Massimo Teodorani

Massimo Teodorani is an astrophysicist by education and experience. After graduating in Astronomy, he obtained a PhD in Stellar Physics at the University of Bologna. He has carried out research on eruptive phenomena in astrophysics, in particular supernovae, novae, high-mass close binary stars with collapsed component, highly unstable protostars (FU Orionis type) and cataclysmic and pre-cataclysmic stars. He is an expert in photometric and spectroscopic observation techniques in optical and UV bands. He worked as a researcher at INAF (National Institute for Astrophysics) in Naples and at the INAF Radioastronomical Observatory in Medicina, Bologna. Having experience in both optical and radio astronomy, Dr. Teodorani has also conducted research on the 22 GHz water maser spectral line in 57 candidate exoplanets and has been pursuing the radio-band search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Dr. Teodorani uses both an observational/experimental and an interpretative/theoretical approach in his research.