LA ROCCA PAOLA

Professore Associato

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Curriculum

EMPLOYMENT:

11/2019 – today: Associate Professor in Experimental Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Catania
12/2014 – 11/2019: Researcher in Experimental Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Catania
11/2012 – 11/2014: Post-doc position at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Catania within the Project “Muon Portal”
11/2009 – 10/2012: Post-doc Grant at the Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche “E.Fermi” (in Rome) within the Project ”Extreme Energy Events”

EDUCATION:

10/2006 – 10/2009: PhD in Physics at the University of Catania (Thesis: “Jet Physics in ALICE: construction and commissioning of the Electromagnetic Calorimeter”)
10/2004 – 10/2006: Master degree in Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics at the University of Catania, final grade 110/110 cum laude (Thesis: “Il progetto Extreme Energy Events: un network esteso per la rivelazione dei raggi cosmici”)
10/2001 – 09/2004: Bachelor degree in Physics at the University of Catania, final grade 110/110 cum laude (Thesis: “Uno studio degli effetti barometrici sul flusso dei raggi cosmici al livello del mare”)

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

2018 – University grant (University of Catania “Piano per la ricerca – Linea d’intevento 2”)
2017 - FFABR grant (Ministry of Education, Universities and Research)
01/2014 – 01/2020: Italian National Scientific habilitation (ASN) as associated professor in Experimental Physics of fundamental interactions (02/A1)
10/2012 – “Galileo Galilei Prize for young researchers” edition 2012, Italian Rotary Club.
09/2005 – Best contribution in the Didactic Section at the XCI National Congress of the Italian Physical Society.
05/2005 – INFN grant for neo-graduated students

ORGANIZATION AND INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES:

11/2019 - present: Delegate of the Director of the Department of Physics and Astronomy “Ettore Majorana” for the Department Quality
01/2018 – present: INFN local responsible of the ALICE group in Catania
Referee for several international scientific journals (NIM A, NIM B, Nature scientific reports, Optical Engineering, Annals of Nuclear Energy)
Co-Editor for Europhysics Letters (EPL)
Member of the organizing committee of some international workshops and conferences (Quark Matter 2017, Resonance Workshop at Catania 2014, WISH 2010)

Outreach activity: within the EEE Project, she officially coordinates the participation of several hundreds of students to the International Cosmic Day organized by DESY

Scientific associations: INFN, CERN, Centro Fermi, SIF, EPS