Dr Sandro Tacchella
Biography
- 2022-present: Assistant Professor, Cavendish Laboratory (Department of Physics) & Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge, UK
- 2021-2022: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, UNIST, Korea
- 2017-2021: CfA Fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
- 2012-2017: Ph. D. in Physics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2010-2012: M. Sc. in Physics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2007-2010: B. Sc. in Physics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Research
- Extragalactic astrophysics & observational cosmology
- Observational and theoretical studies of galaxy formation and evolution
- Interplay between baryons, dark matter and black holes
- Observations of distant galaxies with the most advanced telescopes
- Development and analysis of analytical and numerical models of galaxy formation
- Formation of the first stars and galaxies in the early universe
- Machine learning applications in modern astrophysics
This theme focuses on observational studies of the unexplored Universe; from its very first moments, through the mysterious early epochs when the Cosmos became the complex realm of celestial objects we know it to be.