Myriam Gitti's CV

Personal data - Name: Myriam Gitti - Citizenship: Italian

- [2011-] : Post-doc position in Extragalactic Astronomy, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Bologna & INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Bologna, Italy
- [2010-2012] : SAO Research Associate, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
- [2010-2011] : Post-doc position in Extragalactic Astronomy, INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Bologna, Italy
- [2008-2010] : Visiting Scientist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
- [2008-2009] : Post-doc position in Extragalactic Astronomy, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Bologna & INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Bologna, Italy
- [2006-2008] : Post-doc fellowship in Extragalactic Astronomy, INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Bologna, Italy (supervisors: Dr. S. Ettori and Dr. L. Feretti)
- [2005-2006] : Post-doc position in Extragalactic Astronomy, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Ohio University, USA (supervisor: Prof. B. McNamara)
- [2003-2005] : Post-Doc position in X-ray Astronomy, Institute of Astrophysics, University of Innsbruck, Austria (supervisor: Prof. S. Schindler)

- [2003] : Ph.D. in Astronomy, University of Bologna, Italy (supervisor: Prof. G. Setti)
- [1999] : Degree in Astronomy, University of Bologna (Italy), with magna cum laude (tutor: Prof. G. Setti)
- [1994] : Diploma at the Scientific High School ``Enrico Fermi'' of Bologna (Italy) with magna cum laude

- Software AIPS for VLA radio data analysis
- Software SAS for XMM-Newton data analysis
- Software CIAO for Chandra data analysis
- Working experience with Mac OS X, UNIX, LINUX and Windows systems
- Programming in FORTRAN 77
- Good work experience with LaTeX and WORD

- Italian (mother tongue)
- English (fluent)
- French (very good knowledge)

- "Structure in Clusters and Groups of Galaxies in the Chandra Era", Boston (MA, USA), July 12-14, 2011 [oral presentation]
- "IXO Science Meeting", Paris (France), April 27-29, 2010 [poster]
- "Chandra's First Decade of Discovery", Boston (MA, USA), September 22-25, 2009 [oral presentation]
- "X-Ray Astronomy 2009", Bologna (Italy), September 7-11, 2009 [oral presentation]
- "The Monster's Fiery Breath: Feedback in galaxies, groups, and clusters", Madison (WI, USA), June 1-5, 2009 [oral presentation]
- "The Warm & Hot Universe", New York City (NY, USA), May 7-9, 2008 [poster presentation]
- "The Sukazu X-Ray Universe", San Diego (CA, USA), December 10-12, 2007
- "Tracing Cosmic Evolution with Clusters of Galaxies: Six Years Later", Sesto Pusteria (Italy), June 25-29, 2007 [poster presentation]
- "Heating vs. Cooling in Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies", Garching (Germany), August 6 - 11, 2006 [oral presentation]
- 207th AAS Meeting, Washington D.C. (USA), January 7-12, 2006 [poster presentation]
- XXIst IAP Colloquium, "Mass Profiles and Shapes of Cosmological Structures", Paris (France), July 4-9, 2005 [poster presentation]
- COSPAR Scientific Assembly, E1.2 "Clusters of Galaxies: New Insights from XMM-Newton, Chandra and INTEGRAL", Paris (France), July 19-20, 2004 [oral presentation]
- "X-Ray and Radio Connections", Santa Fe (NM, USA), February 3-6, 2004 [poster presentation]
- IAU General Assembly, JD10 "Evolution in Galaxy Clusters: a multiwavelength approach", Sydney (Australia), July 17-18, 2003 [oral presentation]
- "The Riddle of Cooling Flows in Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies", Charlottesville (VA, USA), May 31-June 4, 2003 [poster presentation]
- "The Physics of Relativistic Jets in the CHANDRA and XMM Era", Bologna (Italy), September 23-27, 2002 [member of the L.O.C.]
- "Matter and Energy in Clusters of Galaxies", Chung-Li (Taiwan), April 23-27, 2002 [poster presentation]
- "New Visions of the X-ray Universe in the XMM-Newton and Chandra Era", ESTEC, Noordwijk (The Netherlands), November 26-30, 2001
- "Tracing Cosmic Evolution with Galaxy Clusters", Sesto Pusteria (Italy), July 3-6, 2001 [poster presentation]
- Euroconference XIIIemes Rencontres de Blois on "Frontiers of the Universe", Blois (France), June 17-23, 2001 [poster presentation]

