Chiara Feruglio
Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum
EDUCATION
• October 2, 2007: PhD Diploma in Astronomy at the "Tor Vergata" University of Rome.
Title of PhD thesis: The multiwavelength survey of the Elais-S1 field. Supervisor: Prof. R.
Buonanno
• June 30, 2003: Italian degree of Laurea in Astronomy at the University of Padova, Ital,y with
maximum marks: 110/110. Supervisor: Prof. P. Rafanelli. Laurea thesis title: Kinematical and
physical properties of the BLR of local narrow line Seyfert galaxies from optical spectroscopy.
EMPLOYMENT
• Since November 2014: Post-doctoral research associate of the Cosmology Group at Scuola
Normale Superiore di Pisa.
• March 2011 - October, 2014: Post-doctoral research fellow in the Plateau de Bure
interferometer Astronomy and Science Support Group, at the Institut de RadioAstronomie
Millimetrique (IRAM) , St. Martin d' Heres (France).
• October 2009 - March 2011: CNRS Post-Doctoral research fellow at CEA - Saclay (France).
• 2007-2009: Post-Doctoral research fellow at Service d'Astrophysique, CEA - Saclay (France).
• March-October 2007: Post-doctoral fellow at INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (Italy)
• January 2003-March 2007: PhD studentship at Universita’ di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma (Italy)
COLLABORATIONS
The applicant takes part in several international scientific collaborations, with recognized
scientists, including:
- Prof. A. Ferrara, SNS, The first galaxies and AGN
- Prof. R. Maiolino, KAVLI Institute, UK, AGN outflows at high redshift
- Dr. E. Sturm, R. Davies, MPE, AGN outflows in local galaxies
- R. Genzel, L. Tacconi, F. Combes, S. Garcia-Burillo for the PHIBBS2 Large Program at IRAM
(the PI is in charge of the “Molecular Outflows in Main Sequence galaxies” working package)
- E. Daddi, CEA-Saclay, High redshift AGN in COSMOS, Goods.
- F. Fiore and the INAF-OAR extragalactic team, Galaxy wide outflows in the near-ir using AO
assisted spectroscopy/imaging, X-ray observations of AGN outflows.
- S. Aalto (Chalmers, Sweden), J. Martin-Pintado , Millimeter spectral surveys of local AGN
- C. Ceccarelli and B. Le Floch (IPAG, Grenoble), Development of new methods to study shocks
and feedback in nearby galaxies
- A. Cooray, R. Ivison, Multiband observations and characterization of Hermes Herschel lensed
galaxies.
- Member of the COSMOS collaboration.
- Member of the “Galaxy Evolution” scientific working group for the SKA project (led by
Prof. Oosterloo and Staveley-Smith)
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- Member of the “Astrophysics of feedback in local AGN” and “Formation and growth of
the earliest SMBH” Science Working Groups for the ATHENA mission
TEACHING, training and supervision
• Lectures of Radioastronomy at Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (April-May 2015)
• Lectures and tutorials about principles and practice of millimeter interferometry at the IRAM
Interferometry School, held in Grenoble, 15-19 October, 2012 (40 hours).
• In 2015, tutoring of master student from Ecole Normale Superiore de Cachan (France) during
his internship at Scuola Normale Superiore.
• 2011: co-tutoring of C. Cicone during her thesis of Laurea at the University of Roma "La
Sapienza" (Italy), teaching principles of mm interferometry and data calibration, and supervising
the writing of her thesis. Miss Cicone is now a PhD student at the Cavendish Laboratory,
University of Cambridge (UK), under the supervision of Prof. R. Maiolino.
• 2010-2011: co-tutoring of Cristian Malacaria during his thesis of Laurea at the University of
Roma "La Sapienza" (Italy). Mister Malacaria is now a PhD student at IAAT, University of
Tuebingen (Germany), supervised by Dr. Andrea Santangelo.
COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
• Reviewer of SKA-driven Flagship Programmes for the National Research Foundation of South
Africa
• Refereeing papers for Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society.
• Member of the AGN science review panel of XMM-Newton in 2012/2013/2014.
