Role
Image processing specialist and software developer working across astronomical imagery, scientific archives, and public-facing visual communication.
Professional profile
Astronomical imaging, software, and archive-based research.
Davide De Martin processes and transforms digital data from major astronomical facilities into high-quality images for public dissemination. The work includes collaborations involving ESA/Hubble, ESO, ESA/Webb, NSF NOIRLab, and Digitized Sky Survey material, carried out within Education and Public Outreach teams as image processing specialist and data miner.
Astronomical imaging
Software products
Archive-based research
More than 2,000 completed images
Areas of activity
- Processing and presentation of astronomical imagery for public communication.
- Design and maintenance of software for FITS, image browsing, and related workflows.
- Research and cataloguing projects grounded in scientific and historical source material.
Professional profile
A concise working definition
Workflow
Identification of suitable data in scientific archives, processing of raw datasets, color-composite construction, and refinement of final visual output.
Context
Collaboration within Education and Public Outreach teams to produce imagery for media, educators, publishers, and the wider public.
Profile
An imaging and software practice shaped by scientific material
Davide De Martin is an image processing specialist and software developer whose work sits at the intersection of scientific data, visual communication, and production-oriented tooling. A recurring focus is the transformation of archive and observatory datasets into imagery that remains visually clear while preserving the integrity of the underlying scientific material.
The workflow typically includes identifying suitable data in scientific archives, processing raw datasets, creating color composites, and refining the final output for public-facing use. Alongside this imaging work, the portfolio includes software products and longer-term research initiatives.
Collaborations
Institutional and outreach context
Work has included collaborations connected to ESA/Hubble, ESA/Webb, NSF NOIRLab, the National Solar Observatory, and the European Southern Observatory, with an emphasis on astronomical imagery, presentation, and related tooling. Within those collaborations, the role has centered on contributing inside Education and Public Outreach teams as image processing specialist and data miner.
The resulting imagery is intended for use by media, journalists, educators, publishers, and the general public, with the aim of making complex astronomical observations accessible without diluting their scientific meaning.
ESA/Hubble
ESA/Webb
NSF NOIRLab
NSO
ESO
Selected record
Completed image production across collaborations and survey-based work
These figures refer to completed images produced through long-running collaborations and independent work using major survey material. For the institutional collaborations listed here, the work was performed within Education and Public Outreach teams.
ESA/Hubble
Collaboration active since 2005, with more than 1,000 completed images.
ESO
Collaboration active since 2007, with more than 400 completed images.
ESA/Webb
Some 90 completed images produced in more recent collaboration work related to the James Webb Space Telescope.
NSF NOIRLab
More than 130 completed images produced in connection with NOIRLab-related activities.
Digitized Sky Survey
More than 400 completed images produced from Digitized Sky Survey material for independent work and projects connected to ESO, ESA, and NOIRLab.
Total
More than 2,000 completed images across the collaborations and survey-based work listed above.
Selected examples
A few reference images from the broader body of work
These examples are included as a concise visual counterpart to the collaboration figures above.
ESA/Hubble
Crab Nebula
ESA/Webb
M74
ESO
M78
Scope
The public work falls into three main categories
Astronomical image processing
Work focused on extracting, shaping, and presenting astronomical imagery in a way that supports both scientific integrity and public readability.
Software development
Software products built for practical use in FITS handling, image inspection, media browsing, and workflow simplification.
Long-term research projects
Independent projects that depend on slow accumulation, cataloguing, and archival discipline rather than short-cycle publishing.
Contact
Professional enquiries and project-related contact
For collaborations, software-related questions, or project enquiries, the public contact points are available here.