Fellows in Germany

Caeley Pittman

• Research Interests: Planet formation/evolution in the inner protoplanetary disks of T Tauri stars; the star-disk-planet connection; the star-cloud connection; magnetospheric accretion; disk mineralogy and chemistry; ultraviolet through infrared spectroscopy
• Current Institute: Institute for Astrophysical Research, Boston University, USA
• Starting date: October 2026

Dinko Milakivic

• Research Interests: Testing the stability of fundamental physical constants and cosmic expansion history using high-resolution quasar spectroscopy; wavelength calibration and instrumentation for next-generation spectrographs; machine learning and automated modeling for astronomical data reduction; the physical properties and early chemical evolution of high-redshift gas.
• Current Institute: Trieste Observatory, Italy
• Starting date: September 2026

Lucie Rowland

• Research Interests: High-redshift galaxy evolution, gas kinematics, metallicity, and interstellar medium properties using JWST and ALMA; spatially resolved studies of local galaxies with integral field spectroscopy.
• Current Institute: Leiden Observatory, Netherlands
• Starting date: November 2026

Viola Gelli

• Research interests: Galaxy formation and evolution at high redshift; cosmological simulations and analytical models; star formation histories and quenching across cosmic time; stellar populations and feedback processes; epoch of reionization; connecting theory with observations.
• Current Institute: Cosmic Dawn Center, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Starting Date: November 2026

Cecilia Bacchini

• Research interests: Galaxy formation and evolution. Kinematics and dynamics of gas and stars in galaxies across cosmic time. 3D structure of gas discs. Star formation and stellar feedback. Impact of large-scale environment on galaxy evolution
• Current institute: University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Starting date: October 2026

Laura Rogers

• Research Interests: White dwarf planetary systems, gas and debris discs, rocky exoplanetary composition, exoplanetary geochemistry and mineralogy, variability and accretion processes in white dwarfs, and habitability.
• Current Institute: NSF NOIRLab, Tuscon, USA
• Starting date: January 2027

Fellows in Chile

Anni Kasikov

• Research Interests: Evolution of massive stars, stellar outflows and pulsations, yellow supergiant stars, optical and near-infrared spectroscopy
• Current Institute: University of Tartu, Estonia
• Starting date: October 2026

Lara Alvo Piscarreta

• Research Interests: Low-mass star and planet formation, with an emphasis on the demographics of accretion onto young stars and protoplanetary disk evolution across different star-forming environments, primarily through optical and infrared spectroscopy and photometry; Brown dwarfs and planetary-mass objects.
• Current Institute: ESO Garching, Germany
• Starting date: December 2026

Jaume Orell Miquel

• Research Interests: Mass and atmospheric characterization of exoplanets, atmospheric mass loss processes in young exoplanets using high-resolution optical and near-infrared observations.
• Current Institute: The University of Texas at Austin, USA
• Starting date: November 2026

Marco Mirabile

• Research Interests: Galaxy evolution, unresolved stellar populations, and extragalactic globular cluster systems, with a focus on reconstructing the mass assembly history of galaxy groups and clusters using GCs and low-mass galaxies. Wide-field optical, near-infrared imaging, integral-field spectroscopy.
• Current Institute: Gran Sasso Science Institute and INAF-Observatory of Abruzzo, Italy
• Starting date: December 2026