PI SHIP OF OBSERVING PROJECTS AND GRANTS
• PI of the project SWING, The role of Super Winds in Galaxy Evolution, which was selected
in the top 5% projects of the MIUR grant “Scientific Independence of Young
Researchers” (SIR) , (step 2 of evaluation completed, pending final decision).
• The Applicant led the team that produced the very first observation of a giant molecular
outflow in an extragalactic source (Markarian 231). The Feruglio et al. (2010) paper opened a
brand new field in AGN/galaxy co-evolution research and received extensive press coverage.
• The Applicant has been PI of 14 observing projects in major international observatories
(IRAM, ESO, EVLA, detailed in the List of Publications)
RESPONSIBILITIES AND SERVICE TASKS
• management of the observations, data quality assessment, assistance of astronomers in proposal
preparation, observations and data reduction at IRAM-PdBI;
• responsible of monitoring and optimization of PdBI/NOEMA reflector surfaces at IRAM;
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• member of the commissioning operations team of the IRAM upgraded array (NOEMA)
OBSERVING EXPERIENCE
• Extensive experience of observations with the (sub)mm interferometers
• Several observing runs with optical/near IR spectrographs at ESO/VLT and La Silla (FORS2/
VIMOS/VLT and EFOSC/3.6m)
Invited talks at international conferences
• Invited Review Talk at "AGN11, Where black holes and galaxies meet" Conference, Trieste ,
23-26 September 2014
• Invited talk at the “Science Goals of a Sub-arcsecond Far-infrared Space Observatory"
workshop, Rome on the 17-18th February 2014 : Spatially resolved studies of AGN-driven
outflows
• Invited highlight talk at the "Molecular gas in high redshift galaxies"
European Week of Astronomy and Space Science EWASS 2012, Rome, July 1-6, 2012
"Molecular outflows in local galaxies and at high-z"
Seminars and Colloquia
• INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Bologna Colloquia, May 6, 2013, Massive molecular
outflows in nearby ULIRG/AGN
• IPAG - Institute of Planetology and Astrophysics of Grenoble Colloquia, 24 January 2013,
Massive molecular outflows in nearby ULIRG/AGN
• IRAM - Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique Colloquia, 23 November 2010
Millimeter and X-ray view of the most obscured QSOs along cosmic time.
• University of Nottingham, October 2009, Effects of galaxy environment on obscured starformation and AGN activity in the COSMOS field.
• The Royal Observatory of Edinburgh, July 2009, Effects of galaxy environment on obscured
star-formation and AGN activity in the COSMOS field.
• Astronomical Observatory of Roma, February 2009, The dependence of obscured starformation activity and galaxy environment in the COSMOS field.
DISSEMINATION AND OUTREACH
• Speaker at the IRAM stand at the “Week of Science 2014”, Grenoble, France. The french
“Week of Science” is meant to provide introduction to science to primary and secondary schools.
