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Andrea BIVIANO
Research Director at INAF-OATs


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Contact Information
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste
via G.B. Tiepolo, 11 - Trieste (Italy) I-34143

Office: via Bazzoni, 2 - 1st floor
Phone: (+39) 0403199137
e-mail: andrea.biviano AT inaf.it

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge(B. Russell)


Research Interests
Clusters and groups of galaxies: internal structure and dynamics
Galaxy evolution: environmental effects and orbits within clusters

Curriculum Vitæ
1992: PhD in astrophysics at the Trieste University
1993-1994: Postdoc at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
1995: Postdoc at the Sterrewacht Leiden (NL)
1996-1998: Member of the ISO-CAM team at ESA, Madrid
1997-2025: Researcher at the INAF-OATs, Trieste
2008-present: Associate researcher at the Institut d'Astrophys. de Paris (F)
2011-2016: Member of the INAF-OATs Council
2011-2021: Co-Manager of the Euclid Work Package "Clusters of Galaxies - Implementation"
2013: Italian national university habilitation (associate professor)
2017-2025: First researcher at the INAF-OATs, Trieste
2017-2018: Principal Investigator of the Italian LSST team on Clusters of Galaxies
2018-2020: Deputy director of the INAF-OATs, Trieste
2019: Italian national university habilitation (full professor)
2025: Builder Status of the Euclid Consortium
2026: Research Director at the INAF-OATs, Trieste
Visiting scientist terms:
- Obs. Astr. de Marseille-Provence (F)
- Caltech, Pasadena (USA)
- Obs. de la Côte d'Azur, Nice (F)
- Excellence Cluster Universe, München (D)
Visiting professor terms:
- Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (F)
- Observatoire de Paris (F)


Publications
263 refereed papers in main astrophysical journals, 31 (resp. 46) as a 1st (resp. 2nd) author
20100 citations; H-index = 72, H1-index (considering only 1st author papers) = 20, i10-index: 248

Invited talks
22 invited talks/reviews at international conferences
39 invited seminars at international research institutes/universities

XXXII Canary Islands Winter School lectures


Links
Review on the history of science on the Coma cluster
Review on the history of science on galaxy clusters

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Last modified on January 7, 2026