My CV
Current position
2024 - now
European Southern Observatory
ESO Fellowship (postdoctoral program)
Santiago, Chile
Education
2020 - 2024
PhD in Astrophysics
Universidad Diego Portales
Thesis Title: Characterizing the environments of core-collapse supernovae with MUSE
Santiago, Chile
2018 - 2020
Masters in Physics
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Thesis title: A spectroscopic data reduction pipeline for optical observations of kilonovae
Santa Maria, Brazil
2014 - 2018
Bachelor in Physics
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Thesis title: Quantitative morphology of galaxy clusters
Santa Maria, Brazil
Other research experience
March 2022 - 2023
European Southern Observatory
ESO Studentship
Santiago, Chile
June - August 2019
University of Amsterdam
Summer research internship (ASPIRE Program)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Publications as first author
Early emission lines in SN 2024ggi revealed by high-resolution spectroscopy, Pessi, T. et al. 2024, A&AL: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450608
Very late-time spectroscopy of SN 2009ip: Constraints on the ongoing Hα emission, Pessi, T. et al. 2023c, A&AL: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347319
A metallicity dependence on the occurrence of core-collapse supernovae, Pessi, T. et al. 2023b, accepted at ApJL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.11962
A characterization of ASAS-SN core-collapse supernova environments with VLT+MUSE: I. Sample selection, analysis of local environments, and correlations with light curve properties, Pessi, T. et al. 2023a, A&A: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346512
Unveiling the Nature of SN 2011fh: a Young and Massive Star Gives Rise to a Luminous SN 2009ip-like Event, Pessi, T. et al. 2021, ApJ: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac562d