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Marco SCHIOPPA - Professori Associati

Marco SCHIOPPA

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Fisica sperimentale delle interazioni fondamentali e applicazioni (PHYS-01/A)

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Born in Rome on October 8th 1960, accomplished the Degree in Physics at University of Studies “La Sapienza” of Rome with vote 110/110, in academic year 1985-86, defending an experimental thesis in particle physics: “Measurement of the total cross section of electron-positron annihilation in (1.3÷2.5) GeV energy range with the DM2 detector at DCI collider of Orsay”. Since 1988 untill 1991 he was staff member of LNS/MIT (Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge - Massachusetts). Since December 1991 till 2001 he was permanent associated researcher at the Department of Physics of Calabria University and since 2001 he is permanent associated professor at the same Department. Since 1991 he has teached general physics, laboratory of general physics, particle physics and laboratory of particle physics at department of Physics of University of Calabria. He has partecipated to the experiments DM2/DCI (since 1985 to 1990), Fenice/Adone (since 1997 to 1989), ZEUS/HERA (since 1988), ATLAS/LHC (since 1994) and KLOE2/DAFNE (since 2009). Since 1988 until 1994 he participated to the project LAA of CERN. Since 2011 he has a scientific collaboration with the Centro Fermi with the project EEE. The scientific activity is accompanied by over 1100 scientific publications in international journals.
+ Education, fellowships, faculty positions 1986: Degree in Physics, 110/110 at University of Rome “La Sapienza” 1986-1988: professorship in several high schools in Rome 1988-1991: three years fellowship as a researcher in the LNS / MIT (Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge - Massachusetts) staff at CERN of Geneva 1990: qualification for the teaching of Physics in high schools 1991-2001: University researcher, group B01A (General Physics), at the Department of Physics of the University of Calabria (Cs) 2001-today: Associated Professor of experimental physics at University of Calabria 2018: national scientific qualification in the role of full professor in physics + Bibliometric indexes Author or co-author of 1183 published papers on international peer reviewed journals, with 59287 time citations (49478 without self-citations), 50.12 average citations per paper, h-index equal to 113 (taken from ISI web of science from 1990 up to 2022/25/03) + Teaching experience and thesis supervisor 1986-1988: teaching in high schools 1991-today: official Physics courses (General Physics, Laboratory of Electromagnetism, Elementary Particle Physics, Laboratory of Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics, Superior Physics) for undergraduate and PhD students at University of Calabria 1991-today: thesis supervisor and co-supervisor of more than 30 students, supervisor of 7 PhD theses and responsible for 5 research grants. 1991-today: tutor of over 30 physics students + Research activity overview My research activity has been conducted the High Energy Physics experiments: DM2, FENICE, ZEUS, KLOE and ATLAS. I focused on several subjects: - development of particle detectors and front-end electronics - development of algorithms for particles reconstruction and identification - development of online software - offline data analysis + Outreach activity overview I am involved in the national EEE project and in the INFN C3M-OCRA activities + Research activity in the DM2 experiment The DM2 experiment at the electron-positron storage ring DCI of LAL (Orsay) was a J/psi factory with the aim to study intensively this c-cbar meson. Few runs where done in the range (1.3÷2.5) GeV with the aim to study the spectroscopy of mesons vectors in this energy range. In this international collaboration I had the responsibility of the determination of the ratio R and of the dominant multi-hadronic cross-sections in this energy interval. The cross-section of many multi-hadronic channels were measured and published. + Research activity in the Fenice experiment The FENICE experiment main purpose was the measurement of the electromagnetic form factors of the neutron in the time-like region. During the assembly phases of the detector, I had the responsibility of constructing and certifying the quality of the limited streamer tubes of the central chamber. + Research activity in the LAA collaboration The LAA project is an intensive programme to develop new experimental techniques for future multi-TeV hadron collider. My research activity in the period 1988-1991 is centred on R & D of new large precision devices (Large Area Devices) to be used in experiments to multi-TeV hadron accelerators such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN of Geneva. Together with the LAD group, I participate to the design of an air core muon spectrometer with toroidal magnetic field with high momentum resolution. This project was presented at the LHC conference in Aachen in October 1990 as a possible solution for the LHC experiments. A similar solution will be adopted by the ATLAS experiment a few years later. + Research activity in the ZEUS experiment ZEUS experiment studied the internal structure of proton through measurement of deep inelastic scattering by colliding electron with proton. In 1990 I took the responsibility for the realization of the ZEUS forward muon spectrometer WALL detector, whose construction, installation and commissioning ended in autumn 1994. From 1990 until its decommissioning (2007) the WALL detector contributed to the study of numerous physics channels related to the HERA physics program. From the first