I am a Project Scientist in the Directorate for Science and Full Astronomer in the science faculty of the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

On the duty side I work as the project scientist for ERIS, the Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph (ERIS). This 1-5 µm instrument with near-diffraction limited capabilities is located at the Cassegrain focus of UT4, the telescope that equipped with the AOF. Available from P111.

I am also the project scientist for MAVIS (MCAO Assisted Visible Imager and Spectrograph) during its recently started Phase B phase (MAVIS).

In terms of research I'm working mostly on the stellar populations and dynamics of early-type galaxies in the nearby universe. I'm a full member of the SAURON and ATLAS3D collaborations which characterized the dynamics and stellar populations of nearby early-type galaxies and bulges with surveys using the integral field unit SAURON on the WHT (4.2m, La Palma, Canary Islands).

In general I'm interested in galaxy formation and evolution.

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