Personal Info

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April 13th 1983
Avellino
Italy
225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556
​(USA)
​Unmarried

Professional Development 

October 2017 - Present
Teacher of Mathematics and Physics in a Private Secondary High School (www.kennedyavellino.it/) 
(Italy)

November 2015 - October 2017

Researcher as postdoctoral scholar associate 
Department of Physics & iCeNSA
​University of Notre Dame
​(USA)

March 2014 - August 2015

Researcher as Postdoctoral scholar 
OIST, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology graduate University ​
(Japan)
October 2010 - February 2014
Researcher as PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
(Italy)
September 2010 (13/09–17/09)
​International Conference Participation in Rome. I co-authored a study accepted for the talk session at the tenth International Conference on Nanostructured Materials. 
(Here find the full list of authors and the link to the paper) 
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2009-2010​
​Researcher (undergraduate student), Lotus facilities, Rome.

Awards

2010
I have been awarded, by the Italian Government, the PhD scholarship, based on a public competition.

Education

2018 
Master in Information and Communication Technologies as pedagogical tools
2010-2013
PhD in Physics, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy. Defended on February 2nd 2014
Supervisors: Prof. Angelo Vulpiani & Dott. Fabio Cecconi
​Thesis Title:  Diffusive processes in systems with geometrical constraints: from lattice models to continuous channels
2012 (May 5th – June 8th)
Spring school on the Physics of Complex Systems, SISSA, Trieste, Italy
(Here find the full list of attended courses)
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2008-2010
Master degree in Physics, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy.
Final thesis defended on November 2010
Supervisor: Prof. Carlo Mariani 
Thesis title: Grafene su Ir(111): uno studio di fotoemeissione
Final grade: 110/110 cum laude
2005-2008
Bachelor degree in Physics, University of Rome, "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy.
Final Thesis defended on December 2008
Supervisor: Prof. Guido Martinelli
Final grade: 110/110
2002
High School Diploma, I.T.I.S. G. D'orso, Avellino, Italy.
Final grade: 100/100
(secondary school diploma, technical area: electronics)

Detailed achievements

During my career I have been involved in different projects, both theoretical and experimental. 
​Theoretical Background
  • Analysis of Non Equilibrium processes: Master Equation (ME) with finite and infinite degrees of freedom. Approximation methods to solve the ME: the Fokker-Planck equation and Linear Noise Approximation, perturbative methods and renormalization. Langevin dynamics, Path integral formulation and WKB approximation. Linear response theory. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of ordinary differential equations  systems: linear stability analysis, non linear analysis (normal forms)
  • Numerical simulations of stochastic processes:  random walk on branched structures and fractal trees; integration schemes for Langevin dynamics in constrained and non constrained geometries. Accurate simulations of Stochastic Reaction–Diffusion Systems on both the meso and the micro–scale. Numerical integration of Partial Differential Equations (both linear and non linear). Integration schemes for Ordinary differential equations. MCMC sampling of multidimensional probability distributions. 
Experimental Background
  • Low Energy Electron Diffraction (crystalline surface structure).
  • Angular resolved photoemission spectroscopy (valence band )
  • Near edge X–ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (molecular orietation)
  • X–ray photoemission spectroscopy (core–levels)

Computer skills

Excellent
​Operating systems
Programming languages
Packages

​Typography​
Windows, Unix/Linux, MacOs
Fortran, C++
​Matlab, Mathematica, Smoldyn, Comsol, R
LaTeX, Word
Basic
Web Design
Programming Languages
html, css, javascript
​Java

Languages

Italian
English
Mother tongue
​B2 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Cambridge certification available upon request)