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In April 2010 Massimo Della Valle was appointed as Director of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples.
The research activity spans several fields in the observational Astrophysics:

Supernovae (local and at high redshifts)
Gamma-ray bursts and their afterglows
Supernova/GRB connection
Novae
Distance scale and measurement of the cosmological parameters

He has published about 400 scientific papers.

Curriculum

1976. High School diploma, Brescia

1983. Laurea in Astronomia, Università di Padova. (Summa cum Laude). Supervisor: Prof. L. Rosino

1984. Fellow at the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory

1985. PhD student at the Byurakan Observatory (ex-URSS). Supervisor: Prof. Ambartsumian

1988. PhD in Astronomy Università di Padova. Supervisors: Prof. L. Rosino, e M. Capaccioli

1989. Post-Doc at SISSA, Trieste

1990. Fellow at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile.

1994. Fellow at the European Southern Observatory, München, Germany

1995. Assistant Professor at the Astronomy Dept., Università di Padova, Italy

1999. Associate Astronomer at the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Firenze, Italy

2006. Adjunct Professor at the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network, Pescara, Italy

2007. Research Director at the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy

2008. Visiting Scientist at the ESO Telescope Division, München, Germany

2010. Director of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy

Sabbatical leaves

1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005. Visiting Scientist, European Southern Observatory, München, Germany
1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004. Visiting Scientist, Space Telescope, Science Institute, Baltimore, USA
1998, 2001, 2003. Visiting Scientist, European Southern Observatory, Santiago, Chile.
2006. Visiting Scientist, Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
2006, 2007. Visiting Scientist, KAVLI Institute, Santa Barbara, California University, USA
2007. Visiting Scientist, Dark Cosmology Center, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007. Visiting Scientist, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
2007. Visiting Scientist, Aspen Center for Physics, USA

Teaching

1989. Lecturer at the SISSA (Trieste): "The Cosmological Distance Ladder"
1992. Visiting Professor, Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto, Portugal: "The Late Stages of the Stellar Evolution" (grad. level)
Assistant Professor for Esercitazioni di Astronomia I (Padova, Astronomy Dept. a.a. 1993/94 ; 1994/95 ; 1995/96 ; 1996/97)
Assistant Professor for Laboratorio di Fisica II (Padova, Astronomy Dept. a.a. 1995/96)
Assistant Professor for Astrofisica (Padova, Astronomy Dept. a.a. 1996/97)
Professor in charge of Astronomia Generale (Padova, Physics Dept. a.a. 1996/97 ; 1997/98)
Professor for Tecniche Osservative in Astronomia (Ferrara, Physics Dept. a.a. 2002/03 ; 2003/04 ; 2005/06 ; 2006/2007 ; 2007/2008)
Professor for Tecniche Osservative in Astronomia and Supernovae (Ferrara, Physics Dept., PhD course a.a. 2009/2010)
Lecturer in national and international PhD Schools

The publications

Publications (ADS font)

Professional address:

INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte

Salita Moiariello 16, I-80131 Napoli

Tel: +39-081-5575-520

Fax: +39-081-5575-562

Email: dellavalle@oacn.inaf.it