Dr. Elena Masciadri
Research Director at INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri
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Author
Area of Expertise:
optical turbulence , high contrast imaging , extrasolar planets , jets from youngs sources objects
Profile Summary

Director of Research and leader of the Optical Turbulence research group of the INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Florence (Italy) since 2006. PhD in Astronomy and High Angular Resolution on 1998 at Laboratoire d'Astrophysique - Universite de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice (France). Previous positions at Instituto de Astronomia - Universidad Nacional Autonama de Mexico on 1999-2002 and at Max-Planck Institute fur Astronomie, Heidelberg (Germany) on 2002-2005. Expert in turbulence applied to the ground-based astronomy (hydrodynamical code and instrumentation for turbulence characterization). Expertise in extrasolar planets, high contrast imaging and jets from young sources objects.
On 2005 she has been awarded by the European Community a Marie Curie Excellence Grant to set-up in Arcetri an independent research group working on the optical turbulence characterization and forecast in application to the ground-based astronomy (ForOT, 2006-2010). 2011-2015: PI of the MOSE project, a feasibility study funded by ESO aiming at evaluate the opportunity to implement a system for the optical turbulence forecast at the site of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). 2015-2020: PI of the ALTA project aiming at implement and running an automatic system for the forecast of the optical turbulence at the site of the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). 25 papers as first author on peer-reviewed journals; 38 papers as first and second author published on peer-reviewed journals.
Publications (48)

Proceedings Article | 13 September 2024 Poster + Paper
Proceedings Volume 13097, 1309748 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018280
KEYWORDS: Turbulence, Optical turbulence, Atmospheric modeling, Data modeling, Solar radiation models, Calibration, Telescopes, Observatories, Statistical modeling, Solar radiation

Proceedings Article | 3 September 2024 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 13097, 130970L (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019441
KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Equipment, Actuators, Observatories, Cameras, Wavefronts, Stars, Metrology

Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Poster
Proceedings Volume 13097, 130974G (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020695

Proceedings Article | 27 August 2024 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 13097, 130972T (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018041
KEYWORDS: Optical turbulence, Data modeling, Atmospheric modeling, Fourier transforms, Atmospheric optics, Transparency, Machine learning, Large telescopes, Equipment, Algorithm development

Proceedings Article | 27 August 2024 Poster + Paper
Matteo Simioni, Daniel Jodlbauer, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Andrea Grazian, Marco Gullieuszik, Elisa Portaluri, Benedetta Vulcani, Roland Wagner, Anita Zanella, Johanna Hartke, Tapio Helin, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Elena Masciadri, Fernando Pedichini, Roberto Piazzesi, Alessio Turchi, Piero Vaccari
Proceedings Volume 13097, 130977C (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017375
KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Adaptive optics, Image restoration, Stars, Reconstruction algorithms, Tomography, Imaging systems, Galactic astronomy, Atmospheric modeling, Observational astronomy

Proceedings Article | 27 August 2024 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 13097, 130971E (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019314
KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Astronomy, Education and training, Engineering, Astronomical telescopes, Observatories, Astrophysics, Scanning transmission electron microscopy, Reflection, Histograms

Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Poster + Paper
Proceedings Volume 13101, 1310134 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018842
KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Atmospheric modeling, Atmospheric optics, Adaptive optics, Optical turbulence, Device simulation, Autoregressive models, Performance modeling, Equipment, Data modeling

Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 12185, 121851Q (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629287
KEYWORDS: Atmospheric modeling, Autoregressive models, Optical turbulence, Machine learning, Turbulence

Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Poster + Paper
Proceedings Volume 12185, 121855W (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629501
KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Atmospheric modeling, Optical turbulence, Atmospheric optics, Machine learning, Humidity, Evolutionary algorithms, Data modeling, Autoregressive models, Adaptive optics

Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Poster + Paper
Proceedings Volume 12185, 121855V (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629455
KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Adaptive optics, Atmospheric modeling, Telescopes, Device simulation, Computer simulations, Atmospheric optics, Statistical analysis, Stars, Atmospheric turbulence

