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Bruno Marano

Emeritus Professor

Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Adjunct professor

Department of Physics and Astronomy "Augusto Righi"

Adjunct professor

Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences

Department of Physics and Astronomy "Augusto Righi"

Curriculum vitae

 

Professor Emeritus

Former Full Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics, retired Nov.1 2016

bruno.marano@unibo.it

  • Born in 1945.
  • Laurea cum laude in Physics (1969).
  • CNR research fellow and service in the Army (70-74).
  • Assistant Professor in Astronomy in 1975.
  • Associate professor in Astrophysics in 1982.
  • Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics in 1987.
  • Retired Nov. 1, 2016, for age limits
  • Professor Emeritus (2018)

 

Main  appointments

  • Italian delegate in  the Council of the European Southern Observatory - www.eso.org  (2003-2013; appointed by the Foreign Affair Ministry and the Ministry for University and Science)
  • Member of the ESO User Committee (1986-1989; chair in 1988-1989).
  • Member of the ESO Scientific Technical Committee (1993-1997).
  • Member of the National (Italian) Council for Astronomical Research, appointed by Ministry of University and Research (1991-1999).
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Large Binocular Telescope Project (chair 95-01)
  • Director of the Astronomical Observatory, Bologna, from 1988 to 2001.
  • Director of the Department of Astronomy, Bologna University (2000-2006)
  • National coordinator of  PRIN (Research Projects of National Interest): a) The VIRMOS/VLT survey : a key to the high redshift Universe 2002-2003; b) Probing the evolution of galaxies and cosmic structures after the "Dark Age" , 2004-2005)
  • Dean of the Science Faculty, Bologna University (2010-12)
  • Member of the Academic Senate, Bologna University (2005-2008; 2010-2012, April)
  • Director of the Astronomy Degree Program (2013-16)
  • Member of the Italian delegation for the constitution of the SKA-Observatory (2016-17)
  • Member of the Academy of Sciences, Bologna (2012-)

Main scientific interests (see "research topics" for a more extended description)

  • Large scale structure in the Universe: Study (in the '80s) of nearby super-clusters (Perseus, Linx-Gemini) and of their general statistical properties. Present days:  deep cosmological surveys (VIMOS, z-Cosmos).
  • Globular Clusters in M31; study of their kinematics, mass of the galaxy;
  • Complete samples of faint quasars, multi-wavelength studies (optical, X-rays, radio) of deep samples, contribution of the resolved sources to the X-ray Background.
  • New generation ground based telescopes

Courses

  • Physics (1978-79)
  • Astronomy (1976/77; 1998-2003)
  • Astrophysics (1982/86) 
  • Cosmology (2002)
  • Foundations of Astronomy (2003-2009) (for Math.)
  • Astronomical Optics (2003-2021) 
  • Instrumentation for Astrophysics, with lab (2003-2016)
  • Astronomica Optics (2 credit modulus) (2021...)
  • History and didactics of Astronomy (2021-23)
  • Astronomical Instrumentation (2022)
  • Internship in optical design (2016-...)

Supervisor of about 50 “laurea” dissertations and 20 Ph.D. dissertations

(Last Update 20/7/2022)

 

 

 

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