collisions produced at HERA to the end of the physics program, I participate in data collection and apparatus maintenance. From 1990 until 2020 I participated to data analysis to investigate the intimate structure of matter and the laws that regulate its interactions. + Research activity in the ATLAS experiment The experiment is mainly aimed to the Higgs boson research, the detailed study of the "top" quark decays, in search of super symmetrical particles and possible structures composed of elementary particles, through the proton-proton interaction at the LHC accelerator of CERN in Geneva. When I started my research activity in ATLAS (1994), the tracking detector for the muon spectrometer was in the design phase. In 1996 I had the responsibility for the production and testing of the 36000 drift tubes of the BIL / BIR / BIM. The production of the drift tubes was completed at the end of 2004. In 2004 the BIL / BIM / BIR chambers were transferred to CERN where I realized the test station with cosmic rays for their commissioning. In 2004 I also participate to CERN aging tests at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF) for the validation of the gas recirculator of MDT chambers. From 2005 until 2006 I organized an irradiation campaign to the Calliope and Tapiro infrastructures of the ENEA-Casaccia research centre to study the effects of massive doses of gamma radiation and neutrons on MDT chambers. From 2009 I participate in the analysis of data in the exotic physics group of ATLAS. In particular I deal with the research of light neutral particles, not belonging to the Standard Model (MS), which decay in pairs of leptons and/or light hadrons (LeptonJet) very collimated and with a mean life long enough to produce decays in each active region of the detector (Long Lived Particles). From 2012 I joined the MicroMegas community for the phase I ATLAS upgrade participating to the definition of the modules design and the test beams made at CERN facilities of MM prototypes to verify their performance. In 2014 I assumed the responsibility for the finalization of the drift panels of the SM1 modules. I first guided the finalization of the drift panels of the two zero modules and then that of the series production. The SM1 modules assembly and test terminated in April 2020. In 2020 I joined the BI-RPC community for the phase II ATLAS upgrade participating to the design, construction and testing of RPC chambers for the innermost layer of the barrel of the ATLAS muon spectrometer, whose installation is scheduled for 2025-26. In this task I am responsible for building and testing the read-out panels of this new layer of ATLAS RPC chambers. + Research activity in the KLOE experiment In 2008 I joined the collaboration of the KLOE experiment at the accelerator e + e- DAFNE of the LNF. The accelerator machine has just undergone an important upgrade (2007) to increase its luminosity: the interaction region is modified to put into practice the "crab waist" scheme. To measure the luminosity of Dafne I participated to the realization of three different luminosity monitors. The collected data in 2008 were encouraging and the "crab waist" was adopted to improve the luminosity of Dafne. The upgrade of the Dafne accelerator machine has an important impact on the KLOE detector: the lead-scintillator tile calorimeter that surrounds the beam-pipe in order to increase the acceptance for events KL->2pi0 conflicts with the new optics. I participated to the design and built of a tungsten-scintillator tile calorimeter with reading of the light signal produced by the single tile through optical fibre connected to a SiPM for a total of 2400 channels. In 2010 I leaded a data analysis for the search of a vector gauge boson in the decay of the phi meson, possible candidate of dark matter. + Outreach activity with the EEE project The project of the Historical Museum of Physics and the E. Fermi Research and Study Centre consists of a special research activity, in collaboration with CERN, INFN and MIUR, on the origin of cosmic rays, conducted with the contribution of students and teachers of Higher Educational Institutes. I joined the EEE collaboration in 2011 as scientific referent of the high schools of Cariati, Catanzaro, Cosenza, Reggio Calabria, Vibo Valentia, Rende. + Outreach activity inside C3M-OCRA I coordinate the activities of the Outreach-Cosmic-Rays-Activities (OCRA) group of Cosenza since 2018. Among these activities, I mention the International Cosmic Day which sees the participation of thousands of students from numerous schools around the world. Main scientific responsibilities inside international collaborations - Responsible of the construction and test of the forward muon detector WALL of ZEUS (1990-2007) - Responsible of the construction and test of the drift tubes of BIL MDT chambers of ATLAS (1996-2006) - Co-responsible of the construction and test of the phototubes for the DAFNE luminometer (1998-2000) - Co-responsible of the test of the tile-scintillators for the QCALT calorimeter for KLOE2 (2000-2004) - Responsible of the construction and test of the drift plane of SM1 chambers for the ATLAS NSW phase I upgrade (2012-2020) - Co-responsible for the procurement of the MM material (2012-2018) - Responsible of the construction and test of the read-out plane of the BI-RPC chambers for the ATLAS phase II upgrade (2020 to today) - Co-responsible for the procurement of the BI-RPC material (2021 to today) - Local responsible for the EEE experiment (2010 to today) - INFN responsible for ATLAS-Cosenza group (2018 to today) - INFN responsible for KLOE-Cosenza group (2012 to today) - INFN responsible for C3M-OCRA-Cosenza group (2018 to today)
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