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper
Proceedings Volume 12182, 121824O (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629813
KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Climatology, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Domes, Humidity, Wind measurement, Atmospheric optics, Calibration, Turbulence

Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation
Proceedings Volume 11448, 114481I (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561049
KEYWORDS: Atmospheric modeling, Turbulence, Atmospheric optics, Autoregressive models, Optical turbulence, Performance modeling, Systems modeling, Telescopes, Environmental sensing, Climatology

Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper
Proceedings Volume 11448, 114483V (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562097
KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Atmospheric modeling, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Atmospheric optics, Systems modeling, Software development, Atmospheric turbulence, Optical turbulence, Temporal resolution

Proceedings Article | 31 October 2019 Paper
Proceedings Volume 11153, 1115304 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2534659
KEYWORDS: Data modeling, Atmospheric modeling, Atmospheric optics, Turbulence, Scintillation, Solar radiation models, Wavefront sensors, Calibration, Channel projecting optics, In situ metrology

Proceedings Article | 18 July 2018 Paper
Proceedings Volume 10703, 107036M (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312489
KEYWORDS: Atmospheric modeling, Sensors, Telescopes, Optical turbulence, Astronomy, Humidity, Atmospheric optics, Performance modeling, Statistical modeling, Observatories

Proceedings Article | 11 July 2018 Paper
Proceedings Volume 10703, 107036H (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312480
KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Calibration, Autoregressive models, Atmospheric modeling, Reliability, Data modeling, Performance modeling, Sensors, Humidity, Atmospheric optics, Atmospheric turbulence, Optical turbulence, Neural networks

Proceedings Article | 1 August 2016 Paper
Proceedings Volume 9910, 99100S (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234570
KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Interferometry, Adaptive optics, Observatories, Control systems, Mirrors, Cameras, Spectroscopy, Virtual colonoscopy, Gemini Observatory

Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper
Proceedings Volume 9909, 99093C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231970
KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Turbulence, Atmospheric turbulence, Profiling, Wavefront sensors, Telescopes, Correlation function, Data acquisition, Error analysis, Atmospheric propagation

Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper
Proceedings Volume 9909, 99093B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231887
KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Atmospheric modeling, Statistical analysis, Statistical modeling, Turbulence, Gemini Observatory, Adaptive optics, Data modeling, Wind measurement, Error analysis, Performance modeling

Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper
Proceedings Volume 9909, 990938 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231273
KEYWORDS: Atmospheric modeling, Atmospheric optics, Adaptive optics, Humidity, Atmospheric optics, Atmospheric modeling, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Domes, Wind measurement, Statistical modeling, Performance modeling, Statistical analysis

Proceedings Article | 26 July 2016 Paper
Proceedings Volume 9909, 99090I (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231196
KEYWORDS: Optical turbulence, Atmospheric modeling, Telescopes, Atmospheric optics, Astronomy, Performance modeling, Adaptive optics, Adaptive optics, Statistical modeling, Wind measurement, Climatology

Proceedings Article | 22 August 2014 Paper
Proceedings Volume 9148, 914865 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056363
KEYWORDS: Atmospheric modeling, Climatology, Performance modeling, Statistical modeling, Astronomy, Statistical analysis, Meteorology, 3D modeling, Error analysis, Optical turbulence

Proceedings Article | 4 August 2014 Paper
Proceedings Volume 9148, 914863 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056131
KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Turbulence, Atmospheric modeling, Tomography, Stars, Wind measurement, Telescopes, Astronomy, Reliability, 3D modeling

Proceedings Article | 21 July 2014 Paper
Proceedings Volume 9148, 91481V (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2059088
KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Astronomy, Scanning transmission electron microscopy, Data modeling, Mathematics, System on a chip, Physical sciences, Stellar astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics

Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper
Proceedings Volume 8447, 84475B (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925934
KEYWORDS: Meteorology, Performance modeling, Data modeling, Atmospheric modeling, Optical turbulence, Temperature metrology, Large telescopes, Environmental sensing, 3D modeling, Numerical simulations

Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper
Proceedings Volume 8447, 84475A (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925924
KEYWORDS: Atmospheric modeling, Optical turbulence, Statistical modeling, Performance modeling, Statistical analysis, Atmospheric optics, Meteorology, Adaptive optics, Environmental sensing, Large telescopes

