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Best Female Scientists

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125
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World Ranking
438
National Ranking
10

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Overview

Lucia Pozzetti is affiliated with the National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy. Their research spans the domain of Physics and Astronomy, with a concentration on several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of main topics such as Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, and CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors.

Among recent contributions, notable papers include:

  • Unveiling the Universe with emerging cosmological probes, 2022, CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder)
  • The stellar-to-halo mass relation over the past 12 Gyr, 2020, Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
  • The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Timing the earliest quenching events with a robust sample of massive quiescent galaxies at 2 < z < 5, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The star formation histories of z ∼ 1 post-starburst galaxies, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent collaborators in research include:

  • M. Moresco
  • E. Franceschi
  • M. Castellano
  • C. Carbone
  • V. Capobianco

The most common venues for publication are:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics (38 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (24 publications)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (9 publications)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (2 publications)
  • CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder) (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Mass and environment as drivers of galaxy evolution in SDSS and zCOSMOS and the origin of the Schechter function

    Y. Peng;S. J. Lilly;K. Kovac;M. Bolzonella

  • Mass and environment as drivers of galaxy evolution in SDSS and zCOSMOS and the origin of the Schechter function

    Ying-jie Peng;Simon J. Lilly;Katarina Kovač;Micol Bolzonella

  • Accurate photometric redshifts for the CFHT Legacy Survey calibrated using the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey

    O. Ilbert;S. Arnouts;H.J. McCracken;M. Bolzonella

  • Euclid Definition Study Report

    R. Laureijs;J. Amiaux;S. Arduini;J.-L. Auguères

  • The Star formation history of field galaxies

    Piero Madau;Lucia Pozzetti;Mark Dickinson;Mark Dickinson

  • Accurate photometric redshifts for the CFHT legacy survey calibrated using the VIMOS VLT deep survey

    O. Ilbert;O. Ilbert;S. Arnouts;H. J. Mccracken;M. Bolzonella

  • zCOSMOS: A Large VLT/VIMOS redshift survey covering 0 < z < 3 in the COSMOS field

    S.J. Lilly;O. Le Fevre;A. Renzini;G. Zamorani

  • zCOSMOS: A Large VLT/VIMOS Redshift Survey Covering 0 < z < 3 in the COSMOS Field*

    S. J. Lilly;O. Le Fèvre;A. Renzini;G. Zamorani

  • The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey - First epoch VVDS-Deep survey: 11564 spectra with 17.5<=IAB<=24, and the redshift distribution over 0< z <=5

    O. Le Fevre;G. Vettolani;B. Garilli;L. Tresse

  • A 6% measurement of the Hubble parameter at z∼0.45: direct evidence of the epoch of cosmic re-acceleration

    Michele Moresco;Michele Moresco;Lucia Pozzetti;Andrea Cimatti;Raul Jimenez

  • A New Photometric Technique for the Joint Selection of Star-forming and Passive Galaxies at 1.4 <~ z <~ 2.5

    E. Daddi;Andrea Cimatti;A. Renzini;A. Fontana

  • GMASS Ultradeep Spectroscopy of Galaxies at 1.4<z<2. II. Superdense passive galaxies: how did they form and evolve ?

    A. Cimatti;P. Cassata;L. Pozzetti;J. Kurk

  • A test of the nature of cosmic acceleration using galaxy redshift distortions

    L. Guzzo;M. Pierleoni;B. Meneux;E. Branchini

  • A 6% measurement of the Hubble parameter at $z\sim0.45$: direct evidence of the epoch of cosmic re-acceleration

    Michele Moresco;Lucia Pozzetti;Andrea Cimatti;Raul Jimenez

  • The zCOSMOS 10k-Bright Spectroscopic Sample

    Simon J. Lilly;Vincent Le Brun;Christian Maier;Vincenzo Mainieri

  • The VIMOS VLT deep survey. First epoch VVDS-deep survey: 11 564 spectra with 17.5 ≤ IAB ≤ 24, and the redshift distribution over 0 ≤ z ≤ 5

    O. Le Fèvre;G. Vettolani;B. Garilli;L. Tresse

  • GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at $z$ ~ 2 - II. Superdense passive galaxies: how did they form and evolve?

    A. Cimatti;P. Cassata;L. Pozzetti;J. Kurk

  • zCOSMOS - 10k-bright spectroscopic sample. The bimodality in the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function: exploring its evolution with redshift

    L. Pozzetti;M. Bolzonella;E. Zucca;G. Zamorani

  • Improved constraints on the expansion rate of the Universe up to z ∼ 1.1 from the spectroscopic evolution of cosmic chronometers

    M. Moresco;A. Cimatti;R. Jimenez;L. Pozzetti

  • The K20 survey - I. Disentangling old and dusty star-forming galaxies in the ERO population

    A. Cimatti;E. Daddi;M. Mignoli;L. Pozzetti

Frequent Co-Authors

S. Bardelli
S. Bardelli National Institute for Astrophysics
H. J. McCracken
H. J. McCracken Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
A. Iovino
A. Iovino National Institute for Astrophysics
A. Cappi
A. Cappi National Institute for Astrophysics
Elena Zucca
Elena Zucca National Institute for Astrophysics
Alvio Renzini
Alvio Renzini National Institute for Astrophysics
G. Zamorani
G. Zamorani National Institute for Astrophysics
Andrea Cimatti
Andrea Cimatti University of Bologna
D. Maccagni
D. Maccagni National Institute for Astrophysics
Luigi Guzzo
Luigi Guzzo University of Milan

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