Maria Letizia PUMO

Maria Letizia Piera PUMO graduated in Physics summa cum laude from the University of Catania in 2003. In 2007 she received her PhD in Physics with honors at the same University. She has carried out her scientific activity at various research institutions in Italy and abroad --- among which the Istitut d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique dell'Université Libre de Bruxelles (IAA-ULB), the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), and the Padua University ---, and now she works at the University of Catania. Her scientific interests range from the study of the stellar evolution and correlated nucleosynthesis to multimessenger and computational astrophysics (see "Research areas" section for details). In particular, since 2008 she has focused her research activity on the study of supernova events. She also carried out (and is currently carring out) teaching activities in some departments of the University of Catania (department of Physics and Astronomy "Ettore Majorana"  and department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering). She has been (and is currently) supervisor/co-supervisor of some experimental theses and tutor of PhD students in Physics. She is in the accademic board of the PhD course in Physics and is "representative professor" of the "Astrophysics" curriculum for the PhD program in Physics within the above mentioned accademic board. She is author/co-author of more than 90 scientific publications, 23 of which as principal author or "by invitation", cited to date over 7200 times (h index = 31, g index = 69, m index = 1.6; indices taken from the "SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data system"). She presented over 50 scientific works at national and international congresses, some of which "by invitation". She is/was principal investigator or co-investigator of numerous national and international research projects, including the PESSTO, ePESSTO and ePESSTO+ projects of the European Southern Observatory which boast the participation of the 2011 Nobel Prize for physics B. Schmidt. She received various awards for her scientific work ("Pietro Tacchini" award in 2007, international prize "Padova Città delle stelle" in 2008; "XXXII concorso" Bonino-Pulejo foundation in 2010; international award "Young BPW EUROPE" in 2011; "Aquila d'Argento" award in 2012; “Top Italian Scientist in Astrophysics" since 2022).

P.S. last update: November 2024

Author/co-author of over 90 scientific publications (a complete list of publications by Dr. Pumo can be found in the official IRIS catalogue of University of Catania and at the link http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/abs_connect?author=Pumo,+M.L.&nr_to_return=9999 or https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=*%3A*%20author%3A%22Pumo%2Cm.l.%22&sort=date%20desc%2C%20bibcode%20desc&p_=0).

Some of the most recent and representative publications by Dr. Pumo are listed below:

- Pumo, M.L., Cosentino, S.P., Pastorello, A., et al. (2023). Long-rising Type II supernovae resembling supernova 1987A - I. A comparative study through scaling relations. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 521, p. 4801-4818, ISSN: 0035-8711, doi:10.1093/mnras/stad861;

- Valerin, G., Pumo, M.L., Pastorello, A., et al. (2022). Low luminosity Type II supernovae - IV. SN 2020cxd and SN 2021aai, at the edges of the sub-luminous supernovae class. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 513, p. 4983-4999, ISSN: 0035-8711, doi:10.1093/mnras/stac1182;

- Reguitti, A., Pumo, M.L., Mazzali, P.A., et al. (2021). Low luminosity Type II supernovae - III. SN 2018hwm, a faint event with an unusually long plateau. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY,  vol. 501, p. 1059-1071, ISSN: 0035-8711, doi:10.1093/mnras/staa3730;

-  Tomasella, L., Cappellaro, E., Pumo, M.L., et al. (2018). SNe 2013K and 2013am: Observed and physical properties of two slow, normal Type IIP events. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 475, p. 1937-1959, ISSN: 0035-8711, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx3220;

- Smartt, S. J., Chen, T. -W., Jerkstrand, A., [...], Pumo, M.L., et al. (2017). A kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source. NATURE, vol. 551, p. 75-79, ISSN: 0028-0836, doi: 10.1038/nature24303;

