Sergio Ortolani

Curriculum Vitae


Personal Informations

Name: Sergio
First Name: Ortolani
e-mail: ortolani@pd.astro.it
Place of birth: Venezia
Date of birth: October 20th,1954
Address: Via Saetta 20, 35132 Padova
Office: Vicolo Dell'Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova
Phone (office): I+049-829-3435
Civil Status: Married


Education

July 1972 - Liceo Classico Diploma (High School)
   
July 1977 - Laurea in Astronomy at the University of Padova
  Thesis title: Herbig-Haro Objects and pre-main sequence stars.
  Supervisors: Prof. L. Rosino
  Summa cum laude


Languages

  1. English: good (reading, writing, speaking)
  2. Spanish: good (reading), fair (speaking)
  3. French: good (reading), fair (speaking)


Present Position

Senior Professor, Astronomy Department, University of Padova


Employment history

Sept. 1977 - Feb. 1979 High School Teacher of meteorology
   
Feb. 1979 - Nov. 1985 Staff Astronomer at the Observatory of Padova
   
Sept. 1980 - June. 1981 Rotary Foundation Fellow at Kitt Peak National Observatory
  Tucson, Arizona, USA
   
March 1985 - Nov. 1995 Associate Professor, Astronomy Department,
  University of Padova
   
Dec. 1989 -- June 1990 Senior Visiting, European Southern Observatory,
  La Silla, Chile
   
Nov. 1995 -- Senior Professor, Department of Astronomy, University of Padova
   



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