2000

• Member of the Brazilian Astronomical Society

• Member of the German Astronomical Society

• Referee for Swiss National Fundation

Soft Skills

• Daughter born in 16 April 2009

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