Massimo Robberto
My job is 50% research and 50% functional; helping
other people use the telescope. Mostly I work on the Orion Nebula,
particularly at the infra-red end of the spectrum which is my speciality. I grew up in the days of Apollo and going to
the moon. I remember a priest, who was a
professor of physics, showing me the planets and stars through his 20cm
Newtonian telescope. It was amazing and
I thought “I want that”.
When I was 15 I
got a 6cm refractor telescope. At school
I wasn’t particularly special at maths or physics. It took me a while to be descent student, so
that shows that there is hope for everybody!
After doing my first degree I spent 10 years living in
See my
homepage:
http://www-int.stsci.edu/~robberto/