DrStefania Barsanti
Messel Fellow
Faculty of Science
BIO
Dr. Stefania Barsanti is an astrophysicist specialising in galaxy evolution. She has published extensively on the impact of the local and large-scale cosmic environments on galaxy properties, using optical photometric, spectroscopic and spatially-resolved spectroscopic data. Her most significant discovery is the detection of preferential directions for the spin of galaxies in cosmic filaments according to the stellar mass in their central regions, revealing different galaxy formation pathways.
Since November 2024, she is a Messel Research Fellow (independent fellowship) at the University of Sydney, working at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy. Previously, she was an ASTRO 3D Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University. She received her PhD from Macquarie University in June 2021. Before Australia, she studied physics, astronomy and cosmology in Italy.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS
- Messel Research FellowThe University of Sydney, School of Physics, Sydney, Australia4 Nov 2024 - 3 Nov 2027
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- ASTRO 3D Research FellowAustralian National University, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Canberra, Australia2 Oct 2023 - 18 Jul 2024
- ASTRO 3D Postdoctoral FellowAustralian National University, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Canberra, Australia19 Apr 2021 - 1 Oct 2023
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Science Laboratory AssistantPittwater House School, Sydney, Australia19 Aug 2020 - 18 Apr 2021
CERTIFICATIONS
- Doctoral DegreeMacquarie University, Sydney, Australia14 Aug 2017 - 24 Jun 2021PhD in Physics and Astronomy
- Masters DegreeMacquarie University, Sydney, Australia1 Jul 2016 - 26 Sep 2017Master of Research in Physics and Astronomy
- Masters DegreeUniversity of Trieste, Trieste, Italy1 Sep 2013 - 23 Nov 2015Master of Research in Physics (Astrophysics and Cosmology)
- Bachelor DegreeUniversity of Pisa, Pisa, Italy1 Sep 2010 - 26 Sep 2013Bachelor Degree in Physics
LANGUAGES
- ItalianCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
SCHOOL
- School of Physics