Prof. Dr. Marcella Carollo, ETH Zürich
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Prof. Dr. Marcella Carollo

Nominated by

  • Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
  • Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
  • AcademiaNet member since 04.09.2012
  • AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria


Employed by

  • ETH Zürich


Academic Discipline/Fields

  • Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics


Field

Physical sciences



Area of specialisation

Extragalactic Astrophysics



Research interests

  • Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Galactic Structure and Stellar Populations



Distinctions and Awards

  • Top Italian Scientist, Listing Award

  • Hubble Fellowship Award

  • European Community Fellowship Award



Languages

English, German, Italian



Doctorate

  • 1994




Short CV/Education and training

  • 1982 – 1987
    Master (Equivalent) in Physics, University of Palermo, Italy (Honors)

  • 1991 – 1994
    PhD in Astrophysics, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany (Honors)

  • 1994 – 1996
    Fellow, Leiden University, The Netherlands

  • 1997 – 1999
    Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

  • 1999 – 2001
    Assistant Professor, Columbia University, New York, USA

  • 2002 – 2006
    Associate Professor, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

  • Since 2007
    Full Professor, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Selected publications

Membership in scientific bodies/juries

  • Director, Institute for Astronomy (Department of Physics), ETHZ

  • Swiss National Foundation Foerderungprofessuren Committee, Member

  • Swiss National Foundation Ambizione Committee, Member

  • MUSE Executive Board, Deputy

  • MUSE Scientific Board, Member

  • Physics Department Board (D-PHYS Ausschuss), ETHZ

  • Swiss Commission for Astronomy

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News

  1. Giant Galaxies Die From the Inside Out

    Astronomers, among them Prof. Marcella Carollo, have shown how star formation in "dead" galaxies sputtered out billions of years ago: three billion years after the Big Bang, these galaxies still made stars on their outskirts, but no longer in their interiors.

 
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