- Seminar at the "Dip. di Astronomia, Universita' di Bologna" and "OABo-INAF", Italy (June 2009)
- Invited seminar at the "Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri - INAF", Italy (May 2009)
- Invited seminar at the "Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari - INAF", Italy (May 2007)
- Invited seminar at the "Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Waterloo", Canada (May 2007)
- Seminar at the "Dip. di Astronomia, Universita' di Bologna" and "OABo - INAF", Italy (March 2007)
- Invited seminar at the "Institute of Astro- and Particle Physics, University of Innsbruck", Austria (March 2007)
- Invited seminar at the "Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics", Cambridge - MA, USA (June 2006)
- Seminar at the "Ohio University", Athens - OH, USA (May 2006)
- Invited seminar at the "National Optical Astronomy Observatory", Tucson - AZ, USA (May 2006)
- Invited seminar at the "Institute of Radioastronomy - INAF", Bologna, Italy (September 2005)
- Seminar at the "Institure of Astrophysics, University of Innsbruck", Austria (November 2003)
- Invited seminar at the "Institute of Astrophysics, University of Innsbruck", Austria (December 2002)
- Invited seminar at the "Service d'Astrophysique - CEA/Saclay", France (June 2002)
- Seminar at the "Dip. di Astronomia, Universita' di Bologna", Italy (February 2002)
- 2 Seminars at the "Institute of Radioastronomy - CNR", Bologna, Italy (November 2001 and December 1999)

- November 2008-March 2009 : Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge - MA (USA)
- May 2007: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo (Canada)
- March 2007 and December 2002: Institute of Astrophysics, University of Innsbruck (Austria)
- June 2006: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge - MA (USA)
- May 2006: National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson - AZ (USA)
- October 2003: Departamento de Fisica Teorica y del Cosmos, Universidad de Granada (Spain)
- July 2003: Institute of Radioastronomy (IRA) of CNR, Bologna (Italy)
- June 2003 and June 2002: Service d'Astrophysique (SAp), CEA/Saclay (France)

- Assistant Lecturer in Astrophysics (course "Clusters of Galaxies"), University of Bologna, 2010-2011
- Co-tutor of Diploma Thesis, University of Bologna, 2010-2011
- Panelist at the Chandra Cycle 10 Peer Review, 2008
- Referee for ApJ and MNRAS since 2007
- Co-tutor of several Diploma and PhD Thesis, University of Innsbruck, Austria, 2003-2005
- Member of the judging commission of PhD Thesis, University of Granada, Spain, 11/2004

- ``Investigating AGN feedback in cool cores detected in H_alpha" [2009-2010], observing time: 62000 seconds

Instrument: XMM-Newton:

- ``AGN-ICM interaction and peculiar radio emission in the cool core cluster RBS 797''' [2010], observing time: 63000 seconds
- ``AGN Feedback and Star Formation in the Cooling Flow Cluster RBS 797'' [2006], observing time: 31000 seconds

- ``Investigating AGN feedback in cool cores detected in H_alpha" [2009-2010], observing time: 21 hours
- ``Solving the puzzle of the peculiar radio source in the cool core cluster A 2626'' [2008], observing time: 19 hours
- ``Relativistic Plasma and ICM in CF Clusters analyzed through Radio Mini-Halos'' [2006], observing time: 26 hours

[22] - "Evidence for AGN Feedback in Galaxy Clusters and Groups"
Gitti M, Brighenti F., and McNamara, B., 2012, Advances in Astronomy, p. 1

[21] - "Heating the hot atmospheres of galaxy groups and clusters with cavities: the relationship between jet power and low-frequency radio emission"
O'Sullivan E., Giacintucci S., David L. P., Gitti M., Vrtilek J. M., Raychaudhury S., and Ponman T., 2011, Astrophysical Journal, 735, 11

