Curriculum

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Dr. Andrea Zanzi

 

FAMILY NAME: Zanzi

FIRST NAME: Andrea

BIRTHPLACE: Ferrara (Italy)

DATE OF BIRTH: April 10, 1979

NATIONALITY: Italian

MARITAL STATUS: Married, one daughter

ADDRESS: Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra,

University of Ferrara (Italy)

EMAIL: andrea.zanzi@unife.it

PHONE NUMBER: 0039-340-9029454

 

EDUCATION:

December 2003-March 2007: PhD in Physics at Padova University (Supervisor: Prof. A. Masiero).

PhD thesis: Aspects of the Dark Energy problem in brane theories.

Fall 2003 - Padova University: I won the PhD competitive examination in Padova.

Fall 2003 - Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa): I have been declared eligible for the PhD in Physics (perfezionamento classe di Scienze) with the general score 8/10.

July 2003: I graduated in Physics cum laude at Ferrara University discussing a thesis entitled “Asteroseismology and extrasolar planets” (Supervisors: Prof. G. Fiorentini and Prof. S.Ortolani).

September 1998 – July 2003: I passed all the examinations of the degree in Physics at Ferrara University with the highest score (30/30).

 

RESEARCH POSITIONS:

 

August 2014: I worked at the University of Ferrara.

January-June 2009: I worked at College de France (Paris).

Supervisor: Prof. G.Veneziano.

November-December 2008: I worked at the Physics institute in Padova.

October 2006 – September 2008: I worked at the Physics Institute in Bonn (postdoctoral position). Supervisor: Prof. Hans-Peter Nilles.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Academic year 2016/17: I teach the exercises of quantum mechanics (4th year of the degree in Physics).

Academic year 2015/16: I taught the exercises of classical physics at the University of Ferrara (1st year of the degree in physics) and I was member of the board of the examiners.

Academic year 2014/15: I had a position at the University of Ferrara to teach the exercises of analytical mechanics (2nd year of the degree in physics – this is a 2-semesters course) and of classical physics (‘‘Fisica Generale 1‘‘, second semester of the first year of the degree in Physics). I was member of the board of the examiners for both courses.

June-September 2014: I was member of the board of the examiners for classical physics (Fisica Generale 1) at the University of Ferrara.

29 Apr 2014 – 6 June 2014: I taught the exercises of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics at the University of Ferrara (first year of the degree in Physics).

17 Mar 2014 – 26 Mar 2014: I taught mathematics at the high-school

IPSSAR ''O. Vergani'' (Ferrara) as a substitute teacher.

22 Oct 2013 – 20 Nov 2013: I taught mathematics and physics at the high-school Liceo Classico ''L. Ariosto'' (Ferrara) as a substitute teacher.

14 Jan 2013 – 12 Mar 2013: I taught mathematics (as a substitute teacher) at the high-school IPSIA ‘’Ercole I d’Este’’ Ferrara.

3 Oct 2012 – 6 Dec 2012: I taught physics at Istituto Istruzione Superiore ‘’R. Brindisi’’, Lido degli Estensi (Ferrara) as a substitute teacher

20 Feb 2012 - 06 Mar 2012: I taught mathematics and physics at Liceo Scientifico in Codigoro (Ferrara) as a substitute teacher.

I gave private lectures on mathematics and physics (also in collaboration with educational centres and groups in Ferrara).

 

SUMMER SCHOOLS, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS:

  • Second European Summer School on Nuclear Astrophysics, Catania, 28/09/03-05/10/03;

  • Eddington Workshop, O.A.R., Monteporzio Catone, 17-18 Oct 2003.

  • ISAPP 2004 - International School on Astroparticle Physics (European Doctorate School) – Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L’Aquila), 28 June- 9 July 2004.

  • XIII Seminario Nazionale di Fisica Teorica, Parma 30 Aug 2004 - 4 Sept 2004.

  • 11th International Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes, Venezia, 22-25 Feb 2005.

  • Ecole d’Eté de Physique Theorique (Les Houches) – Session LXXXIV, Particle Physics Beyond the Standard Model, 1 Aug 2005 – 26 Aug 2005. During this summer school I held a seminar.

  • 9th International Workshop on Particle Physics and the early Universe – COSMO 05, Bonn 28/08/05-01/09/05.

  • ENTApP Workshop on Dark Matter , SISSA, Trieste 19-20 Oct 2005.