• Speaker for a reportage about NOEMA- The Norther Extended Millimeter Array, broadcasted
on October 2, 2013 on the french TV channel France 3 Alpes
Chiara Feruglio
PRESS COVERAGE
Nature Research Highlights, Nature 467, 134 (09 September 2010)
Astrophysics: How the galaxy lost its stars, http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v467/n7312/full/
467134e.html
IRAM Press Release at : http://www.iram-institute.org/EN/news/2013/77.html
PUBLICATIONS
56 publications (41 in peer-reviewed journals)
10 peer-reviewed publication as first author
4 publications as second/third author
1 Nature Research Highlight article
1 publication in Nature (third author)
1669 citations of peer-reviewed papers
282 citation first-author papers
H index : 18
22 conference proceedings in non-peer-reviewed journals
10 talks given at international conference of astrophysics
7 invited presentations at international conferences, seminars and colloquia (1 invited
review)
Peer Reviewed Publication list
41. Pallottini, A.; Gallerani, S.; Ferrara, A.; Yue, B.; Vallini, L.; Maiolino, R.; Feruglio, C. 2015,
submitted to MNRAS, arXiv:1506.05803
Mapping metals at high redshift with far-infrared lines
40. Carniani, S.; Marconi, A.; Maiolino, R.; Balmaverde, B.; Brusa, M.; Cano-Díaz, M.; Cicone, C.;
Comastri, A.; Cresci, G.; Fiore, F., Feruglio, C. et al, accepted for publication in A&A, arXiv:1506.03096
Ionised outflows in z~2.4 quasar host galaxies
39. Silverman, J. D.; Daddi, E.; Rodighiero, G.; Rujopakarn, W.; Sargent, M.; Renzini, A.; Liu, D.;
Feruglio, C.; Kashino, D.; Sanders, D.; and 10 coauthors, Submitted to ApJ Letters,arXiv:1505.04977
A higher efficiency of converting gas to stars push galaxies at z ~ 1.6 well above the star-forming main
sequence
38. Feruglio, C.; Fiore, F.; Carniani, S.; Piconcelli, E.; Zappacosta, L.; Bongiorno, A.; Cicone, C.;
Maiolino, R.; Marconi, A.; Menci, N.; and 2 coauthors, A&A in press, arXiv:1503.01481
AGN-driven winds on all scales in Markarian 231: from hot nuclear ultra-fast up to kpc-extended
molecular outflow
37. Sargent, Mark T.; Daddi, E.; Bournaud, F.; Onodera, M.; Feruglio, C.; Martig, M.; Gobat, R.;
Dannerbauer, H.; Schinnerer, E., Submitted to ApJL, arXiv:1502.00003
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A direct constraint on the gas content of a massive, passively evolving elliptical galaxy at z = 1.43
36. Brusa, M., Feruglio, C. et al. 2015, A&A 578, A11
Evidence for feedback in action from the molecular gas content in the z~1.6 outflowing QSO XID2028
35. Miettinen, O., Smolcic, V. et al. 2015, A&A 577A, 29M
(Sub)millimetre interferometric imaging of a sample of COSMOS/AzTEC submillimetre galaxies. I.
Multiwavelength identifications and redshift distribution
34. Strazzullo, V. et al. 2015, A&A, 576L, 6S
Passive galaxies as tracers of cluster environments at z ~ 2
33. Genzel, R. et al. 2015, ApJ 800, 20G
Combined CO and Dust Scaling Relations of Depletion Time and Molecular Gas Fractions with Cosmic
Time, Specific Star-formation Rate, and Stellar Mass
32. Piconcelli, E. et al. 2015, A&A 574A, 9P
The hidden quasar nucleus of a WISE-selected, hyperluminous, dust-obscured galaxy at z ~ 2.3
31. Cicone, C. et al. 2015, A&A 574A, 14C
Very extended cold gas, star formation and outflows in the halo of a bright quasar at z > 6
30. Cresci, G. et al. 2015, ApJ, 799, 82C
Blowin' in the Wind: Both "Negative" and "Positive" Feedback in an Obscured High-z Quasar
29. Feruglio, C., Bongiorno, A., et al. 2014, A&A 565A, 91
Gas reservoir of a hyper-luminous QSO at z=2.6
28. C. Cicone, R. Maiolino, E. Sturm, J. Gracia-Carpio, C. Feruglio et al. 2013, A&A 562A, 21
Massive Molecular Outflows and Evidence for AGN Feedback from CO Observations
27. Feruglio,C., Fiore, F., Piconcelli, E., Cicone, C., Maiolino, R., Davies, R. and Sturm, E. 2013, A&A,
558A, 87
High resolution mapping of CO(1-0) in the nuclear region of NGC6240
26. Fu, H., Cooray, A., Feruglio, C., Ivison, R.J., Riechers, D. A., et al. 2013, Nature, 498, 338, The
rapid assembly of an elliptical galaxy of 400 billion solar masses at redshift of 2.3.
25. Feruglio, C. et al. 2013, A&A, 549A, 51
NGC6240: extended CO structures and their association with shocked gas.