[20] - "A combined low-radio frequency/X-ray study of galaxy groups - I. Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope observations at 235 MHz and 610 MHz"
Giacintucci S., O'Sullivan E., Vrtilek J., David L., Raychaudhury S., Venturi T., Athreya R., Clarke T., Murgia M., Mazzotta P., Gitti M., Ponman T., Ishwara-Chandra C., Jones C., and Forman W., 2011, Astrophysical Journal, 732, 95

[19] - "A Powerful AGN Outburst in RBS 797"
Cavagnolo K., McNamara B., Wise M., Bruggen M., Nulsen P., Gitti M., and Rafferty D., 2011, Astrophysical Journal, 732, 71

[18] - "A Chandra study of the large-scale shock and cool filaments in Hydra A: Evidence for substantial gas dredge-up by the central outburst"
Gitti M., Nulsen P., David L., McNamara B., and Wise M., 2011, Astrophysical Journal, 732, 13

[17] - "Apparent high metallicity in 3-4 keV galaxy clusters: the inverse iron-bias in action in the case of the merging cluster Abell 2028"
Gastaldello F., Ettori S., Balestra I., Brighenti F., Buote D. A., de Grandi S., Ghizzardi S., Gitti M., and Tozzi P., 2010, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 522, 34

[16] - "On the Connection Between Giant Radio Halos and Cluster Mergers"
Cassano R., Ettori S., Giacintucci S., Brunetti G., Markevitch M., Venturi T., and Gitti M., 2010, Astrophysical Journal, 721, L82

[15] - "Cavities and shocks in the galaxy group HCG 62 as revealed by Chandra, XMM and GMRT data"
Gitti M., O'Sullivan E., Giacintucci S., David L., Vrtilek J., Raychaudhury S., and Nulsen P., 2010, Astrophysical Journal, 714, 758

[14] - "Direct Evidence for Outflow of Metal-Enriched Gas along the Radio Jets of Hydra A"
Kirkpatrick C. C., Gitti M., Cavagnolo K. W., McNamara B. R., David L. P., Nulsen P. E. J., and Wise M. W., 2009, Astrophysical Journal, 707, L69

[13] - "A Chandra X-ray Analysis of Abell 1664: Cooling, Feedback and Star Formation in the Central Cluster Galaxy "
Kirkpatrick C. C., McNamara B. R., Rafferty D. A., Nulsen P. E. J., Birzan L., Kazemzadeh F., Wise M. W., Gitti M., and Cavagnolo K. W., 2009, Astrophysical Journal, 697, 867

[12] - "The complex galaxy cluster Abell 514: New results obtained with the XMM-Newton satellite"
Weratschnig J., Gitti M., Schindler S., and Dolag K., 2008, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 490, 537

[11] - "A morphological comparison between giant radio halos and radio mini-halos in galaxy clusters"
Cassano R., Gitti M., and Brunetti, G., 2008, Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, 486, L31

[10] - "Discovery of diffuse radio emission at the center of the most X-ray-luminous cluster RX J1347.5-1145"
Gitti M., Ferrari C., Domainko W., Feretti L., and Schindler S., 2007, Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, 470, L25

[9] - "Mass distribution in the most X-ray-luminous galaxy cluster RX J1347.5-1145 studied with XMM-Newton"
Gitti M., Piffaretti R., and Schindler S., 2007, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 472, 383

[8] - "ARCRAIDER I: Detailed Optical and X-ray Analysis of the Cooling Flow Cluster Z3146"
Kausch W., Gitti M., Erben T., and Schindler S., 2007, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 471, 31

[7] - "Cosmological effects of powerful AGN outbursts in galaxy clusters: insights from an XMM-Newton observation of MS0735+7421"
Gitti M., McNamara B.R., Nulsen P.E.J., and Wise M.W. 2007, Astrophysical Journal, 660, 1118

