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Dr. Elena Sacchi

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I joined the AIP in November 2020 as part of the Milky Way and Local Volume group, working on the formation and evolution of galaxies in the nearby Universe through the analysis of their resolved stellar populations.
Since January 2024 I started a new position in the Supercomputing and E-Science group.

Supercomputing and E-Science
Scientific Staff
Office: LH/0-17
Phone: +49 331 7499 457
esacchinothing@aip.de

Leibniz-Institut
für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
An der Sternwarte 16
14482 Potsdam
 

Experience

Scientific Staff, Supercomputing and E-Science @ AIP (from January 2024)

Postdoc, Milky Way and Local Volume @ AIP (November 2020 - October 2023)

Postdoc, Space Telescope Science Institute (January 2018 - October 2020)

Ph.D., Bologna University (November 2014 - December 2017)

Marco Polo program, STScI (September 2016 - December 2016)

STScI Visitor program, STScI (June 2015 - July 2015)

Erasmus program, Dark Cosmology Centre (February 2014 - July 2014)



 

Education

Ph.D. in Astrophysics @ Bologna University, 2014 - 2018
Thesis: Star formation histories in the nearby Universe: the HST legacy
Supervisors: Monica Tosi, Michele Cignoni

Master in Astrophysics and Cosmology @ Bologna University, 2012 - 2014
Thesis: Constraining mass and shape of galaxy clusters through large scale structures
Supervisors: Lauro Moscardini, Steen H. Hansen
Grade: 110/110

Bachelor in Astronomy @ Bologna University, 2009 - 2012
Thesis: The hydrogen atom: lines, series, and its astrophysical relevance
Grade: 110/110



 

International Collaborations

LEGUS (Legacy Extra Galactic UV Survey) - LEGUS website

HSTPROMO (High-resolution Space Telescope Proper Motion Collaboration) - HSTPROMO website

YMCA (Yes, Magellanic Clouds Again: probing the outer regions of the Magellanic system with VST)

SSH (the Smallest Scale of Hierarchy Survey) - Survey description

Publications

Publications at NASA ADS: ADS library

Latest refereed publications, retrieved from NASA ADS:

The spatially resolved star formation history of the dwarf spiral galaxy NGC 5474
Bortolini, G., ... Sacchi, E., ..., 2024
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527, 3, 5339; published January 2024
doi:10.1093/mnras/stad3524, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Supercomputing and E-Science
The Impact of Patchy Reionization on Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxies
Kim, J., ... Sacchi, E., ..., 2023
The Astrophysical Journal, 959, 1, 31; published December 2023
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acfe08, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Supercomputing and E-Science
Constraining the LyC escape fraction from LEGUS star clusters with SIGNALS H II region observations: a pilot study of NGC 628
Teh, J. W., ... Sacchi, E., ..., 2023
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524, 1, 1191; published September 2023
doi:10.1093/mnras/stad1780, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
Star Cluster Formation and Evolution in M101: An Investigation with the Legacy Extragalactic UV Survey
Linden, S. T., ... Sacchi, E., ..., 2022
The Astrophysical Journal, 935, 2, 166; published August 2022
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac7c07, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
Structural Parameters and Possible Association of the Ultra-faint Dwarfs Pegasus III and Pisces II from Deep Hubble Space Telescope Photometry
Richstein, H., ... Sacchi, E., ..., 2022
The Astrophysical Journal, 933, 2, 217; published July 2022
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac7226, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
The Smallest Scale of Hierarchy Survey (SSH) - II. Extended star formation and bar-like features in the dwarf galaxy NGC 3741: recent merger or ongoing gas accretion?
Annibali, F., ... Sacchi, E., ..., 2022
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512, 2, 1781; published May 2022
doi:10.1093/mnras/stac541, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
Dancing in the void: hydrodynamical N-body simulations of the extremely metal-poor galaxy DDO 68
Pascale, R., ... Sacchi, E., ..., 2022
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 509, 2, 2940; published January 2022
doi:10.1093/mnras/stab3054, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
Star Formation Histories of Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxies: Environmental Differences between Magellanic and Non-Magellanic Satellites?
Sacchi, E. et al., 2021
The Astrophysical Journal, 920, 1, L19; published October 2021
doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac2aa3, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
Reaching the Oldest Stars beyond the Local Group: Ancient Star Formation in UGC 4483
Sacchi, E. et al., 2021
The Astrophysical Journal, 911, 1, 62; published April 2021
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abea16, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
The Age Dependence of Mid-infrared Emission around Young Star Clusters
Lin, Z., ... Sacchi, E., ..., 2020
The Astrophysical Journal, 896, 1, 16; published June 2020
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab9106, NASA ADS