Mattia Vaccari's Web Shack
I am an astrophysicist based in Cape Town, South Africa, where I am the Director of the
eResearch Centre at the
University of Cape Town (UCT) and an Astroinformatics Research Professor
at UCT's Department of Astronomy and at the
Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA),
I was formerly the founding eResearch Director
at the University of the Western Cape (2019-2022),
where I served as ilifu cloud computing facility director.
Previously, I was a Senior Research Fellow at the University of the Western Cape
(2011-2019), a Research Fellow and Instrument Scientist at the University of Padova
(2005-2011) and at Imperial College London (2003-2005).
I previously received a PhD in Space Science & Technology from the
Department of Astronomy and the
Center for Space Studies and Activities "Giuseppe Colombo"
of the University of Padova and a MSc in Physics
from the Department of Physics "Galileo Galilei"
of the University of Padova.
I am an astrophysicist, and more specifically I study the formation and evolution
of galaxies over the life of the Universe by combining observations from telescopes
operating both from the ground and from space, exploiting the advantages offered
by mounting telescopes on space satellites. I have long been involved in projects
using ESA and NASA
space satellites such as Herschel,
Spitzer and ISO.
More recently I have worked with ESO ground-based telescopes
such as VST and VISTA to better understand the properties of distant infrared and radio galaxies
and I am involved with the scientific exploitation of radio observations with e.g.
MeerKAT and other
Square Kilometre Array (SKA) precursors and pathfinders.
I am also involved in the management and in the scientific exploitation of the
ilifu Cloud Computing Facility.
In my spare time I enjoy reading and talking life, politics and science. I am the coordinator of the
Network of Italian Researchers in the Cape (NIRC).
On these pages you'll find some more detail about my research and personal interests.
Hope you enjoy your stay...
E-mail : mattia@mattiavaccari.net
WWW : https://www.mattiavaccari.net