Qualifications
- PhD / DPhil
- PCAP (University of Hull)
Summary
- From January 2022: Lecturer in Astrophysics, University of Hull, United Kingdom
- October 2019 — December 2021: CCAPP Fellow, Ohio State University, United States
- January 2019 — September 2019, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
- January 2017 — January 2019: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
My academic journey started at the University of Trieste in Italy, where I defended my PhD in Physics in April 2017.
Since September 2023, I have been serving as Programme Director for Physics.
Academic Year (2023/2024)
- Gravitation & Astronomy (Y1)
- Stellar Structure & Evolution (Y2)
- Matter at Extremes: Magnetism, Superconductivity, Nuclear & Particle Physics (Y3)
Academic Year (2022/2023)
- Gravitation & Astronomy (Y1)
- Stellar Structure & Evolution (Y2)
- Matter at Extremes: Magnetism, Superconductivity, Nuclear & Particle Physics (Y3)
Academic Year (2021/2022)
- Matter at Extremes: Magnetism, Superconductivity, Nuclear & Particle Physics (Y3)
Journal Article
GTC Follow-up Observations of Very Metal-poor Star Candidates from DESI
Allende Prieto, C., Aguado, D. S., González Hernández, J. I., Rebolo, R., Najita, J., Manser, C. J., …Zou, H. (2023). GTC Follow-up Observations of Very Metal-poor Star Candidates from DESI. The Astrophysical journal, 957(2), Article 76. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acfa96
Inhomogeneous Galactic chemical evolution: modelling ultra-faint dwarf galaxies of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Alexander, R. K., Vincenzo, F., Ji, A. P., Richstein, H., Jordan, C. J., & Gibson, B. K. (2023). Inhomogeneous Galactic chemical evolution: modelling ultra-faint dwarf galaxies of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522(4), 5415-5433. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1312
Empirical constraints on the nucleosynthesis of nitrogen
Johnson, J. W., Weinberg, D. H., Vincenzo, F., Bird, J. C., & Griffith, E. J. (2023). Empirical constraints on the nucleosynthesis of nitrogen. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520(1), 782-803. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad057
Chemical evolution of fluorine in the Milky Way
Womack, K., Vincenzo, F., Gibson, B., Côté, B., Pignatari, M., Brinkman, H. E., …Karakas, A. (2023). Chemical evolution of fluorine in the Milky Way. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518(1), 1543-1556. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3180
Chemical Cartography with APOGEE: Mapping Disk Populations with a Two-Process Model and Residual Abundances
Weinberg, D. H., Holtzman, J. A., Johnson, J. A., Hayes, C., Hasselquist, S., Shetrone, M., …Zasowski, G. (2022). Chemical Cartography with APOGEE: Mapping Disk Populations with a Two-Process Model and Residual Abundances. The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series, 260(2), Article 32. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ac6028
Research interests
The main questions driving my research can be summarised with the following themes, that are all intertwined with one another in my scientific work.
(i) Galaxy formation and evolution: unveiling the physical processes behind the formation and evolution of galaxies in the cosmos, starting from the Milky Way and its dwarf spheroidal galaxy satellites to the population of galaxies in the Local Universe and at higher redshifts.
(ii) Chemical evolution: studying the origin of the observed chemical abundances in the stars and interstellar medium of galaxies.
(iii) Stellar nucleosynthesis: shedding light on the nucleosynthesis of chemical elements.
(iv) Stellar evolution.
In my research studies, I like to adopt and develop continuously different methods, tools, and mathematical/numerical formalisms with my collaborators to have a physical model that can explain what we observe in the Milky Way and extragalactic systems.
Co-investigator
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
STFC Introductory Astronomy School - 2023
Funder
STFC Science & Technology Facilities Council
Grant
£49,315.00
Started
1 March 2023
Status
Complete