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WHO IS MASSIMO ROBBERTO?

I am Full Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). I'm working within the Instrument Division as Instrument Scientist for NIRCAM, the near-infrared camera for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). I am in charge of the instrument calibration program.

My main expertise is the concept, development and operations of new infrared instrumentation, both for ground and space astronomy. For example, I have built the MAX camera for UKIRT, worked on the WFC3/IR for Hubble and conceived SPACE, a Dark Energy mission selected by ESA for the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 plan (now part of Euclid). The project I am working on now is called GALAHAD, a spectroscopic survey of the Galactic Plane in the IR.

My other historic research field is Star Formation, the Orion Nebula in particular. Currently, my main scientific project is leading the HST Treasury Program on the Orion Nebula Cluster (GO10246), awarded with 104 orbits of HST time in Cycle 13 for the study of the Orion Nebula Cluster. This is the largest Hubble program ever dedicated to Star Formation and has produced one of the most beautiful images ever made by Hubble (available here). Data products for this project are avaialble on the STScI MAST archive here.   

I have other  research programs on the way, including:

1. Measuring the parallax of the Orion Nebula Cluster with the HST (PI, HST GO 10552) 
2. A HST PMS Survey of the Chamaeleon I star forming region (PI, GO 11983)
3. A HST Survey of Star Forming Regions in the LMC (D. Gouliermis PI, GO 11547)
   
4. A Tool for Astrophysical Data Analysis ("TA-DA", PI NASA APRA grant)

The purpose of this page is to provide updates on my scientific research in progress or in advance of publication, distribute preprints and reprints of my work, information on my projects, various data sets on star formation, some useful links, and a bit of personal information. 

Contact Information 

• Email: robberto@stsci.edu 
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