ELEONORA LUPPI CURRICULUM VITAE
--EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC CAREER
-Born in Ferrara, June 27, 1958
-Graduate in Physics at the University of Ferrara (1981, cum laude)
-Recipient of a scholarship from the European Community (1982-1983)
-Member of the Research Group in High Energy Physics of the Physics Department at the University of Ferrara (1983-present)
-Associate professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Ferrara (2001-2016),
- Full professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Ferrara (February 1st 2016 – present)
-- PROJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS AS ASSOCIATED INVESTIGATOR
During her scientific career (see below), the AI devoted a great part of her efforts in developing new detectors. Among others, since 2000, we can mention the new scintillating fiber detector built for experiment E835 at Fermilab, the first detector used in a high-energy physics experiment that exploited scintillating fibers and visible light photon counters (VLPCs); the scintillator based muon system with SiPM Readout for the SuperB Detector, where light was read out with wavelength-shifter fibers and new generation photodetectors, consisting of avalanche photodiodes operated in Geiger mode; the new electronics (front end boards) for the upgrade of the RICH detectors for the LHCb experiment. In many of this activities a particular attention was paid to radiation damage effects on photodetectors and electronics and to the environment where detectors and electronics have to operate.
--RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Timeline:
1980-1983 Medical physics
1983-2000 Investigation of nucleon form factors in the time-like region (experiments: PS170, FENICE, E760, E835)
1986-2008 Charmonium spectroscopy (experiments: E760, E835, BaBar)
1986 – Today: : Development of innovative detectors for particle physics experiments and new physics search (experiments E760, FENICE, E835, BaBar, SuperB LHCb, AXIOMA)
2000-Today Distributed computing for experimental physics (experiments: BaBar, SuperB, LHCb)
2002-Today Study of the decay of B mesons (experiments: BaBar, LHCb)
2006-Today Study of flavor physics and searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model (experiments: BaBar, LHCb)
In the last years her main research interest is the experimental study of the Standard Model (SM) of elementary particles. She was involved in studies of the charmonium spectroscopy at Fermilab and in precision tests of the Standard Model in B meson decays at SLAC. In 2009 she joined the SuperB collaboration which aimed at building near Rome an e+e- asymmetric collider with an instantaneous luminosity 100 times higher than SLAC PEP-II and a detector which would cope with a correspondingly increased data rate. After the cancellation of this program, due to lack of funding, she joined the LHCb collaboration to continue, with increased precision, the studies of the SM and the search for new physics beyond the SM. In this collaboration she was deeply involved in developing innovative detectors and in renewing the computing system frameworks for data analysis and simulations.
She is also interested in interdisciplinary activities and in transfer of technology, as the application of particle physics technologies to medical or environmental science.
-Scientific responsibilities for funded National and International research projects for which she had also the responsibility of funding management:
- FENICE (INFN-LNF): Study of neutron-antineutron production and measurement of the nucleon form factors, 1992-1996 (Unit coordinator)
- INFN-GRID: Special Project to develop Grid services for HEP community, 2000-2012 (Unit head)
- BaBar-Grid Project (SLAC): Distributed Computing for the BaBar experiment, 2002-2008 (Project coordinator)
- PRIN 2005: Study of a charged particle detector with very high efficiency and low mass to be placed on very high intensity neutral beams, 2006-2008 (Unit coordinator)
- SuperB (Cabibbo-Lab): Study of flavour physics at very high intensity collider, 2009-2013 (Unit coordinator)
- INFRA/CGDA/C3S: R&D for new scientific computing infrastructures, 2013-2017 (Unit coordinator)
- EU-TORUS - Toward an Open Resources Upon Services: Cloud Computing of Environmental Data, 2015 - now (Unit coordinator)
- Research training:
- supervisor of more than 50 degree or master theses and of 12 doctorate theses.
- scientific advisor of 4 grant holders and 7 post-doc grants for detector and new technologies development projects and for data analysis.
- Director of a Master in Computer Science (2000-2001)
- Since mid-nineties she leads the research group of Ferrara in the field of computing for high energy physics.
--SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY
Responsibilities and Committee membership:
- Representative of the Ferrara Group in the INFN National Computing Committee, 1984-1989.
- Member of the INFN National Computing Committee, 1989-1995;
- Member of the Technical Board of the INFN-Grid Special Project, 2000 - 2012;
- Member of the Executive Board of the INFN-Grid Special Project, 2001 - 2012;
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Physics Department, 2006 - 2009;
- Member of the Committee Board for the doctorate in Mathematics and Computer Science, 2006-2010;
- Delegate of the Faculty of Science for the University Internationalization Program; 2008 - 2012;
- Representative for the Physics area in the Research Council Board of Ferrara University, 2007-2012;
- Representative for the areas of Mathematics, Physics and Earth Science in the Technical Committee of the Research Council Board of Ferrara University, 2007-2011;
- Member of the Committee Board for the doctorate in Physics, 2011- now
- Vice chair of SuperB Speaker Bureau, 2012- 2013.
- Delegate of the Physics and Earth Science Department of the University of Ferrara for the Internationalization Program, 2012 - 2015
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Physics Department, 2013 - now;
- Rector's Delegate for International Research Affairs, 2014 - 2015;
- Coordinator of the Double Master Degree in Physics with the University of Paris-Saclay, 2015- now.
- Delegate of the Physics and Earth Science Department of the University of Ferrara for the International affairs, 2015- now;
- Rector’s Delegate for the Research Quality Evaluation, 2016 – now;
- Representative for the Physics area in the Research Council Board of Ferrara University, 2017 - now.
-- PUBLICATIONS AND BIBLIOMETRICS INDICATORS:
She has published more than 800 articles in international journals with peer-reviewing.
ISI WoS: 870 papers, h-index: 86, citations: 22500
Scopus: 880 papers, h-index: 71, citations: 21000
InSpires: 848 papers, h-index: 103, citations: 44000
-- TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Since academic year 1997/98 she is teaching to undergraduate and graduate physics and computer science students courses related to:
Physics Laboratory, Data analysis for physical measurements, Strong interactions physics, Monte Carlo simulation, Computer networks, Distributed computing.
--EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC CAREER
-Born in Ferrara, June 27, 1958
-Graduate in Physics at the University of Ferrara (1981, cum laude)
-Recipient of a scholarship from the European Community (1982-1983)
-Member of the Research Group in High Energy Physics of the Physics Department at the University of Ferrara (1983-present)
-Associate professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Ferrara (2001-2016),
- Full professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Ferrara (February 1st 2016 – present)
-- PROJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS AS ASSOCIATED INVESTIGATOR
During her scientific career (see below), the AI devoted a great part of her efforts in developing new detectors. Among others, since 2000, we can mention the new scintillating fiber detector built for experiment E835 at Fermilab, the first detector used in a high-energy physics experiment that exploited scintillating fibers and visible light photon counters (VLPCs); the scintillator based muon system with SiPM Readout for the SuperB Detector, where light was read out with wavelength-shifter fibers and new generation photodetectors, consisting of avalanche photodiodes operated in Geiger mode; the new electronics (front end boards) for the upgrade of the RICH detectors for the LHCb experiment. In many of this activities a particular attention was paid to radiation damage effects on photodetectors and electronics and to the environment where detectors and electronics have to operate.
--RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Timeline:
1980-1983 Medical physics
1983-2000 Investigation of nucleon form factors in the time-like region (experiments: PS170, FENICE, E760, E835)
1986-2008 Charmonium spectroscopy (experiments: E760, E835, BaBar)
1986 – Today: : Development of innovative detectors for particle physics experiments and new physics search (experiments E760, FENICE, E835, BaBar, SuperB LHCb, AXIOMA)
2000-Today Distributed computing for experimental physics (experiments: BaBar, SuperB, LHCb)
2002-Today Study of the decay of B mesons (experiments: BaBar, LHCb)
2006-Today Study of flavor physics and searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model (experiments: BaBar, LHCb)
In the last years her main research interest is the experimental study of the Standard Model (SM) of elementary particles. She was involved in studies of the charmonium spectroscopy at Fermilab and in precision tests of the Standard Model in B meson decays at SLAC. In 2009 she joined the SuperB collaboration which aimed at building near Rome an e+e- asymmetric collider with an instantaneous luminosity 100 times higher than SLAC PEP-II and a detector which would cope with a correspondingly increased data rate. After the cancellation of this program, due to lack of funding, she joined the LHCb collaboration to continue, with increased precision, the studies of the SM and the search for new physics beyond the SM. In this collaboration she was deeply involved in developing innovative detectors and in renewing the computing system frameworks for data analysis and simulations.
