Catalogo dei Corsi di studio

Education
24/03/2010, PhD in Physics, Thesis: "Search for transient gravitational wave signals with unknown waveform in the LIGO-VIRGO network of interferometric detectors using a fully coherent
algorithm", Padova University
18/10/2006, Master degree in Physics, 110/110 e lode, Thesis: "Caratterizzazione ed ottimizzazione del metodo di ricerca di segnali transienti di forma sconosciuta per il rivelatore di onde
gravitazionali AURIGA", Padova University
24/07/2004, Bachelor degree in Physics, 110/1110, Thesis: "Studi sulla risoluzione in energia del telescopio MAGIC", Padova University

Work:
02/11/2023 - today, Associate Professor, Roma La Sapienza University
02/11/2020 - 01/11/2023, RTDB, ROMA La Sapienza University
01/03/2020 - 31/10/2020, RTDA, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'AQUILA
01/11/2017 - 31/10/2019, Post-doc, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'AQUILA
01/09/2014 - 31/10/2017, Post-doc, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik, Hannover
13/04/2010 - 31/08/2014, Post-doc, Trento University
01/01/2007 - 23/03/2010, Scholarship, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Padova

Teaching:
2023-2024: Bachelor Course: "Fisica II", Rome Sapienza University
2022-2023: Bachelor Course: "Fisica II", Rome Sapienza University
2021-2022: Bachelor Course: "Fisica II", Rome Sapienza University
2020-2021: Bachelor Course: "Fisica I", Rome Sapienza University
2022-2023: Low energy gamma and neutrinos from GW events, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L Aquila
2021-2022: Low energy gamma and neutrinos from GW events, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L Aquila
2020-2021: PhD course: "Gravitational Wave Data Analysis", Gran Sasso Science Institute, L Aquila
2019-2020: PhD course: "Gravitational Wave Data Analysis", Gran Sasso Science Institute, L Aquila
2019-2020: High school: "Fisica e Matematica in lingua inglese", IIS A. Bafile, L Aquila
2018-2019: PhD course: "Gravitational Wave Data Analysis", Gran Sasso Science Institute, L Aquila
2015, Nov: 2ndGraWIToN school, GSSI, Aquila
2014-2014: Master course: "Laboratorio di Fisica 1" (assistente), Trento University

Visiting:
Feb 2020, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L Aquila
Oct/Nov 2019, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L Aquila
Mar 2010, Florida University of Gainesville, Florida, USA

Abilitazione nazionale:
16/05/2019 -16/05/2028 02/C1 II Fascia
11/04/2018 -11/04/2027 O2/A1 II Fascia

Student supervision
2023: Master thesis student
2017-2020 Ph.D Student,GSSI
2014-2018 Ph.D Student,GSSI
2017 Ph.D Student, Trento University
2013 Undergraduate student, Trento University

International collaborations:
2008-2014 Virgo
2014-2017 LIGO
2017-2021 Virgo

Collaboration responsibilities:
Main responsible of low-latency analysis for the main pipeline for transient signals
Main responsible for cWB of O1 and O2 analysis of short transients
Noise characterization studies
In the paper writing team of O2 analysis of short transients
Leading writer of O1 analysis of short transients
In the paper writing team of S6 analysis of short transients
Internal Reviewer of various projects

Awards
Individuals
2020 FameLab Italian Winner
2016 Padovani Eccellenti 2016
2016 Alumni of the Year 2016 Padova
2016 SIGRAV prize 2016
2016 Niccolò Copernico for Physics 2016 (Ferrara)
2010 Honorable mention for GWIC Thesis Prize
With all LIGO and Virgo collaborations
2017 Bruno Rossi Prize 2017
2017 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research 2017
2016 Breakthrough special prize 2016 for Physics
2016 National Space Club Huntsville Distinguished Science Award
2016 Gruber Cosmology Prize
2016 UK Royal Astronomical Society 2017 Group Achievement Award in Astronomy

Research keywords
Gravitational wave data analysis
Search for signal with limited time duration and unknown waveform
Low latency analysis for gravitational wave detectors
Characterizing interferometer data
Identification and cleaning of persistent noise features
Signal extraction from from noise
Estimating Sky localization
Reconstructing signal parameters
Identification of specific gravitational wave signals

Research general description
My scientific formation focuses on the data analysis for Gravitational Wave (GW)search, in the extraction of signal from noise.
My work is manily focused on the search of signal with limited duration and unknown waveform (burst search) using coherent Waveburst(cWB), the main pipeline of the Advanced LIGO-Virgo collaborations for this search type.
This includes the following aspects:
- Signal detection: cWB is an un-modeled algorithm applying a maximum likelihood approach on time-frequency excesses powers
- Sky localization: The algorithm scans the all sky extracting the probability over all the possible directions
- Waveform reconstruction: From the time-frequency estimation, in order to identify the original process
- Neural network pattern recognition in the time-frequency domain for identification of dedicated sources
- Detector characterization: Characterization of noise features that can mimic gravitational wave signatures and implementation of possibility to subtract from data
- Search on focused sources: like eccentric or intermediate binary black holes, or other algorithms
- Multi-messenger: Search for signals using multiple messenger, like neutrino and GW
- Low latency: I am responsible on the low-latency analysis using cWB, the first algorithm that alerted the collaboration of the arrival of GW150914, the first gravitational wave. I also had the honor to be on shift duty and therefore perform the first validation tests. I still have a reference role in the cWB low-latency analysis

