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Diana Scognamiglio

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4800 Oak Grove Drive

Pasadena, CA 91109

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Origin of the Universe

JPL Postdoc

Biography

Diana grew up in Ercolano, at the western foot of Mount Vesuvius, on the Bay of Naples, Italy. She studied in Italy, Russia and Germany. She is an observational cosmologist interested both in understanding the dark matter in the universe using the weak gravitational lensing and spectroscopically studying the most massive and compact galaxies in the Universe, their intriguing formation and cosmic evolution. For her research, she uses both real data and simulations.

Education

  • Dr. rer. Nat. (PhD) in Astrophysics; Argelander-Institut für Astronomie (AIfA) & IMPRS – Bonn, Germany (2022)
  • Research placement; Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte – Naples, Italy (2018)
  • M.Sc. In Physiics (Astrophysics and Space Science); University of Naples Federico II – Naples, Italy (2018)
  • B.Sc. In Physics; University of Naples Federico II – Naples, Italy (2015)

Professional Experience

Short-term Postdoctoral position; Argelander-Institut für Astronomie (AIfA) & IMPRS – Bonn, Germany (2022)

Research Interests

Cosmology, weak gravitational lensing, galaxy evolution, spectroscopy

Selected Awards

  • International Mobility Scholarship (2013)
  • International Mobility Scholarship (2015)

Selected Publications

  1. Euclid preparation: On the use of HST images as input for weak lensing image simulations D. Scognamiglio, T. Schrabback, et al., in preparation, expected 2021
  2. Extending empirical constraints on the SZ−mass scaling relation to higher redshifts via HST weak lensing measurements of nine clusters from the SPT−SZ Survey at z≳1 H. Zohren, T. Schrabback, S. Bocquet, M.Sommer, F. Raihan, B. Hern´andez-Mart´ın, O. Marggraf,B. Ansarinejad, M. B. Bayliss, L. E. Bleem, T. Erben, H. Hoekstra, B. Floyd, M. D. Gladders, F. Kleinebreil, M. A. McDonald, M. Schirmer, D. Scognamiglio, K. Sharon, and A. H. Wright, in preparation
  3. INSPIRE: INvestigating Stellar Population In RElics II. First Data Release (DR1) C. Spiniello, C. Tortora, G. D’Ago, L. Coccato, F. La Barbera, A. Ferr´e-Mateu, C. Pulsoni, M. Arnaboldi,A. Gallazzi, L. Hunt, N. R. Napolitano, M. Radovich, D. Scognamiglio, M. Spavone, S. Zibetti, A&A, 654, A136, 2021
  4. INSPIRE: INvestigating Stellar Population In RElics - I. Survey presentation and pilot program C. Spiniello, C. Tortora, G. D’Ago, L. Coccato, F. La Barbera, A. Ferr´e-Mateu, N. R. Napolitano, M. Spavone, D. Scognamiglio, M. Arnaboldi, A. Gallazzi, L. Hunt, S. Moehler, M. Radovich, S. Zibetti, A&A, 646, A28, 2021
  5. Nature versus nurture: relic nature and environment of the most massive passive galaxies at z<0.5 C. Tortora, N. R. Napolitano, M. Radovich, C. Spiniello, L. Hunt, N. Roy, L. Moscardini, D. Scognamiglio, M. Spavone, M. Brescia, S. Cavuoti, G. D‘Ago, G. Longo, F. Bellagamba, M. Maturi and M. Roncarelli, A&A, 638L, 11, 2020
  6. Building the largest spectroscopic sample of Ultra-compact Massive Galaxies with the Kilo Degree Survey D. Scognamiglio, C. Tortora, M. Spavone, C. Spiniello, N. R. Napolitano, G. D‘Ago, F. La Barbera, F. Getman, N. Roy, M. A. Raj, M. Radovich, M. Brescia, S. Cavuoti, L. V.E. Koopmans, K. H. Kuijken, G. Longo, and C. E. Petrillo, ApJ, 893, 4, 2020
  7. Optical analysis of the CMB cosmic string candidate O. Sazhina, D. Scognamiglio, M. V. Sazhin, M. Capaccioli, MNRAS, 485, 2, 2019
  8. The first sample of spectroscopically confirmed ultra-compact massive galaxies in the Kilo Degree Survey C. Tortora, N. R. Napolitano, M. Spavone, F. La Barbera, G. D’Ago, C. Spiniello, K. H. Kuijken, N. Roy, M. A. Raj, S. Cavuoti, M. Brescia, G. Longo, V. Pota, C. E. Petrillo, M. Radovich, F. Getman, L. V. E. Koopmans, I. Trujillo, G. Verdoes Kleijn, M. Capaccioli, A. Grado, G. Covone, D. Scognamiglio, C. Blake, K. Glazebrook, S. Joudaki, C. Lidman, C. Wolf, MNRAS, 481, 4728, 2018
  9. Spectroscopic observation of 5 SN candidates Elias-Rosa, N., Pursimo, T., Korhonen, H., Pastorello, A., the NEON school PhD students S. Derlopa, S., Marian, V., Scognamiglio, D., Szigeti, L., Cabezas, M., Fernandes, C. S., McWhirter, P. R., Zervas, K., The Astronomer’s Telegram, No. 10746, 2017
  10. Observational constraints on the types of cosmic strings O. Sazhina, D. Scognamiglio, M.V. Sazhin, EPJ C, 74:2972, 2014