24. Piconcelli, E., Miniutti, G., Ranalli, P., Feruglio, C., Fiore, F. and Maiolino, R. 2013, MNRAS, 428,
1185P,
Suzaku reveals X-ray continuum piercing the nuclear absorber in
Markarian 231
23. Cicone, C., Feruglio, C., Maiolino, R., Fiore, F., Piconcelli, E., Menci, N., Aussel, H., Sturm, E.,
2012, A&A, 543A, 99,
The physics and the structure of the quasar-driven outflow in Mrk 231
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22. Maiolino, R., Gallerani, S., Neri, R., Cicone, C., Ferrara, A., Genzel, R., Luts, D., Sturm, E., Tacconi,
L. J., Walter, F., Feruglio, C., Fiore, F. and Piconcelli, E. 2012, , MNRAS, 425L, 66,
Evidence of strong quasar feedback in the early Universe
21. Magdis, G. E., Daddi, E., Sargent, M., Elbaz, D., Gobat, R., Dannerbauer, H., Feruglio, C. and 6
co-authors, 2012,ApJL, 758, L9,
The molecular gas content of z=3 Lyman break galaxies: evidence of a non-evolving gas fraction in mainsequence galaxies at z>2
20. Smolcic, V., Aravena, M., Navarrete, F., Schinnerer, E., Riechers, D. A., Bertoldi, F., Feruglio, C. and
17 co-authors, 2012, , A&A 548, A4,
Millimeter imaging of submillimeter galaxies in the COSMOS field: redshift distribution
19. Fiore, F. et al. 2012, A&A 537, 16
Faint high-redshift AGN in the Chandra deep field south: the evolution of the AGN luminosity function
and black hole demography
18. Vignali, C. et al. 2011, MNRAS, 416, 2068,
On the nature of the absorber in IRAS 09104+4109: the X-ray and mid-infrared view
17. Feruglio, C., Daddi, E., Fiore, F., Alexander, D.M., Piconcelli, E. and Malacaria, C., 2011, ApJ 729,
4,
Discovery of Strong Iron K\alpha Emitting Compton Thick Quasars at z=2.5 and 2.9
16. Feruglio, C., Maiolino, R., Piconcelli, E., Menci, N., Aussel H., Lamastra, A., Fiore, F., 2010, A&A ,
518L, 155,
Quasar feedback revealed by giant molecular outflows
15. Feruglio, C. et al. 2010, ApJ, 721, 607
Obscured Star-Formation and Environment in the COSMOS Field
14. Piconcelli, E. et al. 2010, AIPC 1248, 429
Type 2 Quasars at the heart of dust-obscured galaxies (DOGs) at high z.
13. Feruglio, C. 2010, AIPC, 1248, 429P, Environment of AGN in Cosmos.
12. Sacchi, N., La Franca, F., Feruglio, C. et al. 2009, ApJ, 703, 1778,
Spectroscopic Identifications of Spitzer Sources in the SWIRE/XMM-Newton/ELAIS-S1 Field: A Large
Fraction of Active Galactic Nucleus with High F(24 um)/F(R) Ratio.
11. Le Floc'h. E. et al. 2009, ApJ, 703, 222.
The Deep 24 micron COSMOS Imaging -- I. The Evolution of Luminous Dusty Galaxies--Confronting the
Models
10. Lanzuisi, G., Piconcelli, E., Fiore, F. et al. 2009, A&A, 498, 67,
Revealing X-ray obscured quasars in SWIRE sources with extreme mid-IR/optical flux ratios.
9. Fiore, F., Puccetti, S., Brusa, M., et al. 2009, ApJ, 693, 447.
Chasing highly obscured QSOs in the COSMOS field.
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8. Berta, S., Rubele, S., Franceschini, A., Held, E. V., Rizzi, L., Rodighiero, G., Cimatti, A. , Dias, J. E.,
Feruglio, C., and 7 co-authors, 2008, A&A 488, 533B,
The ESO-Spitzer Imaging extragalactic Survey (ESIS). II. VIMOS I, z wide field imaging of ELAIS-S1 and
selection of distant massive galaxies.
