E-mail address: paolo.cerpelloni@studenti.unipd.it, paolo.cerpelloni@inaf.it
Supervisors: Dr. Valentina Viotto (INAF-OAPD/Università degli Studi di Padova)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Luca Marafatto (INAF-OAPD)
Office: Ala Nord, 1st floor, Tel: 049/8293505, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (INAF-OAPD) , vicolo dell'Osservatorio n°5, 35122, Padova.

PhD Thesis: Definition and realization of procedures for Integration, Alignment, Test and Calibration of Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Systems.

Research interests: Adaptive Optics, AIV, MAVIS,  MCAO, Coronagraphy, Visible and Infrared astronomy.

Education

Master's Degree in Astronomy (LM-58) (14-12-2021)
Università degli Studi di Padova
Grade: 110/110
Thesis Title: Mezzocielo: a one meter whole sky telescope and its scientific cases.
Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Ragazzoni

Bachelor's Degree in Astronomy (L-30) (07-03-2019)
Università degli Studi di Padova
Grade: 96/110
Thesis Title: Modeling of a low coherence light interferogram.
Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Ciroi
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Claudio Pernechele, Dr. Daniela Fantinel

Publications:

P. Cerpelloni et al. 2024, "Unravelling the performance of the SHARK-NIR Four Quadrant Phase Mask in a controlled environment”, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 13096, id. 130963T 21 pp., 10.1117/12.3017418

Collaborations:

R. Ragazzoni et al. 2022, "Current status of MezzoCielo: a design aiming to a large aperture, extremely wide field of view telescope," Proc. SPIE 12182, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX, 10.1117/12.2629877

R. Ragazzoni et al. 2024, “Engineering a whole sky one meter class telescope: MezzoCielo as a patrol of transients”, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes X, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 10.1117/12.3019730

D. Mesa et al. 2025, "Deep imaging of three accelerating stars using SHARK-NIR and LMIRCam at LBT",  Monthly Notices of the Astronomical Society, 10.1093/mnras/stae2706.

 D. Barbato et al. 2025, "A multi-technique detection of an eccentric giant planet around the accelerating star HD 57625", Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 693, id.A81, 12 pp,10.1051/0004-6361/202452832.

A. Ballone et al. 2024, “DAO4MATTO: the real-time control implementation for the MATTO test bench”, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 13101, id. 131013Y 8 pp., 10.1117/12.3020066

D. Barbato et al. 2024, “SHARK-NIR commissioning and early science runs”, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 13096, id. 130961W 15 pp., 10.1117/12.3020068

Technical Reports:

MAVIS Post Focal Relay: Assembly and Integration Procedures, P. Cerpelloni, L. Marafatto, D. Greggio, M. Aliverti, S. Ströbele, S. Doniselli, 2025. 
MAVIS  Post Focal Relay: Test and Inspection Procedures, P. Cerpelloni, L. Marafatto, D. Greggio, M. Aliverti, S. Doniselli, M. Colapietro, 2025.

Previous Positions: 

Research fellowship from 15-5-2023 to 31-10-2024
Astronomical Observatory of Padova INAF-OAPD
Development and implementation of Assembly, Integration and Verification procedures for the Adaptive Optics Module of MAVIS.