  • IDAPP’s two days meeting, International Doctorate on Astroparticle Physics, Ferrara 12-13 May 2006.

  • Summer Institute, New trends in Particle Physics and Cosmology, Sheffield 19-23 June 2006. During this summer school I held a seminar.

  • Workshop on Astroparticle and Cosmology, Galilelo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Arcetri, Florence. 23 Oct – 8 Nov 2006. During this workshop I held a seminar.

  • RTN Winter School on Strings, Supergravity and Gauge Theories. CERN, January 15- January 19, 2007.

  • LHC-D: Beyond the Standard Model, Bonn 22-23 Feb 2007.

  • XIX Workshop beyond the Standard Model. March 12-15 2007, Bad Honnef – Germany.

  • Kosmologietag. April 26-27 2007, Bielefeld. During this workshop I held a seminar.

  • Planck 07. June 9-13 Warsaw, Poland. During this meeting I held a seminar.

  • Pascos 07. July 2-7 London, UK.

  • TRR33 meeting in Bad Honnef. October 1-5 2007, Bad Honnef, Germany.

  • Dezember Symposium, DESY. December 4-5 2007, Hamburg, Germany. During this meeting I held a seminar.

  • RTN Winter School, CERN, Switzerland 21-25 Jan 2008.

  • XX Workshop. Beyond the Standard Model. March 10-13, Bad Honnef, Germany. During this workshop I held a seminar

  • String Phenomenology and Dynamical Vacuum Selection. March 27-29, Liverpool, UK. During this conference I held a seminar.

  • Planck 08. May 19-23, Barcelona, Spain. During this meeting I held a seminar.

  • I have been invited as speaker for a seminar at SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies), Trieste, 29 Mar 2006.

  • I have been invited as speaker for a seminar at Physikalisches Institut, Bonn, 13 June 2006.

  • I held the following Tuesday-seminars in Bonn:

a. 28 November 2006 - Moduli Stabilization and the Cosmological Constant problem.

b. 6 February 2007 - Introduction to Chameleon Gravity

c. 6 November 2007 - Fluxes, Gaugino Condensates and Moduli Stabilization in Meta-stable Heterotic Vacua.

  • I held a seminar at SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies), Trieste, 30 Nov 2007.

  • 7-11 Jan 2008: I visited the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Heidelberg and I held a seminar.

  • I held a seminar in Bonn, 8 May 2008.

  • I held a seminar (“Pheno-Coffee”) in Padova, 25 Nov 2008.

  • Workshop on supersymmetry, quantum gravity and gauge fields, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. September 12-14, 2012.

  • I have been invited to give a seminar at Dipartimento di Fisica in Ferrara (Italy). I held the seminar on January 9, 2013.

  • I have been invited to give a seminar at Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Italy). I held the seminar on February 26, 2013.

  • 18-21 Mar 2013. I attended the lectures at the workshop ''Higher spins, strings and duality'' at the Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics in Arcetri, Florence.

  • 16-19 Apr 2013. I visited the Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics in Munich and I held a seminar.

  • 28 May 2013. I held a seminar at Centre de Physique Theorique (Ecole Polytechnique) in Paris.

  • 19-22 Aug 2013. I visited CERN.

  • Sep-Oct 2013. I attended various lectures and seminars at the workshop ''Geometry of strings and fields'' (Galileo Galilei Institute – Florence).

  • 01-04 Oct 2013. I visited CERN.

  • 19-20 Dec 2013. I attended the conference ''A passion for particles'', Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa.

  • September 2014. 7th International Workshop DICE2014 – Castiglioncello (Italy). ‘’Spacetime, Matter, Quantum Mechanics’’. I have been invited to participate in the conference. During the conference I held a seminar in plenary session.

  • 9-12 February 2015. I have visited the Institute of Theoretical physics in Cologne (Germany) where I held an (invited) seminar.

  • 18-20 March 2015. I have visited LPTHE at University of Paris 6 (UPMC).

  • 7-8 March 2016. I have visited the physics department of Roma Tor Vergata and I held a seminar.
  • 21 March - 1 April 2016 and also 11-15 April 2016. Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics (Florence). I have attended various seminars and interacted with various participants of the workshop ''Theoretical Cosmology in the era of large surveys''.
  • 5-16 September 2016. Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics (Florence). Workshop ''Supergravity: what next?''.
  • 7 December 2016. I held a seminar at Universita' degli Studi dell'Insubria (Como).