7. Feruglio, C., Fiore, F., La Franca, F., Sacchi, N., Puccetti, S., Comastri, A.,Berta, S., Brusa, M.,
Franceschini, A., Gruppioni, C., Mathur, S., Matute, I., Mignoli, M., Pozzi, F., Vignali, C., Zamorani,
G., 2008, A&A 488, 417F,
The XMM-Newton survey of the ELAIS-S1 field. II. Optical identifications and multiwavelength catalogue
of X-ray sources.
6. Fiore, F., Grazian, A., Santini, P., Puccetti, S., Brusa, M., Feruglio, C., Fontana, A., Giallongo, E.,
Comastri, A., Gruppioni, C., Pozzi, F., Zamorani, G., Vignali, C., 2008, ApJ 672, 94F
Unveiling obscured accretion in the Chandra Deep Field South
5. Berta, S., Lonsdale, C. J., Polletta, M., Savage, R.~S., Franceschini, A., Buttery, H., Cimatti, A., Dias,
J., Feruglio, C., Fiore, F., Held, E. V., La Franca, F., Maiolino, R., Marconi, A., Matute, I., Oliver,
S. J., Ricciardelli, E., Rubele, S., Sacchi, N., Shupe, D., Surace, J., 2007, A&A 476, 151B,
The contribution of very massive high-redshift SWIRE galaxies to the stellar mass function
4. La Franca, F., Puccetti, S., Sacchi, N., Feruglio, C., Fiore, F., Gruppioni, C., Lamastra, A., Matute, I.,
Melini, G., Pozzi, F., 2007, A&A 472, 797L,
AGN counts at 15um. XMM observations of the ELAIS-S1-5 sample
3. Cocchia, F., Fiore, F., Vignali, C., Mignoli, M., Brusa, M., Comastri, A., Feruglio, C., Baldi, A.,
Carangelo, N., Ciliegi, P., D'Elia, V., La Franca, F., Maiolino, R., Matt, G., Molendi, S.
Perola,
G.C., Puccetti, S., 2007, A&A 466, 31-40
The HELLAS2XMM survey.VIII. Optical identifications of the extended sample
2. Puccetti, S., Fiore, F., D'Elia, V., Pillitteri, I., Feruglio, C., Grazian, A., Brusa, M., Ciliegi, P.,
Comastri, A., Gruppioni, C., Mignoli, M., Vignali, C., Zamorani, G., La Franca, F., Sacchi, N.,
Franceschini, A., Berta, S., Buttery, H., Dias, J. E., 2006, A&A 457, 501-515,
The XMM-Newton survey of the ELAIS-S1 field. I. Number counts, angular correlation function and X-ray
spectral properties
1. La Franca, F., Fiore, F., Comastri, A., Perola, G. C., Sacchi, N., Brusa, M., Cocchia, F., Feruglio,
C., Matt, G., Vignali, C., Carangelo, N., Ciliegi, P., Lamastra, A., Maiolino, R., Mignoli, M.,
Molendi, S., Puccetti, S., 2005, ApJ 635, 864-879,
The HELLAS2XMM Survey. VII. The Hard X-Ray Luminosity Function of AGN up to z = 4: More
Absorbed AGN at Low Luminosities and High Redshift.
Non-peer Reviewed Publication list
15. Nature Research Highlights, Nature 467, 134 (09 September 2010)
Astrophysics: How the galaxy lost its stars, http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v467/n7312/full/
467134e.html
14. Cappi, M.; Done, C.; Behar, E.; Bianchi, S.; Braito, V.; Costantini, E.; Dadina, M.; Feruglio, C.;
Chiara Feruglio
13. Nandra, Kirpal; Barret, Didier; Barcons, Xavier; Fabian, Andy; den Herder, Jan-Willem;
Piro, Luigi; Watson, Mike; Adami, Christophe; Aird, James; Afonso, Jose Manuel; and 230 coauthors,
Submitted in response to the call for White Papers for the definition of the L2 and L3 missions in the
ESA Science program.
The Hot and Energetic Universe: A White Paper presenting the science theme motivating the Athena+
mission
12. Feruglio, Chiara, Half a Century of X-ray Astronomy, Proceedings of the conference held 17-21
September, 2012 in Mykonos Island, Greece.
