Next-generation Computing and Data Technologies to probe the Cosmic Metal content

PRIN 2022 PNRR grant funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR)

project code : P2022ZLW4T



CUP : C53D2301002 0001


This is the webpage of the project "Next-generation Computing and Data Technologies to probe the Cosmic Metal content" (number P2022ZLW4T), funded by a PRIN 2022 PNRR grant of the Italian Ministry of University and Research - MUR (ERC sector PE9), Italy. The project received a funding of Euro 300,000 from MUR; and was executed over the period from 30 November 2023 up to 28 February 2026.

It involves two research units: National Institute of Astrophysics - Astronomical Observatory of Trieste (INAF-OATs) and the University of Milano-Bicocca (UniMiB), with the following team members.

Members at INAF-OATs:

  • Paramita Barai (Scientific Coordinator and principal P.I.)

  • Guido Cupani

  • Valentina D’Odorico

  • Chiara Feruglio

  • Gian Luigi Granato

  • Sukanya Mallik (NEW PostDoc 2)

  • Omima Osman (PostDoc 3, partial support)

Members at UniMiB:

  • Michele Fumagalli (associated P.I.)

  • Matteo Fossati

  • Francesco Pistis (NEW PostDoc 1)






NEWS

  • 2026 February 28 : End of PRIN 2022 PNRR Grant funding from MUR.

  • 2025 : Support of postdoc Omima Osman Mohammed Osman at INAF-OATs.

  • 2024 July : Hiring of new postdoc Sukanya Mallik at INAF-OATs.

  • 2024 February : Hiring of new postdoc Francesco Pistis at UniMiB.

  • 2023 December : Postdoc position open at INAF-OATs on the topic "Execution and analyses of Cosmological Hydrodynamical Simulations to investigate metal distribution in the CGM and IGM". Vacancy Opening link on EURAXESS: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/168337

  • 2023 November 30 : Start of PRIN 2022 PNRR Grant funding from MUR.

PUBLICATIONS

  1. "Gas Accretion versus BH Merger driven Growth Modes of Supermassive Black Holes and Implications for the Little Red Dots."
    Paramita Barai 2026, A&A in press
    https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.15952

  2. "Dust evolution across cosmic times as seen through DUSTY-GAEA."
    Omima Osman, Gabriella De Lucia, Fabio Fontanot, Lizhi Xie & Michaela Hirschmann 2026, submitted to A&A
    https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2512.15902

  3. "ALMA Reveals Bright Circumgalactic Emission and a Biconical Outflow in z ∼ 6.4 Quasar PSOJ183+05."
    Manuela Bischetti, Chiara Feruglio, Stefano Carniani, Valentina D’Odorico, Francesco Salvestrini & Fabrizio Fiore 2025, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 990, Issue 2, id.L31, 8 pp.
    https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ade6ff

  4. "Automated quasar continuum estimation using neural networks: A comparative study of deep-learning architectures."
    Francesco Pistis, Michele Fumagalli, Matteo Fossati et al. 2025, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 698, id.A292, 21 pp.
    https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202453377

  5. "Multi-phase investigation of outflows in the circumgalactic and interstellar media of luminous quasars at z∼5."
    M. Brazzini, V. D'Odorico, M. Bischetti, C. Feruglio, G. Cupani, G. Becker & R. Tripodi 2025, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 698, id.A145, 19 pp.
    https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202554010