E-mail address: michele.catone@phd.unipd.it
Supervisor: Prof. Giulia Rodighiero (University of Padova)
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Daniele Bertacca (University of Padova)
Office: Doctor students' office, 3rd floor, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, vicolo dell'Osservatorio n°3, 35122, Padova

PhD Thesis: Revealing the Dust-Obscured Nature of High-Redshift Galaxies with MIRI-JWST

Research interests: Infrared photometry, SED fitting, galaxy formation, cosmology, statistical properties of high-redshift galaxies, dusty galaxies, stellar mass assembly of galaxies, Bayesian analysis

Education

Master's Degree in Astronomy (LM-17) (24-09-2025)
Università degli Studi di Padova
Grade: 110/110 Cum Laude
Thesis Title: New advances in the derivation of the physical parameters of distant galaxies with MIRI/JWST photometry
Supervisor: Prof. Giulia Rodighiero
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Emiliano Merlin

Bachelor's Degree in Astronomy (L-30) (14-12-2023)
Università degli Studi di Padova
Grade: 96/110
Thesis Title: Recenti progressi sulla formazione di galassie all’alba cosmica rivelati tramite indagini spettroscopiche dal James Webb Space Telescope
Supervisor: Prof. Giulia Rodighiero
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Laura Bisigello

Publications:
G. Gandolfi, G. Rodighiero, L. Bisigello, et al., 2025, “Ultra High-Redshift or Closer-by Dust-Obscured Galaxies? Deciphering the Nature of Faint, Previously Missed F200W-Dropouts in CEERS”; arXiv:2502.02637

M. Castellano, A. Fontana, E. Merlin, et al., 2025, “Pushing JWST to the extreme: search and scrutiny of birght galaxy candidates at z ≃ 15-30; arXiv:2504.05893

G. Gandolfi, G. Rodighiero, M. Castellano, et al., 2025, “Mysteries of Capotauro – investigating the puzzling nature of an extreme F356W-dropout”; arXiv:2509.01664