Dr GIULIA GOLINI
Research Associate at UNSW, passionate about combining deep imaging, Rubin/LSST data, and cosmological simulations to study intracluster light, stellar halos, and the hierarchical assembly of galaxies and galaxy clusters. I am particularly curious about the edges of galaxies. Do they really have borders?
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- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- PhD Fellowship. Ministry for Economy, Industry, and Competitiveness of the Government of Spain (2020). 159k AUD
- Erasmus+ Mobility grant. University of Padua (Italy). Equivalent to 3.5k AUD
- Travel grants:
- LSST@EUROPE7 (free waiver)
- Spanish Astronomical Society meeting accommodation scholarship
- LSST@EUROPE6 (Reduced fee)
- Ph.D. in Astrophysics cum laude with honors (maximum score) and with international mention at University of La Laguna (Spain).
- Awarded Telescope Time:
- PI; GTC (OSIRIS+), GTC7-25A, GTC8-24A 16h+16h. 2025
- co-I; GTC (OSIRIS+), GTC2024-248. 2h. 2024
- co-I; INT (WFC), 117-INT11/23B, 135-INT16/22B. 13 Nights.
- co-I; GTC (OSIRIS), GTC55-23B. 10h. 2023
- co-I; GTC (HIPERCAM), GTC57/22B. 3 Nights. 2022
- co-I; WHT (TFWC2), SW2021a04. 3 Nights. 2021
- co-I; Gemini (GMOS-S), GS-2021B-FT-104. 2 Nights. 2021
- co-I; Gemini (GMOS-N), GN-2021B-FT-108. 2 Nights. 2021
- co-I; LBT (LBC-R/LBC-B), AZ-2021A-002, AZ-2021B-005, AZ-2022A-001, AZ-2023A-
Research interests: Galaxy formation and evolution; dwarf galaxies; globular clusters; intracluster light; galactic dynamics; low surface brightness imaging; astronomical surveys; dark matter models; data analysis.
LSST and community engagement:
• Rubin–LSST Galaxies Science Collaboration member and LSST data-rights holder (2022–present); participant in LSST–LSB working-group activities and Rubin Galaxies Collaboration meetings (2023, 2026).
• Contributed talks at LSST@Europe 6 (2024, Spain) and LSST@Europe 7 (2025, Poland); contributed a hands-on session on the Rubin science platform at the 2026 Intra-Cluster Light workshop (Leiden, Netherlands).
• Member of the Science Organizing Committee (SOC) of Catalyzing Rubin Science in the Asia-Pacific (2027, Australia).
• Research linked to LSST: studies of faint galaxies, galaxy outskirts, and intracluster light, including work on how survey sky-subtraction choices affect diffuse-light recovery. Co-author of 7 LIGHTS survey paper (1 as first author), which presents deep imaging as a preview of the low surface brightness science enabled by LSST.
• Community service in Australia: Steering Committee member of the ASA Early Career Researcher Chapter and member of the UNSW Physics Outreach Committee (2026–present). Organiser of the ASA ECR “Histories and Mysteries” series.
• Outreach and communication: delivered astronomy activities and talks for public audiences, including UNSW, OpenDay, NationalScienceWeek, and community stargazing events; author of two astronomy outreach articles.
Additional professional service and leadership:
Co-PI of the LBT Imaging of Galactic Halos and Tidal Streams (LIGHTS) survey (2020–present); mentor of undergraduate and postgraduate researchers; reviewer for Astronomy & Astrophysics and AAS journals (2024–2026); invited speaker at SEA annual meeting 2024; Low Surface Brightness Symposium on Advanced data reduction techniques for low surface brightness.
My Teaching
PHYS1160 Summer Term 2026