Marco Limongi

Principal Investigator — “Massive Stars as Cosmic Clocks: Shaping the Evolution of Infant Galaxies”

INAF Fundamental Astrophysics Theory Grant (€50,000).

Principal Investigator — “Evolution, Nucleosynthesis and Final Fate of Stars in the Transition Between AGB and Massive Stars”

INAF Fundamental Astrophysics Theory Grant (€50,000).

Principal Investigator — “Direct Test for a Binary Progenitor of SN 2011dh in M51”

Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), observing time Category D; four hours with LBC.

Principal Investigator — “Searching for Supernova Signature in the Powerful Gamma-Ray Burst GRB130427A”

International project; LBT observing time, Category D.

Principal Investigator, Rome Research Unit — “Physics of Massive Star Explosions as Tracers of Universe Evolution”

National Research Programme of Relevant Interest (PRIN), 2004 call (€59,300).

Principal Investigator, Rome Research Unit — “Observations of Supernovae from Ground and Space: A Complementary Approach”

Italian Space Agency (ASI) project ERI.100150; unit PIs M. Limongi and E. Cappellaro.

Chair, Division 7 “Stellar Collapse and Isolated Neutron Stars”

Einstein Telescope Observational Science Board. Member of the division since 2021.

International collaboration on radionuclide astronomy

“Catching Element Formation In The Act: The Case for a New MeV Gamma-Ray Mission: Radionuclide Astronomy in the 2020s,” a white paper for the 2020 Decadal Survey (PIs C. Fryer and F. Timmes).

ENGRAVE

Member of the international collaboration on electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational-wave sources at the Very Large Telescope.

Work Package Leader, WP1.1

“From Massive Stars to Supernovae and Supernova Remnants: Driving Mass, Energy, and Cosmic Rays in Our Galaxy,” PRIN INAF 2019 (PI S. Orlando).

GRAWITA

Member of the national Gravitational Wave INAF Team collaboration.

ePESSTO

Member of the Extended Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects international collaboration (PI S. J. Smartt).

Elected member, INAF Scientific Council

Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee

Stellar Physics panels, Cycles 24 and 25.

INTEGRAL Time Allocation Committee

Member for observation-time allocation on the INTEGRAL gamma-ray satellite, AO6 and AO7.

YITP workshop “Multi-Messenger Astrophysics in the Dynamic Universe”

“Presupernova Evolution and Explosion of Massive Stars.”

SN2025gw: First IGWN Symposium on Core Collapse Supernova Gravitational Wave Theory and Detection

“Presupernova Evolution of Massive Stars: Current Status and Future Directions.”

XII Incontro dei Gruppi Italiani di Astrofisica Nucleare Teorica e Sperimentale (GIANTS)

“Stellar Evolution.”

European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, “Cosmic Chemical Enrichment: A Tale of Stars and Galaxies”

“Presupernova Evolution and Nucleosynthesis of 9–15 M☉ Stars.”

20th Russbach School on Nuclear Astrophysics

Lectures: “Introduction to Stellar Evolution: Presupernova Evolution of Massive Stars.”

Key Reactions in Nuclear Astrophysics (KRINA2025)

“Evolution, Nucleosynthesis and Final Fate of Stars in the Mass Range 7–15 M☉.”

INAC International School OMEG2024 Pre-Symposium, Beihang University

Lectures on presupernova evolution and nucleosynthesis of massive stars; talk on the evolution, nucleosynthesis and final fate of stars in the 7–15 M☉ range.

“Cosmic Chemical Evolution,” conference in honour of Francesca Matteucci

“Evolution, Explosion and Nucleosynthesis of Stars in the Mass Range 9–13 M☉.”

Anisotropies in Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions 2

“Presupernova Evolution of Massive Stars.”

“Galactic Archaeology: Reconstructing the History of Galaxies”

Evolution and final fate of 7–15 M☉ stars, including the transition from AGB and SAGB stars to ECSN and CCSN progenitors.

“The Galactic Bulge and Beyond,” conference in honour of Mike Rich

“Evolution and Final Fate of Stars in the Transition Between AGB and Massive Stars.”

“Enigmatic First Stars and Where to Find Them”

“Evolution, Explosion, and Nucleosynthesis of Pop III Massive Stars.”

Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics X, Geneva

“Explosive Nucleosynthesis of Massive Stars.”

XVIII Rencontres du Vietnam, “The Golden Universe”

“Life and Death of Massive Stars: The Chemical Composition of Their Ejecta and the Nature of Their Remnants.”

International Workshop on Origin of Elements and Cosmic Evolution

“Stellar Nucleosynthesis in Rotational Massive Stars.”

International School of Astrophysics “Life and Death: From Stars to Compact Objects”

Lecture: “Massive Star Supernovae.”

Affiliate Member, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli-IPMU)

The University of Tokyo, Japan; Senior Scientist.

Adjunct Senior Research Associate, School of Mathematical Sciences

Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Invited seminars

Kavli-IPMU, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte on presupernova evolution, stellar modelling, explosions, and nucleosynthesis.

Seminars at INAF observatories in Rome and Brera

“Life and Death of Massive Stars: The Nature of Their Remnants and the Chemical Composition of Their Ejecta.”

Visiting Senior Scientist

Kavli-IPMU, The University of Tokyo (11–24 April); Konkoly Observatory, Budapest (22–24 March).

Visiting Senior Scientist, Kavli-IPMU

The University of Tokyo, 2–23 June.

Visiting Senior Scientist, Kavli-IPMU

The University of Tokyo, 15–26 January.

“Supernovae From Massive Stars”

In Handbook of Supernovae, edited by A. W. Alsabti and P. Murdin, Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20794-0_119-1.

“Big Bang Nucleosynthesis”

In Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume II, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), edited by O. Engvold, B. Czerny, J. Lattanzio and R. Stabell.