Curriculum Vitae et studiorum of Michele Cantiello

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1 Curriculum Vitae et studiorum of Michele Cantiello Education Università di Salerno: December December PhD in Physics. Dissertation with title: The Surface Brightness Fluctuations method: Models and Observations. Advisors: Prof. Enzo Brocato, Prof. Salvatore Capozziello. Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II : July Laurea degree in Physics (summa cum laude). Thesis tile: Il metodo delle Fluttuazioni di Brillanza Superficiale, un Indicatore di Distanza ed un Tracciante per le proprietà delle popolazioni stellari. Advisors : Prof. Massimo Capaccioli, Dott. Enzo Brocato Jobs 1st July : Research Assistano at the INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Teramo (OAT) 1 st July th June 2007: Research Assistant at the Washington State University (Pullman, WA, USA) 1 st March th June 2006: Research Assistant at the INAF OAT : PhD with full government grant. 2001: Grant at the OAT, under the project: Fluttuazioni di Brillanza Superficiale (SBF) di ammassi stellari e galassie, con particolare riferimento alla calibrazione dell'indicatore di distanza e all'interpretazione delle misure di SBF in termini di età e composizione chimica delle popolazioni stellari non risolte. Rinuncia, per incompatibilità, alla borsa in quanto vincitore del concorso di Dottorato di Ricerca in Fisica presso l'università degli Studi di Salerno : Post-lauream grant at the OAT : Pre-lauream grant at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte-Napoli (OACN) Brief Scientific Interests My first research interest is the study of the properties of field stars and globular clusters stars in distant galaxies. One of the techniques that I use for these studies is the Surface Brightness Fluctuations (SBF) method, both observationally and under a more theoretical point of view. The SBF method was introduced in astronomy as a technique to measure distances. However, the applications of this method cover a wide range of astronomical subjects, from distances to the detailed analysis of the chemical and physical properties of stars in unresolved stellar systems. In particular, on the observational side, together with the Teramo-SPoT group (Prof. E. Brocato, Dr. G. Raimondo), Prof. M. Capaccioli (OACN), Dr. J.P. Blakeslee (WSU), and Prof. S. Mei (Paris Observatory), we have developed a technique to measure the radial variations of SBF magnitudes in normal elliptical galaxies. The technique has been applied to several galaxies observed with the ACS camera on board of the Hubble Space Telescope. On the theoretical side, together with the Teramo-Spot group we have defined a technique to model with great detail the properties of simple stellar populations (taking into account all the evolutionary phases of a star s life). With these simulations we obtain detailed predictions for SBF and integrated colors of unresolved extra-galactic stellar systems. More recently I ve been also working on extragalactic globular cluster systems (GCS), again both under a purely observational point of view and with theoretical modelling. We have analysed in detail the properties of the GCS in the galaxy NGC5866 using B, V and R band data. Concerning theoretical modelling I have been working on the origin of the observed bimodal color distribution of extragalactic GCS.

2 Observations 2006: CTIO proposal with title: Calibration of the Surface Brightness Fluctuation Method for Young and Intermediate Age Stellar Populations (P.I: Walker Alistair) 2005: HST proposal with title: «Measurements of Surface Brightness Fluctuations in Normal and Peculiar Early-type Galaxies» (P.I : Cantiello Michele) 2002: Roque de Los Muchachos, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spagna. Optical and near-ir observations of the galaxies NGC6869 e NGC6951, at the 4m-class telescope «Telescopio Nazionale Galileo» (P.I. Brocato Enzo) 2001-oggi: Member of the staff at the 70cm telescope TNT at the OACT Teaching experiences Member of the commission for Physics examinations at the Engineering department (University of Salerno) Seminars and classes with general Astrophysical interest at the Engineering department (University of Salerno) Member of the Astrophysics and Space Science exam commission at the Department of Physics (Università dell'aquila) Member of the commission of exams for the Master in Astronomy held at the OACT and Università di Teramo oggi Member of the staff at the OACT for the public outreach (school visits, visits to the observatory, etc.) Periods spent in other countries : Assistant Researcher at the Washington State University in Pullman (Washington, USA). Scientific collaboration with Dr. John Blakeslee : Visiting student at the Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore (Maryland, USA). Scientific collaboration with researcher of the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) team (Dr. J. Blakeslee, Dr. S Mei) Refereed Publications 1. Cantiello, M., Blakeslee, J.P., Raimondo G., Brocato, E., Capaccioli, M. 2007, ApJ - The Globular Cluster System in NGC5866: Opical Observations from the HST Advanced Camera for Surveys 2. Cantiello, M. and J.P. Blakeslee 2007, ApJ submitted On the metallicity-color relations in and the bimodal color distributions in extragalactic Glubular Cluster Systems 3. Cantiello, M., Blakeslee, J.P., Raimondo G., Brocato, E., Capaccioli, M. 2007, ApJ - Surface Brightness Fluctuations from archival ACS images: a stellar population and distance study 4. Cantiello, M., Blakeslee, J.P., Raimondo G., Brocato, E., Capaccioli, M. 2007, ApJ accepted - Detection of Surface Brightness Fluctuations in Elliptical Galaxies imaged with the Advanced Camera for Surveys. B- and I-band measurements 5. Cantiello, M., Blakeslee, J.P., Raimondo G., Mei, S., Brocato, E., Capaccioli, M. 2005, ApJ, 634, Detection of Radial SBF gradients with the Advanced Camera for Surveys 6. Raimondo, G., Brocato, E., Cantiello, M., Capaccioli, M., 2005, AJ, 130, Optical and Near-Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuations. II. Models of young and intermediate age stellar populations 7. Cantiello, M. 2004, Tesi di Dottorato discussa all'università degli Studi di Salerno da titolo: The Surface Brightness Fluctuations method: Models and Observations 8. Cardone, V., Cantiello, M. 2003, A&A, 405, Pixel lensing observations towards globular clusters 9. Cantiello, M., Raimondo, G., Brocato, E., Capaccioli, M. 2003, AJ, 125, New Optical and Near-Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuations. A primary distance indicator ranging from globular clusters to distant galaxies?

