Sara
Vitali
Professional profile
I am a postdoctoral researcher working in Galactic archaeology. My research uses high-resolution stellar spectroscopy to study the chemical evolution of the Milky Way and its dwarf satellites, with a particular focus on metal-poor stars and on chemically peculiar stars, such as barium and carbon-enhanced stars. I am especially interested in how precise chemical abundances, calibrated against benchmark stars, can be used to trace the nucleosynthetic sources and assembly history of the Galaxy in the era of large spectroscopic surveys.
Before joining the IAC, I worked at INAF–Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, focusing on metal-poor stars in the Galactic disk.
I obtained my PhD in 2025 at Universidad Diego Portales in Chile, including a six-month ESO studentship in Santiago. Earlier, I spent a year at the Nordic Optical Telescope in La Palma as a student support astronomer.