High resolution millimeter & X-ray view of NGC6240
11. Gendre, B.; Feruglio, C.; Stratta, G.; Antonelli, A.; Atteia, J. L.; Basa, S.; Boer, M.; Cutini, S.;
D'Elia, V.; Klotz, A.; Piro, L., GRB Coordinates Network, Circular Service, 13871, 1 (2012)
PdB IRAM observation of GRB 121011A
10. Elvis, Martin; Civano, F.; Lanzuisi, G.; Fiore, F.; Salvato, M.; Feruglio, C.; Puccetti, S.; Vignali, C.;
Comastri, A.; Brusa, M.; and 2 coauthors, American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #470.16;
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.516
Obscured AGNs in the Chandra COSMOS Survey
9. Ferrando, P.; Goldwurm, A.; Laurent, P.; Limousin, O.; Beckmann, V.; Arnaud, M.; Barcons, X.;
Bomans, D.; Caballero, I.; Carrera, F.; and 50 coauthors, "Proceedings of the 25th Texas Symposium on
Relativistic Astrophysics. December 6-10, 2010. Heidelberg, Germany. Editors: Frank M. Rieger (Chair),
Christopher van Eldik and Werner Hofmann.
The COSPIX mission: focusing on the energetic and obscured Universe
8. Lanzuisi, G.; Piconcelli, E.; Fiore, F.; Feruglio, C.; Maiolino, R.; Vignali, C., SIMBOL-X: FOCUSING
ON THE HARD X-RAY UNIVERSE: Proceedings of the 2nd International Simbol-X Symposium. AIP
Conference Proceedings, Volume 1126, pp. 242-244 (2009)
The IR to X-rays SED of the Heavily Obscured Quasar IRAS 09104+4109
7. Piconcelli, E.; Lanzuisi, G.; Fiore, F.; Feruglio, C.; Vignali, C.; Salvato, M.; Grappioni, C., SIMBOLX: FOCUSING ON THE HARD X-RAY UNIVERSE: Proceedings of the 2nd International Simbol-X
Symposium. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1126, pp. 231-234 (2009).
High-z X-ray Obscured Quasars in Galaxies with Extreme Mid-IR/Optical Colors
6. Lanzuisi, G.; Fiore, F.; Piconcelli, E.; Feruglio, C.; Vignali, C. Proceedings of the 8th National
Conference on AGN, held in Torino, Italy, May 19-22, 2008. Edited by L. Lanteri, C.M. Raiteri, A.
Capetti, and P. Rossi
Revealing X-ray obscured quasars in SWIRE sources with extreme MIR/O flux ratios
5. Lanzuisi, G.; Fiore, F.; Piconcelli, E.; Feruglio, C.; Vignali, C. "The X-ray Universe 2008" Symposium
held in Granada, Spain, 27-30 May, 2008
Revealing X-ray obscured quasars in SWIRE sources with extreme MIR/O flux ratios
4. Salvato, Mara; Aussel, Herve; Brusa, Marcella; Civano, Francesca; Comastri, Andrea; Elvis, Martin;
Feruglio, Chiara; Fiore, Fabrizio; Fontana, Adriano; Le Floc'h, Emeric; and 6 coauthors, Spitzer Proposal
ID #50314
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3. Feruglio, C.; Fiore, F.; Piconcelli, E.; Lanzuisi, G. Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana, v.79, p.
74 (2008)
Infrared selected highly obscured QSO
2. Fiore, F.; Arnaud, M.; Briel, U.; Cappi, M.; Comastri, A.; Decourchelle, A.; Della Ceca, R.;
Ferrando, P.; Feruglio, C.; Gilli, R.; and 13 coauthors, Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana, v.79,
p.38 (2008)
Science with Simbol-X.
1. La Franca, Fabio; Sacchi, N.; Puccetti, S.; Feruglio, C.; Fiore, F.; Gruppioni, C.; Polletta, M.;
Pozzi, F.; Berta, S.; Brusa, M.; and 14 coauthors, "X-ray Surveys, Evolution of Accretion, StarFormation and the Large Scale Structure, held 2-6 July, 2007 in Rodos Island, Greece. Edited by I.
