Astronomia UDP

PhD stuff

Witnessing planet formation with ALMA

UDP astronomers led high-resolution ALMA survey of protoplanetary disks, obtaining remarkable images which seem to trace the formation of giant extrasolar planets. Even though the Sun and all of its planets were formed 4.5 billion years ago, nature has provided astronomers with natural laboratories where young exoplanets are currently forming, allowing us to observe the …

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PhD student Dejene Zewdie gets a paper accepted in MNRAS!

One of the first students of our Ph.D. program, Dejene Zewdie, has led a investigation on the properties of massive galaxies in the local Universe. This work started during his Master’s studies, in Ethiopia, and continued during 2019 at UDP has now been recently accepted for publication in the prestigious scientific journal Monthly Notices for …

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Sharing research at UDP

As a research group, we seek instances for enabling scientific discussion through sharing our projects. At the beginning of each term, students are encouraged to share the results of their research projects with the group via presentations. This is important for acquiring soft skills, such as presenting and disseminating results. This also offers an opportunity …

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