PhD Thesis Database of the Cagliari Pulsar Group

Academic Year 1996-1999 (at Bologna University):

  • Andrea Possenti

    Title: Evolution of Binary Systems and Population Synthesis of Milllisecond and Submillisecond Pulsars

    Supervisors:

    • Prof. G. Grueff (Bologna Physics Department)
    • Prof. N. D'Amico (Bologna Astronomical Observatory)

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Academic Years 2000-2003 (at Bologna University):

  • Marta Burgay

    Title: The Parkes High Latitude Pulsar Survey ant the Discovery of the first Double Pulsar

    Supervisors:

    • Prof. R. Fanti (Bologna Physics Department)
    • Prof. N. D'Amico (Cagliari Physics Department)
    • Dr. Andrea Possenti (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)

    Co-supervisor:

    • Prof. A.G. Lyne (Jodrell Bank Observatory)

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Academic Years 2002-2005 (at Cagliari University):

  • Alessandro Corongiu

    Title: Timing of Isolated and Binary Pulsars Discovered at Parkes

    Supervisors:

    • Prof. N. D'Amico (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory & Physics Department of University of Cagliari)
    • Dr. Andrea Possenti (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)

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Academic Years 2006-2009 (at Cagliari University):

  • Maria Noemi Iacolina

    Title: Accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars: a search for pulsed radio emission and constraints from the radio-ejection mechanism

    Supervisors:

    • Prof. L. Burderi (Physics Department of University of Cagliari)
    • Dr. Andrea Possenti (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)
    • Dr. Marta Burgay (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)

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Academic Years 2008-2011 (at Como Insubria University):

  • Maura Pilia

    Title: Gamma-Ray Pulsars: a Multi-Band View

    Supervisors:

    • Prof. A. Treves (Como Insubria University)
    • Dr. Alberto Pellizzoni (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)

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Academic Years 2008-2011 (at Cagliari University):

  • Sabrina Milia

    Title: Search for Millisecond Pulsars for the Pulsar Timing Array project

    Supervisors:

    • Prof. Luciano Burderi (Physics Department of the Cagliari University)
    • Dr. Andrea Possenti (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)
    • Dr. Marta Burgay (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)
    • Dr. Willem van Straten (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)

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Academic Years 2012-2014 (at Cagliari University):

  • Caterina Tiburzi

    Title: Multidisciplinary studies of pulsar data and applications to Pulsar Timing Arrays

    Supervisors:

    • Prof. N. D'Amico (Physics Department of the Cagliari University)
    • Dr. Andrea Possenti (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)

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Academic Years 2018-2021 (at Milano Bicocca University):

  • Federico Abbate

    Title: Exploiting globular cluster pulsars as probes of their environment

    Supervisors:

    • Monica Colpi (Milano Bicocca University)
    • Dr. Andrea Possenti (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)

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Academic Years 2021-2023 (at Cagliari University):

  • Matteo Trudu

    Title: Search and multi-frequency follow-up studies of radio transients: novel approaches and large campaigns

    Supervisors:

    • Dr. Andrea Possenti (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)
    • Dr. Maura Pilia (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)

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Academic Years 2022-2024 (at Cagliari University, Mathematic Dept.):

  • Viviana Piga

    Title: Mathematical methods for radio pulsar searching and applications

    Supervisors:

    • Prof. Roberto Tonelli (Mathematics and Informatics Department of the Cagliari University)
    • Dr. Alessandro Ridolfi (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)
    • Dr. Maura Pilia (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)

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Academic Years 2023-2025 (at Bologna University):

  • Davide Pelliciari

    Title: Observations of Fast Radio Bursts at low frequencies with the Northern Cross radio telescope

    Supervisors:

    • Dr. Gianni Bernardi (OASS Bologna)
    • Dr. Maura Pilia (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)

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Academic Years 2024-2026 (at Cagliari University):

  • Francesco Iraci

    Title: Exploiting pulsar timing at low radio frequencies: applications to Pulsar Timing Arrays, Interstellar medium and HII regions

    Supervisors:

    • Dr. Andrea Possenti (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)
    • Dr. Caterina Tiburzi (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)
    • Prof. Alberto Sesana (Milano Bicocca University)

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  • Rouhin Nag

    Title: Search and characterization of pulsars in southern globular clusters: new methodologies and results from an S-band survey

    Supervisors:

    • Dr. Andrea Possenti (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)
    • Dr. Marta Burgay (Cagliari Astronomical Observatory)

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Last update: 14-Sep-2026