3 Non-refereed publications 1. Cantiello, M., Raimondo, G., Blakeslee, J., Brocato, E., Capaccioli, M. 2006, Proceedings at the conference From Stars to Galaxies: Building the Pieces to Build up the Universe, Venezia, Italia Ottobre SBF: multi-wavelength data and models 2. Cantiello, M., Raimondo, G., Brocato, E., Blakeslee, J. Capaccioli, M. 2006, Proceedings at the conference From Stars to Galaxies: Building the Pieces to Build up the Universe, Venezia, Italia Ottobre 2006 Simulating CCD images of elliptical galaxies 3. Cantiello, M., Blakeslee, J.P., Raimondo G., Mei, S., Brocato, E., Capaccioli, M. 2006, Proceedings, oral presentation at the XLIX Congresso Nazionale della SAIt, Catania, Italia 2-7 Maggio 2005 SBF Gradients of E-galaxies detected with ACS 4. Ripepi, V. et al. 2006, Proceedings at the conference al XLIX Congresso Nazionale della SAIt, Catania, Italia 2-7 Maggio 2005 STEP - the SMC in Time: Evolution of a Prototype interacting dwarf galaxy 5. Raimondo G., Mei, S., Brocato, E., Cantiello, M.,Capaccioli, M., Proceeding at the conference XLIX Congresso Nazionale della SAIt, Catania, Italia 2-7 Maggio 2005 Investigating Resolved Stellar Populations with Surface Brightness Fluctuations 6. Cantiello, M., Raimondo, G., Blakeslee, J., Brocato, E., Capaccioli, M. 2004, Poster at the conference Joint meeting of the Czech Astronomical Society and Astronomische Gesellschaft, Praga, Repubblica Ceca, Settembre Radial SBF gradients with the Advanced Camera for Surveys 7. Raimondo, G., Brocato, E., Cantiello, M., Capaccioli, M. 2004, Proceeding oral presantation: Stars in Galaxies, La Palma (Spagna), 7-11 Marzo 2003, Surface Brightness Fluctuations: a powerful tool for investigating unresolved stellar populations 8. Raimondo, G., Brocato, E., Cantiello, M., Capaccioli, M. 2004, Poster at the conference Stellar populations, 6-10 Ottobre, Garching, Germania - A new theoretical approach to evaluate SBF in stellar systems 9. Raimondo, G., Cantiello, M., Brocato, E., Capaccioli, M. 2004, proceeding at the conference Stars in Galaxies, Isole Canarie, Mem. SAIt, 75, Surface Brightness Fluctuations: a powerful tool for investigating unresolved stellar populations 10. Cantiello, M., Dolci, M., Majorano, E., Masetti, N., Palazzi, E., Brocato, E., GRB Coordinates Network, 2074, 1 (2003) - GRB030329: optical observations at Teramo 11. Cantiello, M., Raimondo, G., Brocato, E., Capaccioli, M in ASP Conf. Series, Proceeding at the conference New Horizons in Globular Cluster Astronomy, Padova, Giugno 2004, vol. 296, Surface Brightness Fluctuations: a theoretical point of view 12. Cantiello, M. 2001, Laurea thesis at the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II 13. Brocato, E., Cantiello, M., Raimondo G., Capaccioli M. 2001, talk at the conference VST Scienza: idee e progetti per il VLT Survey Telescope, Napoli, Gennaio 2001: A chance: to derive Surface Brightness Fluctuation measurements by using images from VST surveys Conferences and Schools Italian National school for Astrophysics: Corpi minori del sistema solare Struttura, evoluzione e variabilità stellare Sirolo (AN), May 2001 Italian National school for Astrophysics: Chemical evolution of galaxies High resolution spectroscopy and the cosmic evolution, Trieste, October, 2001 Italian National school for Astrophysics: Turbulence in Space plasmas Galaxies and Galaxy Systems, Cetraro (CS), 3-7 June 2002 New Horizons in Globular Cluster Astronomy, Padova, Italy, June 2002 Italian National school for Astrophysics: Cosmologia Astrofisica relativistica, Asiago (VI), 8-14 September 2002 Texas in Tuscany, XXI Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Florence, Italy, 9-13 December 2002 From Cosmological structures to Milky Way, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2004 XLIX Congresso della Società Astronomica Italiana, Catania, Italy, 2-7 May 2005

4 Italian National school for Astrophysics: Cosmologia osservativi a grande campo Scala delle distanze, S. Agata sui due golfi (NA), Italy, 8-13 May 2005 Making the most of the Great Observatories, Pasadena (California, USA) May 2006 From stars to Galaxies: Building the pieces to build up the Universe, Venice, Italy, October 2006 American Astronomical Society 210 th Meeting, Honolulu (Hawaii, USA), May 2007

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