Hi! My name is Giacomo and I am a PhD candidate specialized in the study of star-formation, resolved stellar populations, color-magnitude diagram modelling, star formation history and the chemical evolution of low-mass, low-metallicity galaxies in the nearby Universe. My research combines HST and JWST observations with stellar evolution modeling to try to understand how these galaxies form, interact and evolve. I am the main developer of SFERA2.0, a state-of-the-art Python\Fortran code to derive detailed star-formation histories of galaxies from their resolved stars color–magnitude diagrams. I am an active member of the FEAST (probes Feedback in Emerging extrAgalactic Star clusTers) and the JWST and HST IZw18 GTO international collaborations. Alongside my research, I love science education and teaching, an interest that I foster thanks to many activities as science comunicator, teaching assistant at the astronomy department for Bachelor and Master level courses, and my research collaboration with the Department of teaching and learning at Stockholm University.

Learn more about my research in this ESA/Webb Picture of the Month article!

Education:

• PhD in Astronomy, Stockholm University, Sweden, 2022 - current
• Licenciate degree in Astronomy, Stockholm University, 2024
• Master degree in Astronomy & astrophysics, Pisa University, Italy, 2019 - 2021
• Bachelor degree in physics, Pisa University, Italy, 2015 - 2019

Take a look at some stunning images of galaxies I am studyng with the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes: I Zw 18, NGC 4449. NGC 5474, A dance of dwarf galaxies.