Massimo Capaccioli#
| Membership Number: | 4458 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 Emeritus professor of the Naples University Federico II
- 2005 - 2010 Director of the INAF-VST Center at Naples
- 1995 - 2015 Full professor of astronomy at the Naples University Federico Ii
- 1993 - 2005 Director of the Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory (Naples), now of the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF)
- 1990 - 1995 Full professor of celestial mechanics at the University of Padua
- 1986 - 1990 Full astronomer (“astronomo ordinario”) at the Padua Astronomical Observatory
- 1985 - 1986 Visiting professor at the Department of astronomy of the University of Texas in Austin
- 1980 - 1986 Associate professor of celestial mechanics at the University of Padua
- 1976 - 1980 Tenured lecturer of celestial mechanics at the University of Padua
- 1969 - 1976 Assistant professor at the University of Padua
Fields of Scholarship
- Cosmic distance scale
- Galaxy morphology
- Galaxy photometry
- Galaxy kinematics and dynamics
- Systematics of galaxy properties
- Dark matter
- Technology of optical telescopes
Honours and Awards
- 2017 Honorary doctorship awarded by the Karazin University of Kharkiv (Ukraine)
- 2015 Honorary professorship awarded by the University of Dubna (Russia)
- 2013 Prize of the Italian Physical Society (SIF) for the popularization of science (Trieste)
- 2013 Tacchini Medal of the Italian Astronomical Society (SAIt) to the career (Bologna)
- 2010 Honorary professorship awarded by the Moscow State University Lomonosov (Russia)
- 2010 Struve Medal awarded by the Pulkovo Observatory (San Petersburg) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
- 2005 Commander ("Commendatore") of the Italian Republic, awarded by the President of the Italian Republic for major achievements
- 2002 Cortese Foundation prize for the promotion of the VST project (Naples)