Proceedings Article | 7 August 2010 Paper
Proceedings Volume 7733, 77334F (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856915
KEYWORDS: Optical turbulence, RGB color model, Domes, Atmospheric modeling, Turbulence, Astronomy, Error analysis, Atmospheric optics, Statistical modeling, Statistical analysis

Proceedings Article | 7 August 2010 Paper
Proceedings Volume 7733, 77334E (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856900
KEYWORDS: Optical turbulence, Atmospheric modeling, 3D modeling, Diagnostics, Meteorology, Domes, Telescopes, Turbulence, Astronomy, Atmospheric optics

Proceedings Article | 6 August 2010 Paper
Proceedings Volume 7733, 77331P (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856904
KEYWORDS: Turbulence, Optical turbulence, Composites, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Atmospheric modeling, Wavefronts, Troposphere, Astronomy, Space telescopes

Proceedings Article | 28 July 2010 Open Access Paper
S. Rabien, N. Ageorges, L. Barl, U. Beckmann, T. Blümchen, M. Bonaglia, J. Borelli, J. Brynnel, L. Busoni, L. Carbonaro, R. Davies, M. Deysenroth, O. Durney, M. Elberich, S. Esposito, V. Gasho, W. Gässler, H. Gemperlein, R. Genzel, R. Green, M. Haug, M. Hart, P. Hubbard, S. Kanneganti, E. Masciadri, J. Noenickx, G. Orban de Xivry, D. Peter, A. Quirrenbach, M. Rademacher, H. Rix, P. Salinari, C. Schwab, J. Storm, L. Strüder, M. Thiel, G. Weigelt, J. Ziegleder
Proceedings Volume 7736, 77360E (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857210
KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Mirrors, Stars, Laser systems engineering, Wavefront sensors, Sensors, Laser guide stars, Telescopes, Calibration, Turbulence

Proceedings Article | 22 July 2008 Paper
Proceedings Volume 7012, 70121W (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789653
KEYWORDS: Turbulence, Optical turbulence, Telescopes, Domes, Optical testing, Scintillation, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Composites

Proceedings Article | 10 July 2008 Paper
Proceedings Volume 7012, 70124A (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787333
KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Turbulence, Domes, Optical turbulence, Mars, Reliability, Statistical analysis, Thermodynamics, Data modeling, Atmospheric modeling

Proceedings Article | 10 July 2008 Paper
Proceedings Volume 7012, 70124C (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789639
KEYWORDS: Turbulence, Telescopes, Point spread functions, Deformable mirrors, Composites, Statistical analysis, Actuators, Wavefronts, Image quality, Data modeling

Proceedings Article | 10 July 2008 Paper
Proceedings Volume 7012, 70124D (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787571
KEYWORDS: Atmospheric modeling, Optical turbulence, Astronomy, 3D modeling, Performance modeling, Meteorology, Temperature metrology, Atmospheric optics, Domes, Computer simulations

Proceedings Article | 7 July 2008 Open Access Paper
Proceedings Volume 7015, 701515 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788173
KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Stars, Laser guide stars, Wavefront sensors, Laser systems engineering, Sensors, Space telescopes, Mirrors, Diffraction

Proceedings Article | 4 July 2006 Paper
Beth Biller, Laird Close, Elena Masciadri, Rainer Lenzen, Wolfgang Brandner, Donald McCarthy, Thomas Henning, Eric Nielsen, Markus Hartung, Stephan Kellner, Kerstin Geissler, Markus Kasper
Proceedings Volume 6272, 62722D (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671771
KEYWORDS: Stars, Planets, Adaptive optics, Image filtering, Exoplanets, Methane, Optical filters, Speckle, Absorption, Point spread functions

Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper
Proceedings Volume 6272, 627257 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671418
KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Turbulence, Astronomy, Atmospheric turbulence, Wavefronts, Adaptive optics, Observatories, Digital signal processing, Deformable mirrors, Scintillation

Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper
Proceedings Volume 6272, 627256 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671380
KEYWORDS: Turbulence, Telescopes, Image resolution, Binary data, Mirrors, Stars, Sensors, Observatories, Adaptive optics, Charge-coupled devices

Proceedings Article | 23 June 2006 Paper
Kerstin Geissler, Elena Masciadri
Proceedings Volume 6267, 626719 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672299
KEYWORDS: Meteorology, Turbulence, Atmospheric modeling, Optical turbulence, Data modeling, Atmospheric optics, Wavefronts, Statistical analysis, Troposphere, Stratosphere

Proceedings Article | 23 June 2006 Paper
Proceedings Volume 6267, 62671C (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670816
KEYWORDS: Atmospheric modeling, Optical turbulence, Astronomy, Turbulence, Telescopes, Atmospheric optics, Space telescopes, Adaptive optics, Meteorology, Astronomical telescopes

Proceedings Article | 25 October 2004 Paper
Proceedings Volume 5490, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550402
KEYWORDS: Scintillation, Wavefronts, Point spread functions, Actuators, Atmospheric propagation, Wave propagation, Speckle, Atmospheric modeling, Turbulence, Imaging systems

Proceedings Article | 25 October 2004 Paper
Proceedings Volume 5490, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550777
KEYWORDS: Atmospheric modeling, Optical turbulence, Observatories, Adaptive optics, Turbulence, Scintillation, Wavefronts, Deformable mirrors, Climatology, Astronomy

Proceedings Article | 25 October 2004 Paper
Proceedings Volume 5490, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550328
KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Stars, Device simulation, Adaptive optics, Planets, Exoplanets, Telescopes, Wavefronts, Speckle, Sensors

Proceedings Article | 25 October 2004 Paper
Proceedings Volume 5490, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550470
KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Adaptive optics, Signal to noise ratio, Speckle, Point spread functions, Device simulation, Spectrographs, Planetary systems, Spectral resolution

Proceedings Article | 7 July 2004 Paper
Irene Cruz-Gonzales, Remy Avila, Mario Tapia, Fernando Angeles, Esperanza Carrasco, Rodolphe Conan, Rafael Costero, D. Cruz, Salvador Cuevas, J. Echevarria, Fernando Garfias, S. Gonzalez, Leonel Gutierrez, Oswaldo Harris, D. Hiriart, F. Ibanez, Luis Martinez, Elena Masciadri, Raul Michel, Valeri Orlov, L. Parrao, Beatriz Sanchez, Leonardo Sanchez, Marc Sarazin, W. Schuster, Valeri Voitsekhovich, A. Agabi, Max Azouit, Julien Borgnino, Francois Martin, Jean Vernin, Aziz Ziad
Proceedings Volume 5382, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.566347
KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Turbulence, Telescopes, Observatories, Atmospheric optics, Optical turbulence, Meteorology, Opacity, Atmospheric turbulence, Scanning probe microscopy

Proceedings Article | 7 February 2003 Paper
Proceedings Volume 4839, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457002
KEYWORDS: Atmospheric modeling, Adaptive optics, 3D modeling, Optical turbulence, Turbulence, Astronomy, Reliability, Atmospheric optics, Computer simulations, Telescopes

Proceedings Article | 7 February 2003 Paper
Remy Avila, Elena Masciadri, Leonardo Sanchez, Jean Vernin, Alejandro Raga
Proceedings Volume 4839, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459688
KEYWORDS: Turbulence, Telescopes, Optical turbulence, Stars, Atmospheric optics, Observatories, Adaptive optics, Light sources, Atmospheric turbulence, Motion measurement

Proceedings Article | 5 July 2000 Paper
Proceedings Volume 4006, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390196
KEYWORDS: Optical turbulence, Observatories, 3D modeling, Astronomy, Atmospheric modeling, Vegetation, Water, Turbulence, Optical simulations, Wavefronts

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Conference Committee Involvement (4)
Adaptive Optics Systems VII
14 December 2020 | Online Only, California, United States
Adaptive Optics Systems VI
10 June 2018 | Austin, Texas, United States
Adaptive Optics Systems V
26 June 2016 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Adaptive Optics Systems V Posters
26 June 2016 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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