Laura Magrini
National Institute for Astrophysics, Università degli Studi di Firenze in collaboration with ING-IAC (Spain), University of Florence
Research areas: Physics and Astronomy · Astronomy and Astrophysics · Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies · Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena · Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
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About
I am an astronomer at INAF- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri and I study our Galaxy. I am an observational astronomer and my instrument is mainly spectroscopy of both stars and nebulae, to understand their physical and chemical properties through spectral analysis. My ultimate goal is to understand the chemical evolution of the Milky Way, and to place constraints on the formation and evolution processes of the Galaxy, as a benchmark of all spiral galaxies.
Since 2019, I have been trying to convey my interest in the stellar populations of our Galaxy by teaching the Milky Way part of the "Physics of galaxies" course for under-graduated students at the Università di Firenze.
Since 2011, I have been involved in many large observational projects both from the ground and from space, starting with the large public spectroscopic survey Gaia-ESO.
I am currently involved in preparing the spectroscopic surveys that will be conducted with the spectrographs WEAVE@WHT (La Palma, Spain) and 4MOST@VST (Paranal, Chile). For 4MOST, in addition to participating in the 4SYS community survey, I lead the Science Policy Board.
I am part of the teams involved in the design of new instruments, in particular MAVIS@VLT of which I am part of the Core Science Team, and the two new projects to be proposed to ESO for the next decade, the wide-field spectroscopic telescope (WST) and the ultra-high resolution spectrograph, HRMOS for VLT. Of this latter project, I am the Project Scientist.
Finally, I am deeply involved in the preparation of the Ariel space mission, which will observe a large sample of planets and characterise their atmospheres, providing my experience as a stellar spectroscopist for the characterisation of host stars of planets.
Employment
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Istituto nazionale di astrofisica Researcher2012 - Present
Education
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Università degli Studi di Firenze in collaboration with ING-IAC (Spain) PhD in Astronomy2000 - 2003
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Università degli Studi di Firenze Doctor in Phisics1992 - 1999
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (527)
- The oldest low-α thin disc stars Save
- Stellar ages from [C/N] in giant stars: applicability and limitations Save
- MINCE Save
- Tracing the early Milky Way thin disc with the Gaia-ESO Survey Save
- Intrinsic iron abundance spreads in globular clusters Save
- The nucleosynthesis of Ba in the early Universe Save
- Observational signatures and constraints on the intermediate neutron-capture process Save
- Ariel stellar characterisation Save
- Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus: Lithium evolution from early red-giant-branch and main-sequence stars Save
- Dominant s-Process Nucleosynthesis Confirmed by Barium Isotopic Ratios in the CEMP-rs Star TYC 6044-714-1 Save
- Discovery and Initial Investigation of a New Low Surface Brightness Planetary Nebula Candidate at High Galactic Latitude Save
- Evidence for multiple crossings and stripping of Gaia-Enceladus/Sausage across the Milky Way Save
- Wide binaries without viable bound Newtonian orbits Save
- The Gaia-ESO survey: Open clusters as tracers of galactic chemical evolution Save
- Carbon and nitrogen as indicators of stellar evolution and age Save
- Lithium evolution in the Galactic thin disc from main-sequence and early red-giant-branch stars Save
- Barium isotopic ratios in metal-poor stars: Calibrating the method with globular clusters Save
- Exploring substructures in the Milky Way halo Save
- Tracing the Milky Way: calibrating chemical ages with high-precision Kepler data Save
- Neutron-capture element signatures in globular clusters Save