- Terreran, G., Pumo, M.L., Chen, T. -W., et al. (2017). Hydrogen-rich supernovae beyond the neutrino-driven core-collapse paradigm. NATURE ASTRONOMY, vol. 1, p. 713-720, ISSN: 2397-3366, doi: 10.1038/s41550-017-0228-8;

- Pumo M.L., Zampieri L, Spiro S, et al. (2017). Radiation-hydrodynamical modelling of underluminous Type II plateau supernovae. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 464, p. 3013-3020, ISSN: 0035-8711, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw2625;

- Orlando S., Miceli M., Pumo M.L., Bocchino F. (2016). Modeling SNR Cassiopeia A from the Supernova Explosion to its Current Age: The role of post-explosion anisotropies of ejecta. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, vol. 822, ISSN: 0004-637X, doi: 10.3847/0004-637X/822/1/22;

- Takats K., Pignata G., Pumo M.L., et al. (2015). SN 2009ib: A Type II-P Supernova with an Unusually Long Plateau. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 450, ISSN: 0035-8711, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv857;

- Orlando S., Miceli M., Pumo M.L., Bocchino F. (2015). Supernova 1987A: a Template to Link Supernovae to Their Remnants. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, vol. 810, ISSN: 0004-637X, doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/810/2/168;

- Takats K., Pumo M.L., Elias-Rosa N., et al.  (2014). SN 2009N: Linking normal and subluminous type II-P SNe. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 438, ISSN: 1365-2966, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stt2203;

- Dall'Ora M., Botticella M. T., Pumo M.L., et al. (2014). The Type IIP Supernova 2012aw in M95: hydrodynamical modelling of the photospheric phase from accurate spectrophotometric monitoring. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, vol. 787, ISSN: 0004-637X, doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/787/2/139;

- Spiro S., Pastorello A., Pumo M.L., et al. (2014). Underluminous Type II Plateau Supernovae: II. Pointing towards moderate mass precursors. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 439, p. 2873-2892, ISSN: 1365-2966, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stu156;

- Pumo M.L., Zampieri L (2013). Calibration relations for Core-Collapse Supernovae. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 434, ISSN: 1365-2966, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stt1256;

-  Pastorello A, Pumo M.L., Navasardyan H, et al.  (2012). SN 2009E: a faint clone of SN 1987A. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, vol. 537, ISSN: 0004-6361, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118112;

-  Pumo M.L., Zampieri L. (2011). Radiation-hydrodynamical Modeling of Core-collapse Supernovae: Light Curves and the Evolution of Photospheric Velocity and Temperature. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, vol. 741, ISSN: 0004-637X, doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/741/1/41;

- Pumo M.L., Contino G, Bonanno A, Zappalà R.A (2010). Convective overshooting and production of s-nuclei in massive stars during their core He-burning phase,. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, vol. 524, ISSN: 0004-6361, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015518;

- Pumo M.L., Turatto M, Botticella M. T, et al. (2009). EC-SNe from Super-Asymptotic Giant Branch Progenitors: Theoretical Models Versus Observations. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, vol. 705, p. L138-L142, ISSN: 0004-637X, doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/705/2/L138;

- Pumo M.L., D'Antona F, Ventura P (2008). Self-Enrichment in Globular Clusters: Is There a Role for the Super-Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars?. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, vol. 672, p. L25-L28, ISSN: 0004-637X.

• supernova events, with emphasis on core-collapse events

• stellar evolution and correlated nucleosynthesis, with emphasis on Super-AGB and massive stars

• nuclear astrophysics, with emphasis on nucleosynthesis processes of trans-iron nuclei

• computational astrophysics, with emphasis on numerical modelling of astrophysical phenomena using also high performance computing and artificial intelligence methods

• neutrino astronomy, with emphasis on high-energy neutrinos from interacting Supernovae

• multimessenger astronomy, with emphasis on signals received from “stellar-origin” sources

• speaker at and/or member of the organizing committee of national and international congresses

• pricipal investigator and/or co-investigator of national and international research projects

• dissemination activities