Georgantopoulos and M. Plionis
The history of obscured accretion in the Universe
TRACK RECORD
After the Laurea in Astronomy obtained at the University of Padova, CF moved to Roma for a
three year Ph.D. in Astronomy at the University of Roma Tor Vergata. The Ph.D. research work
was focused on a study of the multi-wavelength properties of X-ray and infrared selected AGN
in the ELAIS S1 field, in the framework of a collaboration between Universita’ di Tor Vergata,
Universita’ di Roma TRE, Universita’ di Padova and INAF. This work gave her the opportunity
to familiarize with analysis and interpretation of data at different wavelengths, X-rays, optical,
infrared. CF first produced catalogs of K band and R band sources from the NTT/SOFI and VLT/
VIMOS survey of the ELAIS-S1 field. These catalogs were used to identify the counterparts of
X-ray and infrared sources in the XMM and Spitzer surveys of the same field. VIMOS and
FORS spectra of more than 1000 of these sources where obtained, reduced and analyzed by CF.
Along with these technical activities CF studied in detail two astrophysical topics: the infrared
properties of X-ray selected AGN, and the infrared selection of highly obscured AGN. On both
topics CF gave a personal and creative contribution. A series of papers on the this first project on
the ELAIS-S1 field have been published on Astronomy & Astrophysics and on The
Astrophysical Journal.
Soon after finishing her Ph.D, CF moved to France, where she pursued her research
independently from both her former thesis director and previous Italian collaborators. During her
two first post doctoral position, she worked within the COSMOS and GOODS teams, under the
supervision of Dr. Herve’ Aussel and Dr. Emanuele Daddi at CEA-Saclay. She concentrated her
effort on the study of the effects of galaxy environment on AGN and star formation activity, and
on optical-IR selection and characterization of high-redshift AGN.
During 2009 CF also participated actively to discussions on AGN outflows and feedback. The
main problem debated was that while AGN outflows are commonly observed in the ionized gas,
this is however a small minority of the interstellar medium (ISM) of a galaxy. It was clear that
the next step had to be probing AGN outflows and feedback on the main ISM component, the
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molecular gas. This implied a big effort in getting acquainted with aperture synthesis and radiomm interferometry techniques, a complex and quite different field from all CF’s previous
scientific activities. CF led the proposal and the following analysis of the IRAM Plateau de Bure
3 mm data on Markarian 231, the most luminous QSO and ULIRG in the local Universe. The
efforts were rewarded by the seminal results that she and her team were able to obtain: i.e. the
first observational evidence of a galaxy wide, massive molecular outflow driven by a AGN. This
result opened a brand new field of astronomical research, that is today very much pursued in all
major observatories. This also prompted a new direction in CF’s research interests, that led her to
the current position in the IRAM staff, and to her current research, which is rooted in the radiomm domain, but at the same time does not neglect the multi wavelength approach, imprinted in
her methodology since her Ph.D.
The IRAM job has allowed CF to build a high-level expertise in instrumental radioastronomy
and aperture synthesis, having the chance to work closely with one of the world-leading experts
in the field, Dr. Roberto Neri. She was able to continue her research and publish important
results, in collaboration with worldwide research groups (e.g. Roberto Maiolino in KAVLI-UK,
Susanne Aalto, Chalmers Univ., Sweden, Santiago Garcia-Burillo, OAN, Spain, Eckart Sturm,
MPE, Germany, Fabrizio Fiore, INAF, Italy). CF also started new important collaborations. She
realized that the quality of the data from the new generation interferometers (NOEMA and
ALMA) on extragalactic sources is approaching that we used to have on Galactic sources, and
that the techniques currently used for extragalactic studies will soon be obsolete and to coarse.
CF then started a collaboration with two experts of astrochemistry, Dr. Cecilia Ceccarelli and Dr.
Bertrand Le Floc’h at IPAG (Grenoble), aimed at applying to extragalactic targets sophisticated
techniques currently used by that group for Galactic sources.
CF has recently moved to Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, in the Cosmology Group, to be able
to fully commit to her research activity, and further expand it towards the high redshift universe
and numerical models.