[6] - "Multifrequency VLA radio observations of the X-ray cavity cluster of galaxies RBS 797: evidence of differently oriented jets"
Gitti M., Feretti L., & Schindler S. 2006, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 448, 853

[5] - "A first XMM-Newton look at the most X-ray-luminous galaxy cluster RX J1347.5-1145 "
Gitti M., and Schindler S. 2004, Advances in Space Research, Volume 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pag. 613-617

[4] - "XMM-Newton observation of the most X-ray-luminous galaxy cluster RX J1347.5-1145"
Gitti M., and Schindler S. 2004, Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, 427, L9

[3] - "Feedback from Intra-Cluster Supernovae on the ICM in Cooling Flow Galaxy Clusters"
Domainko W., Gitti M., Schindler S., and Kapferer W. 2004, Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, 425, L21

[2] - "Particle acceleration in cooling flow clusters of galaxies: the case of Abell 2626"
Gitti M., Brunetti G., Feretti L., and Setti G. 2004, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 417, 1

[1] - "Modeling the interaction between ICM and relativistic plasma in cooling flows: the case of the Perseus Cluster"
Gitti M., Brunetti G., and Setti G. 2002, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 386, 456

- "AGN Feedback in the Compact Group of Galaxies HCG 62 - as revealed by Chandra, XMM and GMRT data"
Gitti M., O'Sullivan E., Giacintucci S., David L. P., Vrtilek J. M., Raychaudhury S., & Nulsen P. E. J. 2009, Contribution to the Proceedings of "The Monster's Fiery Breath", Madison, WI, USA, June 1-5, 2009, eds. Sebastian Heinz & Eric Wilcots [arXiv:0909.3213]

- "XMM-Newton view of MS0735+7421: the most energetic AGN outburst in a galaxy cluster"
Gitti M., McNamara B.R., Nulsen P.E.J., & Wise M.W. 2005, Contribution to the Proceedings of "Heating vs. Cooling in Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies", Garching, Germany, August 6-11, 2006 [astro-ph/0611265]

- "Mass discrepancy in the galaxy cluster RBS864 derived from X-ray and gravitational lensing studies"
Gitti M., Kausch W., Erben T., & Schindler S. 2005, Contribution to the Proceedings of ``XXIst IAP Colloquium: Mass Profiles and Shapes of Cosmological Structures'', Paris, France, July 4-9, 2005

- "The cooling flow cluster Abell 2626 and the associated radio emission"
Gitti M. 2004, Contribution to the Proceedings of "X-ray and Radio Connections", Santa Fe, NM, USA, February 3-6, 2004, eds. Sjouwerman, L.O. & Dyer, K.K. [astro-ph/0405293]

- "Cooling flows and radio mini-halos in clusters of galaxies''
Gitti M., Brunetti G., Setti G., & Feretti, L. 2003, Contribution to the Proceedings of "The Riddle of Cooling Flows in Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies", Charlottesville, VA, USA, May 31 - June 4, 2003, eds. Reiprich, T. H., Kempner, J. C. & Soker, N. [astro-ph/0309791]

- ''Modeling radio mini-halos in cooling flow clusters''
Gitti M., Brunetti G., Setti G., Feretti, L. 2002, Contribution to the Proceedings of "Matter and Energy in Clusters of Galaxies", Chung-Li, Taiwan, April 23-27, 2002; ASP Conf. Series, 301, 489, eds. S. Bowyer & C.-Y. Hwang [astro-ph/0207145]

- "Reacceleration of relativistic electrons in cooling flows: the case of Perseus Cluster"
Gitti M., Brunetti G., & Setti G. 2001, Contribution to the Proceedings of "Tracing Cosmic Evolution with Galaxy Clusters", Sesto Pusteria, Italy, July 3-6, 2001; ASP Conf. Series, 268, 373, eds. S. Borgani, M. Mezzetti & R. Valdarnini

- "Interaction between ICM and relativistic plasma in cooling flows"
Gitti M., Brunetti G., & Setti G. 2001, Contribution to the Proceedings of "XIIIemes Rencontres de Blois: Frontiers of the Universe", Blois, France, June 17-23, 2001