ANDREA MOSTACCI

Informazioni generali /  General information
Per organizzare un ricevimento (con Google-Meet), per favore mandare una mail ad andrea.mostacci@uniroma1.it
 
To plan a meeting (via Google-Meet), please send a mail to andrea.mostacci@uniroma1.it
 
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A.A. 2026-27 Fisica II
Le lezioni del corso di "Fisica II" inizieranno a partire dal 25 settembre 2026.
Gli studenti che intendono seguire il corso possono iscriversi alla Google-Classroom utilizzando la mail istituzionale (@studenti.uniroma1.it) ed il codice del corso: ljossmkj
(Link per iscrizione alla Google Classroom)
A.A. 2026-27 Laboratorio Multidisciplinare di Elettronica I
Le lezioni del corso di "Laboratorio Multidisciplinare di Elettronica I" inizieranno a partire dal 23 settembre 2026.
Gli studenti che intendono seguire il corso possono iscriversi alla Google-Classroom utilizzando la mail istituzionale (@studenti.uniroma1.it) ed il codice del corso: zkkb6ldf
(https://classroom.google.com/c/MjUzMTc5Njg3ODla?cjc=zkkb6ldf)
A.Y. 2026-27 Multidisciplinary Laboratory of Electronics  I
The lessons of the "Multidisciplinary Laboratory of Electronics I" course will begin from 24 September 2026.
Students who intend to attend the course can register to the Google-Classroom using the institutional email (@studenti.uniroma1.it) and the class code: kd5hanmu
(https://classroom.google.com/c/MjUzMTgwMjUxNTha?cjc=kd5hanmu)

Professor Andrea Mostacci obtained his master's degree in Electronic Engineering from Sapienza, University of Rome in 1997, followed by a PhD in Applied Electromagnetism and Electro-Physical Sciences in 2001. His doctoral thesis focused on the interaction between particle beams and accelerator beam pipes in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). During this time, he was enrolled as a doctoral student and afterwards as research fellow at CERN.

Since 2002, Professor Mostacci has been a faculty member at Sapienza University, where he currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Experimental Physics, a role he has held since 2018. He is also a research associate at the Italian Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), closely collaborating with the National Frascati Laboratory (INFN-LNF), and actively participating in several national and international research groups. His primary international collaborations include institutions such as the University of Los Angeles (UCLA), Paul Scherr Institute (PSI), CERN, Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory (LBNL), and various other European laboratories through active participation and leadership in EU-funded research projects.

A. Mostacci research focuses on the application of electromagnetism to the science and technology of particle accelerators, encompassing with five main interests. A first one involves the development of novel RF devices for beam manipulation, covering the entire process from design to bench microwave measurements and beam characterization while a second one concerns wakefield effects, primarily for all CERN accelerators and in particular for LHC. Other two research lines deal with experimental studies on the application of high-brightness electron beams to Free Electron Lasers, e.g. at INFN SPARC_LAB and to plasma-based compact accelerators, e.g. within the EuPRAXIA initiative . Always open to new ideas, he is recently contributing to the use of machine learning in accelerator physics and beam diagnostics.

In 2002, he founded the Advanced Particle Accelerator Laboratory (APA-Lab) at the Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering in Sapienza and he still manages it. APA-Lab utilizes state-of-the-art instruments for microwave measurements to characterize advanced components for accelerators up to a 20GHz operating frequency. The laboratory is also actively engaged in designing and producing novel components using industrial and self-developed numerical tools.

Drawing on his extensive experience RF devices for accelerators and commissioning of advanced linear accelerator, A. Mostacci fifth research interest concerns compact electron accelerators capable of delivering high-intensity electron beams for Ultra-High-Dose-Rate (UHDR) applications in the emerging field of FLASH radiotherapy (sec. 10.5). His activity primarily focuses on experimental studies aimed at extending the knowledge of the FLASH effect to higher energies than the few MeVs where the effect was initially observed. To enable pre-clinical studies and demonstrate the feasibility of cost-effective compact machines for UHDR, A. Mostacci and his colleagues are proposing a combination of C-band (5.712 GHz) copper standing wave and traveling wave structures to capture and efficiently accelerate a 150nC, 1μs long beam from an industrially available thermo-ionic cathode. While A. Mostacci oversees all aspects of the project, he is responsible of the linear accelerator realisation and commissioning. He is also co-author of two patents: a first one on a FLASH device for oncological treatments and the second one on a radiotherapy linear accelerator.

In addition to his research endeavours, Professor Mostacci teaches courses in the Faculty of Engineering and Physics at Sapienza University of Rome. His teaching portfolio includes subjects such as basic Electromagnetism, Laboratory of Advanced Microwave Measurements, Accelerator Physics, and Relativistic Electrodynamics. He is also involved in teaching at international Accelerator schools, such as the Joint University Accelerator School (JUAS) and the CERN Accelerator School (CAS). He actively promoted master student exchanges with several world-wide international laboratories exploiting his research connections.