She is also interested in interdisciplinary activities and in transfer of technology, as the application of particle physics technologies to medical or environmental science.
-Scientific responsibilities for funded National and International research projects for which she had also the responsibility of funding management:
- FENICE (INFN-LNF): Study of neutron-antineutron production and measurement of the nucleon form factors, 1992-1996 (Unit coordinator)
- INFN-GRID: Special Project to develop Grid services for HEP community, 2000-2012 (Unit head)
- BaBar-Grid Project (SLAC): Distributed Computing for the BaBar experiment, 2002-2008 (Project coordinator)
- PRIN 2005: Study of a charged particle detector with very high efficiency and low mass to be placed on very high intensity neutral beams, 2006-2008 (Unit coordinator)
- SuperB (Cabibbo-Lab): Study of flavour physics at very high intensity collider, 2009-2013 (Unit coordinator)
- INFRA/CGDA/C3S: R&D for new scientific computing infrastructures, 2013-2017 (Unit coordinator)
- EU-TORUS - Toward an Open Resources Upon Services: Cloud Computing of Environmental Data, 2015 - now (Unit coordinator)
- Research training:
- supervisor of more than 50 degree or master theses and of 12 doctorate theses.
- scientific advisor of 4 grant holders and 7 post-doc grants for detector and new technologies development projects and for data analysis.
- Director of a Master in Computer Science (2000-2001)
- Since mid-nineties she leads the research group of Ferrara in the field of computing for high energy physics.
--SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY
Responsibilities and Committee membership:
- Representative of the Ferrara Group in the INFN National Computing Committee, 1984-1989.
- Member of the INFN National Computing Committee, 1989-1995;
- Member of the Technical Board of the INFN-Grid Special Project, 2000 - 2012;
- Member of the Executive Board of the INFN-Grid Special Project, 2001 - 2012;
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Physics Department, 2006 - 2009;
- Member of the Committee Board for the doctorate in Mathematics and Computer Science, 2006-2010;
- Delegate of the Faculty of Science for the University Internationalization Program; 2008 - 2012;
- Representative for the Physics area in the Research Council Board of Ferrara University, 2007-2012;
- Representative for the areas of Mathematics, Physics and Earth Science in the Technical Committee of the Research Council Board of Ferrara University, 2007-2011;
- Member of the Committee Board for the doctorate in Physics, 2011- now
- Vice chair of SuperB Speaker Bureau, 2012- 2013.
- Delegate of the Physics and Earth Science Department of the University of Ferrara for the Internationalization Program, 2012 - 2015
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Physics Department, 2013 - now;
- Rector's Delegate for International Research Affairs, 2014 - 2015;
- Coordinator of the Double Master Degree in Physics with the University of Paris-Saclay, 2015- now.
- Delegate of the Physics and Earth Science Department of the University of Ferrara for the International affairs, 2015- now;
- Rector’s Delegate for the Research Quality Evaluation, 2016 – now;
- Representative for the Physics area in the Research Council Board of Ferrara University, 2017 - now.
-- PUBLICATIONS AND BIBLIOMETRICS INDICATORS:
She has published more than 800 articles in international journals with peer-reviewing.
ISI WoS: 870 papers, h-index: 86, citations: 22500
Scopus: 880 papers, h-index: 71, citations: 21000
InSpires: 848 papers, h-index: 103, citations: 44000
-- TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Since academic year 1997/98 she is teaching to undergraduate and graduate physics and computer science students courses related to:
Physics Laboratory, Data analysis for physical measurements, Strong interactions physics, Monte Carlo simulation, Computer networks, Distributed computing.
