E-mail: alessandra.mura@studenti.unipd.it
Supervisor: Fiorangela La Forgia
Office: Doctor students' office, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, vicolo dell'Osservatorio n°3, Padova

PhD thesis: Characterization of cometary activity: evolution of processes, drivers and chemistry of different dynamical types of comets

Research interests:  Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 

Education

Master's Degree in Astrophysics and Cosmology
Università degli Studi di Padova
Grade: 110/110 Cum Laude
Thesis Title: A Decade of Cometary Spectroscopy from the Asiago 1.22m Telescope  
Supervisor: Fiorangela La Forgia
Co-Supervisor: Paolo Ochner

Banchelor's Degree in Astronomy
Università degli Studi di Padova
Grade: 100/110 
Thesis Title: D/H Isotopic Ratio in Comets with SOFIA Stratospheric Telescope   
Supervisor: Monica Lazzarin

Publication

"A composite phase function for cometary dust comae"; 
Planetary and Space Science; 265,106164 ; 2025 
Ivano Bertini, Jean–Baptiste Vincent, Raphael Marschall, Fiorangela La Forgia, Alessandra Mura, Laura Inno, Stavro Ivanovski, Michael Küppers, Cecilia Tubiana, Vladimir Zakharov; 

"Pre-perihelion observations of the carbon-depleted comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS). Insights into CN production and molecular upper limits" ; Planetary and SpaceScience; Vol.261,p.106-102 ; 2025
Pamela Cambianica, Giovanni Munaretto, Gabriele Cremonese, Alessandra Mura, Fiorangela La Forgia, Luca Bizzocchi, Monica Lazzarin, Cristina Puzzarini, Mattia Melosso, Vania Lorenzi, Walter Boschin

Early Spectroscopy and Dense Circumstellar Medium Interaction in SN2023ixf; 
The Astrophysical Journal Letters; 2023
Bostroem K. Azalee, Pearson Jeniveve, Shrestha Manisha, Sand David J., Valenti Stefano, Jha Saurabh W., Andrews Jennifer E., Smith Nathan, Terreran Giacomo, Green Elizabeth, Dong Yize, Lundquist Michael, Haislip Joshua, Hoang Emily T., Hosseinzadeh Griffin, Janzen Daryl ,Jencson Jacob E., Kouprianov Vladimir, Paraskeva Emmy, Meza Retamal Nicolas E., Reichart Daniel E., Arcavi Iair,  Bonanos Alceste Z., Coughlin Michael W., Dobson Ross, Farah Joseph, Galbany Lluís, Gutiérrez Claudia, Hawley Suzanne, Hebb Leslie, Hiramatsu Daichi, Howell D. Andrew, Iijima Takashi, Ilyin Ilya, Jhass Kiran, McCully Curtis, Moran Sean, Morris Brett M., Mura Alessandra C., Müller-Bravo Tomás E., Munday James, Newsome Megan, Pabst Maria Th., Ochner Paolo, Gonzalez Estefania Padilla, Pastorello Andrea, Pellegrino Craig, Piscarreta Lara, Ravi Aravind P., Reguitti Andrea, Salo Laura, Vinkó József, de Vos Kellie, Wheeler J. C., Williams G. Grant, Wyatt Samuel