Lauro Moscardini is an Italian astrophysicist and cosmologist. He was a graduate student in astronomy

Astronomy

Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...

 at the University of Bologna

University of Bologna

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, where he received both his laurea

Laurea

In Italy, the laurea is the main post-secondary academic degree.-Reforms due to the Bologna process:Spurred by the Bologna process, a major reform was instituted in 1999 to introduce easier university degrees comparable to the bachelors...

 and his Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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. He is currently holding the position of professor of cosmology

Physical cosmology

Physical cosmology, as a branch of astronomy, is the study of the largest-scale structures and dynamics of the universe and is concerned with fundamental questions about its formation and evolution. For most of human history, it was a branch of metaphysics and religion...

 at the University of Bologna.

Research

Lauro Moscardini is coauthor of more than one hundred refereed research publications. He has given important contributions to the field of large scale structure formation, particularly to the modeling of galaxy clustering at high redshift

Gravitational redshift

In astrophysics, gravitational redshift or Einstein shift describes light or other forms of electromagnetic radiation of certain wavelengths that originate from a source that is in a region of a stronger gravitational field that appear to be of longer wavelength, or redshifted, when seen or...

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Miscellany

Lauro Moscardini owns one of the largest and most prized collections of papal postcards

Deltiology

Deltiology is the study and collection of postcards. Professor Randall Rhoades of Ashland, Ohio, coined a word in 1945 that became the accepted description of the study of picture postcards. It took about 20 years for the name to appear in the dictionary the first time...

in Italy, and he is a renowned specialist in the field.