Luigi Guzzo
CV
Luigi Guzzo
Curriculum Vitae
I am currently Astronomo Associato (Associate Professor) at the Osservatorio di Brera of INAF and
Adjunct Professor of Cosmology at the University of Milano-Bicocca. I am Principal Investigator of the
“Darklight” cosmology program, supported by the European Research Council through an Advanced
Research Grant for the period 2012-2017. The program supports a group of about 10 young researchers
(among postdocs and graduate students), with the goal of developing and testing new methods to extract
cosmological parameters from the new generation of galaxy redshift surveys.
EDUCATION
(1986)
(1985-1986)
(1981-1986)
Doctoral Laurea, Astronomy, Summa cum Laude, Universita` di Padova, Italy.
ESO Student, ESO, Garching, Germany.
University of Padua
EMPLOYMENT (EXCLUDING SUMMER JOBS)
(2009-present) Adjunct Professor (Cosmology), Universita’ di Milano-Bicocca.
(2003-present) Astronomo Associato (Associate Professor, tenured), INAF – OA Brera.
(2006-2007)
Visiting Scientist, MPA/MPE & European Southern Observatory, Garching, D
(1988-2003)
Ricercatore Astronomo (Assistant Professor, tenured), OA Brera.
(1988-2001)
Teaching Assistant (Astroph. Laboratory, Extragalactic Astronomy), Physics Dept.,
Universita` di Milano.
(1986-1988)
Postdoctoral Fellow, ESO
PRIZES/FELLOWSHIPS
(2012-2017)
European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Research Grant
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY (PAST TEN YEARS, EXCLUDING GRANTS)
(2013-2015)
(2010-present)
(2008-present)
(2009)
(2008)
(2008-2009)
(2008-2009)
(Jan 2008)
(2007-2008)
(2005-2010)
(2005)
(2005)
(2002-2004)
(2001-2004)
(2003)
(2001)
ERC PE9 Evaluation Panel
Science Group Coordinator, EUCLID Consortium
P.I., VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS)
Convenor of “LSS and Cosmology” panel, INAF 2009-2012 Strategic Plan
NASA-DOE JDEM “Figure-of-Merit” Working Group (FoMSWG)
Science Team coordinator, NIS spectrograph payload, ESA EUCLID project
ESA EUCLID Cosmology Working Group.
Reviewer of “Galaxies and Cosmology” sector for OA-Brera Visiting Committee.
Steering committee, SPACE satellite project.
Science Steering Committee, COSMOS project.
INAF President special advisory board.
Mid-term reviewer, French-Canadian CFHT Legacy Survey (CFHT-LS).
Time Allocation Committee, Galileo National Telescope (TNG).
Working Group for Surveys, European Southern Observatory.
SOC, “Cosmology with Galaxy Clusters”, Ringberg, Germany, January 2003.
SOC, “Tracing Cosmic Evolution with Galaxy Clusters”, Sesto P., Italy,
TEACHING AND STUDENT SUPERVISION
UNIVERSITIES OF MILANO, MILANO-BICOCCA AND INSUBRIA (PHYSICS DEPARTMENTS)
(2011-2012)
Full course “Cosmology II”, 2nd semester (48 hrs) (Bicocca).
(2010-2011)
Full course “Relativistic Cosmology”, 2nd semester (64 hrs) (Bicocca).
(2009-2010)
Full course “Observational Cosmology”, 2nd semester (64 hrs) (Bicocca).
2012-2015)
Supervisor, PhD F. Mohammad (“Optimizing redshift-space distortions estimatos and
application to the VIPERS survey”).
(2011-2014)
Supervisor, PhD S. Rota (“The galaxy power spectrum from the VIPERS survey”).
(2010-2013)
Supervisor, PhD D. Bianchi (“Redshift distortions as a probe of dark energy”).
(2009-2013)
Supervisor, PhD A. Marchetti (“Cosmological constraints from LSS and CMB”).
(1988-present) Supervisor of more than 20 Master theses.
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Luigi Guzzo
CV
(1988-2001)
(1996-2001)
(1995)
(1992-1995)
(1988-1992)
Regular member of examination committees in Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy.
Lecturer in Extragalactic Astronomy (Degree in Physics, avg. 10 hrs/semester).
Coordinator, Graduate Course on “Galaxies and Cosmology” (UniMI)
Co-advisor, PhD thesis Sabrina De Grandi (“The RASS Bright Cluster Sample”).
Lecturer “Introduction to Spectroscopy and CCD data reduction”, (Degree in Physics,
Experimental Physics Lab, 20 hrs/semester).
OTHER UNIVERSITIES:
(2006-2011)
Member of Council of Graduate School in Astronomy, University of Insubria.
(2001-present) External Examiner for PhD Theses at Marseille and Paris Universities (Adami, Foucaud,
Meneux, De La Torre, Coupon).
(2004-2006) Co-supervisor, PhD Thesis P. Cassata, Universita` di Padova.
(1998-1999)
External supervisor, Master thesis F. Poglio, Univ. di Torino.
(1989-1992)
Co-supervisor, PhD thesis R.C. Nichol, U. of Edinburgh, UK
GRANTS
Year
2012-2017
2013-2015
2011-2012
2011-2013
2010-2011
2009-2011
2009
2009
2007-2009
2007-2008
2006-2007
2005-2006
2003-2004
2009-2010
2001
2000-2001
1998-1999
1997-1998
1996
Source
ERC Advanced Grant
ASI (co-I)
MIUR-PRIN
INAF-PRIN (PI)
ASI (co-I)
INAF-PRIN (PI)
University of Hawaii
ASI (co-I)
ASI (co-I)
INAF-PRIN (co-I)
MPA/MPE/ESO
INAF-PRIN (PI)
INAF-PRIN (co-I)
Ministry of Research (co-I)
CNR
Ministry of Research (co-I)
Ministry of Research (co-I)
Ministry of Research (co-I)
ASI (PI)
Project
DARKLIGHT
Euclid (science + manag.)
Dark energy with surveys
VIPERS
Euclid NIS (tech.+science)
VIPERS
Visiting Fellowship
Euclid NIS (tech.+science)
COSMOS
VVDS/COSMOS
Visiting Fellowship
VVDS/COSMOS
VVDS
Dark Energy
VVDS
VVDS
Galaxy Systems (REFLEX)
Clusters of Galaxies
REFLEX
Total over 20 years:
2
Funding (Euros)
1,723,600
96,000
27,000
222,000 (on 3 nodes)
138,365
245,000 (on 3 nodes)
4,000
84,000
65,000
140,000 (on 3 nodes)
24,000
115,000 (on 4 nodes)
14,000
98,000
7,750
102,000
96,000
54,000
16,000
2,907,715