Alberto Franceschini#
| Membership Number: | 3569 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.astro.unipd.it/astromundus/schede_personali/franceschini.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2005 - Full Professor - Padova University
- 2002 - Extraordinary Professor - Padova University
- 1995 - Associate Professor - Padova University
- 1989 - Associate Astronomer - Astronomical Observatory Padova
- 1983 - Researcher - Padova University
- 1979 - Institute for Advanced Studies (SISSA) - Trieste
Fields of Scholarship
- Space astronomy
- Deep cosmological surveys
- Statistics of extragalactic sources (galaxies, AGN, quasars) in radio, IR, optical and X-rays
- Mm, IR ed X-ray cosmic background radiations
- Cosmic high-energy opacity by photon-photon interaction
- Galaxy photometry in radio, mm, IR and optical
- Models of spectrophotometric evolution of galaxies, formation of spheroidal galaxies
- Statistical techniques for the analysis of astronomical data
Honours and Awards
- 2009 Member of the Italian National Galilean Academy (web site: http://www.accademiagalileiana.it/?lang=en
)
- 1990 Member of the International Astronomical Union
- 1983 Member of the Italian Astronomical Society
