Department of Astronomy

Research Interests

Dr. Della Croce's interests are in star cluster formation and dynamical evolution.His work focuses on probing cluster formation in local environments combining observations and numerical simulations. In particular, he used data from the Gaia satellite and the Hubble Space Telescope to study the internal kinematics of young and old Galactic star clusters.

He is also interested in computer programming, and statistical methods for big-data analysis. 

Biographical information

Dr. Della Croce received his Ph.D. in Astrophysics in March 2025 at the University of Bologna (in partnership with the National Institute for Astrophysics, INAF-OAS)  working with Dr. Emanuele Dalessandro. He soon after joined the IU Astronomy Department as a Sullivan Prize fellow.

List of Publications

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