Curriculum vitae


 

Academic History

PhD Astrophysics. University of Melbourne (UniMelb), Australia
Thesis: First stars: where do they form? What is their impact to galaxy evolution?
Supervisor: Prof. J. Stuart B. Wyithe and Dr. Yuxiang Qin from UniMelb.
Jan. 2022 - ongoing

M.Sc. Astrophysics & Cosmology. University of Padua (UniPd), Italy.
Thesis: Modeling the 21cm global signal from first stars and black holes.
Supervisor: Prof. Michela Mapelli (UniPd) and Prof. Raffaella Schneider (University of Rome "La Sapienza").
Sep. 2019 - Sep. 2021

B.Sc. Astronomy. University of Padua (UniPd), Italy.
Thesis: Multiple populations in Magellanic Clouds globular clusters.
Supervisor: Prof. Antonino P. Milone (UniPd) and Dr. Anna F. Marino (UniPd).
Sep. 2016 - Sep. 2019

Selected Grants & Awards

480k CPU hours supercomputing time (2024)
Ozstar, NCI Australia & Swinburne University

(Merit) ND Goldsworthy Scholarship (2022)
University of Melbourne (UniMelb), Australia
Details of the award here

(Merit) UniPd Scholarship "Mille e una lode" (2019)
University of Padua (UniPd), Italy

Teaching & Outreach

Lab Coordinator (2024 - present)
University of Melbourne (UniMelb), Australia
First year Physics Undergraduate Program "From the Solar System to the Cosmos": Assisting with the preparation of course materials, maintaining and updating the LMS and teaching small classes while facilitating a team of demonstrators and markers.

Meet-an-expert (2022)
Teaching basic astronomy to 8-10 years old kids including preparation of hands-on activities.

Selected Articles

Semi-analytic modelling of Pop. III star formation and metallicity evolution - I. Impact on the UV luminosity functions at z = 9-16.
Emanuele M. Ventura, Yuxiang Qin, Balu Sreedhar, and J. Stuart B. Wyithe
MNRAS (2024), 529, 628

The role of Pop III stars and early black holes in the 21-cm global signal from Cosmic Dawn.
Emanuele M. Ventura, Alessandro Trinca, Raffaella Schneider, Luca Graziani, Rosa Valiante, and J. Stuart B. Wyithe
MNRAS (2023), 520, 3609-3625

 

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