Status: Assistant Professor at Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering (SBAI), Sapienza University of Rome. Associate Member of INFN. Principal Investigator of accelerator-based research projects in FLASH radiotherapy, beam diagnostics, and advanced radiation sources.
Topics Experience:
- Accelerator physics, beam dynamics, and advanced accelerator concepts.
- Ultra-high dose rate (FLASH) radiotherapy and beam delivery systems.
- Laser-plasma acceleration and plasma-based radiation sources.
- High-brightness electron beams, VHEE irradiation, and compact accelerator technologies.
- Advanced beam diagnostics, coherent radiation generation, and ultrafast beam characterization.
- Synchrotron radiation facilities, injector LINAC design, and accelerator optimization.
- Radiation–matter interaction, ultrashort particle bunches, and beam-driven secondary radiation sources.
- Design and development of accelerator infrastructures for medical, scientific, and industrial applications.
Experience:
- More than ten years of experience in accelerator physics, beam dynamics, and particle beam applications across RF accelerators, synchrotron light sources, and laser-plasma accelerator facilities.
- Extensive use of electron, proton, laser-driven, and synchrotron-based particle and radiation sources for scientific and technological applications.
- Experience with beam diagnostics systems spanning coherent THz radiation, optical diagnostics, X-gamma rays spectrometers, beam position monitors, longitudinal and transverse beam characterization, and advanced detector systems.
- Design, simulation, commissioning, and optimization of accelerator components including injector LINACs, beam transport lines, bunch compression systems, magnetic optics, and diagnostic sections.
- Development of Ultra High Dose Rate (UHDR) beam delivery concepts, ultra-high dose rate irradiation platforms, and advanced dosimetric methodologies.
- Experimental and numerical studies of high-brightness electron beams, coherent radiation generation, beam manipulation, and plasma-based acceleration mechanisms.
- Leadership and coordination of accelerator research facilities and experimental platforms, with responsibility for infrastructure development, operation, and strategic planning.
- Participation in international accelerator projects including CERN CLEAR, HYBRILIN, APPLE, EuPRAXIA/EuAPS, SOLARIS Injector Upgrade, and laser-plasma accelerator programs at CLPU.
- Extensive experience in feasibility studies, experiment design, beamline implementation, data acquisition, simulation activities (ASTRA, MAD-X, Elegant), and advanced data analysis.
- Experience in multidisciplinary collaborations involving accelerator physics, medical physics, dosimetry, synchrotron science, plasma physics, and advanced radiation source development.
- Supervision of PhD, MSc, and undergraduate students, together with teaching activities in beam dynamics, accelerator physics, plasma acceleration, and experimental physics.
- Editorial and peer-review activities for leading international journals in accelerator physics, plasma physics, photonics, and applied radiation sciences.
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