Giulia Illiano
Education
- 2021 – 2024: PhD in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Space Science with honors
– INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Rome; Tor Vergata University of Rome; Sapienza University of Rome
Back and Forth between Accretion and Rotation Power: Tackling the Diversity of Millisecond Pulsars Across the Spectrum
( with special mention within the "Livio Gratton" 2025 Prize)
Supervisor: Dr. Alessandro Papitto - 2019 – 2021: Master's degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics with honors – Sapienza University of Rome
Pointing to the Origin of Optical and X-ray Pulsations of a Transitional Millisecond Pulsar: Simultaneous High Time Resolution Observations of PSR J1023+0038
(with special mention within the "Stefano Magini" Prize for Master's Thesis in Astrophysics)
Supervisors: Prof. Luigi Stella, Dr. Alessandro Papitto - 2016 – 2019: Bachelor's Degree in Physics with honors – Sapienza University of Rome
Research
- April 2026 – present: Juan de La Cierva Fellow (2-year fellowship)
Host Institute: ICE/CSIC – Institut de Ciències de l'Espai, Barcelona, Spain - March 2025 – March 2026: Post-doctoral Researcher – INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Brera (Merate)
- February 2024 – March 2024: AHEAD2020 Visiting Research Fellowship – Institute of Space Sciences - CSIC (Spain)
Supervisors: Dr. Nanda Rea, Dr. Francesco Coti Zelati
Awards
- 2025: Cariplo "Giovani Ricercatori" Fellowship (3-year fellowship, €200,000)
- 2025: Juan de La Cierva Fellowship (34.600 €/year for two years)
- 2025: Special mention within the "Livio Gratton" Prize for PhD's Thesis in Astrophysics
- 2023: AHEAD 2020 Visiting Research Fellowship
- 2022: Special mention within the "Stefano Magini" Prize for Master's Thesis in Astrophysics