Skills
Operatying systems: Windows, Linux
Programming: C++, ROOT Python, LATEX
Other: Techniques of signal extraction from noise, Characterization and analysis of signals, Data conditioning, Use of software for dedicated parallel computing

Meetings:
Organization
2020 LOC of LOC of IAU SYMPOSIUM 363, GSSI, Padova University and AHEAD
2019 LOC of SIF 2019, Società Italiana di Fisica, L Aquila
2018 LOC of Core-collapse Supernovae in the Multi-messenger Era, Satellite Workshop of NIC2018 Conference, L Aquila
Invited talks at conferences
2018 "Osservazione di onde gravitationali", Forum internazionale del Gran Sasso, Teramo
2017 "An overview of the Gravitational Wave detections", CNOC X, Padova
2016 "LIGO Gravitational wave detections: the transient search", JGRG, Osaka
2016 "LIGO GW detections: the burst point of view", SIGRAV conference, Cefalù
2016 "The first LIGO gravitational wave detections", V Italian-Pakistani Workshop for Relativistic Astrophysics, Lecce
2016 "From an Image to a Binary Black Hole: the History of the First Detected Gravitational Wave", Image as Vortex: An Interdisciplinary Conference on the Question of what an Image is by
examining what it does, Oxford
2016 "The LIGO discovery and data analysis", Gravitational Waves: The Discovery and Outlook, Bruxelles
2014 "Gravitational wave transient search in preparation for the Advanced Detector Era", SIF, Pisa
Invited colloquia
2021 "Gravitational Wave detection challenges: unmodeled search", Seminar at Zurich University, Switzerland
2020 "Gravitational Wave detection challenges past, present and future", Seminar at Bar-Ilan University (Online), Israel
2020 "Waves of Gravitation", TMS Seminar L Aquila University (Online), L Aquila
2012 "Waves of gravitation", Seminar for FLAP, Padova
2010 "Burst Search using a coherent algorithm with a network of detectors", Seminar at University of Gainesville, Florida
Talks at international meetings
2019 "Search For Gravitational Waves With Short Time Duration In The Advanced LIGO And Advanced Virgo data", Amaldi XXII, Valencia
2019 "Entering the multi-messenger Era of Astronomy", IFAE, Napoli
2018 "A New Method to Observe Gravitational Waves emitted by Core Collapse Supernovae", Italian Physical Society, Cosenza
2018 "Un-modeled search for stellar mass binary black hole mergers in LIGO-VIRGO interferometers", GRASS in Padova, Padova
2017 "Prospects for Advanced gravitational wave detector network", GW170817- Italian contributions to the dawn of the multi-messenger astronomy, L Aquila
2017 "Low latency gravitational wave searches for prompt multimessenger followups", Italian Physical Society, Trento
2017 "Low latency gravitational wave searches for prompt multimessenger followups", European Physical Society, Venice
2014 "Gravitational wave detectors with invariant topologies", Marcell Grossman 14, Roma
2013 "Factors limiting sky localization of gravitational-wave sources", Poster at Amaldi 10, Varsaw
2012 "Sky localization and amplitude reconstruction of transient gravitational waves in future gravitational wave detectors networks", Marcell Grossman 13, Stockholm
2012 "Preliminary results of noise canceling on searches for continuous gravitational waves", GWPAW 2012, Hannover
2011 "Localization of gravitational wave sources with network of advanced detectors", Poster at GWPAW, Milwaukee
2009 "Reconstruction of Gravitational Wave Burst with Ligo-Virgo network", Amaldi 8, New York
Several talks at LIGO-Virgo and Virgo collaboration workshop

Outreach Lectures
2021 Sofia Science Festival
2020 "Cookies & Gravity: La Danza dei Buchi Neri", Streaming on Youtube
2019 IFuture, nuovi orizzonti della scienza e della tecnica, II edizione, Osimo
2018 ExpoScuola, Padova
2018 Pint of Science, L Aquila
2018 La settimana del Bambino, Sant Antonio Abate (NA)
2017 Particelle, Fisicittà, Trento
2016 Festival della Scienza, Genova
2016 Dialoghi di Trani
2016 Wired Next Fest, Firenze
2016 Wired Next Fest, Milano
2016 TEDx Padova
2016 Rotary Club Padova
Several public lectures and high school lectures

Scientific consultant for books:
Marcus Chown, "The magicians, Great minds and the central miracle of science", Faber & Faber, 2020, (ISBN: 9780571346387)