RICCOBENE GIORGIO MARIA

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Orari di ricevimento

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Curriculum

ACADEMIC DEGREES
Laurea (M.Sc.) cum Laude in 1996 and PhD in 2000, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, University of Catania.

JOB POSITIONS
2000-2001: Post-doc fellowships at Univ. of Catania and Centro Siciliano di Fisica Nucleare
2001-2004: Assegno di Ricerca INFN (2001-2004).
2004- 2017: full staff researcher (Ricercatore, Lev. III) at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud
2017-today: primo ricercatore (Lev. II) at INFN LNS.

SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS
Nuclear Physics
ALadin (A Large Dipole Magnet) – GSI (Germany), MSU (USA), INFN, International collaboration.
Exploration of liquid-gas-like phase transitions in nuclear matter.
Tasks: Montecarlo simulation, silicon detector characterization, data analysis, detector construction

High-energy astro-particle physics and neutrino fundamental properties

1998/2014: Neutrino Mediterranean Observatory (NEMO) and KM3NeT-Italia – Italian Consortium.
Pilot technological and scientific demonstrator for underwater neutrino telescope
Tasks: Detector design and construction, Optical and oceanographic water column analysis, acoustic positioning, sea operations, data analysis, time calibration
Coordination: Member of the project technical board, sea operation manager for seawater properties studies, coordinator of the acoustic positioning group, coordinator of electronics integration

2000/today: ANTARES (Abyssal Neutrino telescope for Astronomy Research) – International Collaboration.
Demonstrator underwater detector for cosmic neutrino detection, Dark matter studies, neutrino properties
Tasks: data analysis, detector construction

2006/today: KM3NeT – International Collaboration.
First km3 scale underwater neutrino detector for astronomy and fundamental physics studies
Tasks: water-column properties, detector design, construction, acoustic positioning system, marine operations, astrophysical data analysis
Coordination: member of the project steering committee (2012-2019), coordinator of the “Detector test and calibration” working group; coordinator of the water column properties studies for the Italian site.

2006/2012: KM3NeT Design Study and Preparatory Phase FP6, FP7 – European Consortium.
Tasks: member of the steering committee for shore and subsea infrastructure working group, member of the associated science working group; member of the marine environment study and industrial preparation working groups.

2017/2020: KM3NeT 2.0 Infradev H2020 - European Consortium.
KM3NeT project evolution towards ERIC
Tasks: data distribution, data access to external users, marine technology developments, outreach and communication.

Multidisciplinary underwater detectors and infrastructures

2003-2007: OnDE (Ocean Noise detection Experiment) – INFN, Univ. Pavia.
Technological and scientific demonstrator for a deep-sea acoustic neutrino detector
Tasks: detector design and construction, sea operation, soundscape data acquisition and analysis
Coordination: Principal investigator

2007/2010: ESONET (European Sea Observatory, Network of Excellence) – International Consortium.
Role: manager of the acoustic detectors for East Sicily node, INFN responsible for LIDO-Demonstration mission and Exchange of Personnel initiative

2008/2015: SMO (Submarine Multidisciplinary Observatory) – FIRB/MIUR 2008
Tasks: design, construction and operation of marine acoustic detectors
Role: PI

2017/today: EMSO (European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and Water Column Observatory) – ERIC
Tasks: design, construction and operation of bio-acoustic hydrophone array on SN1 observatory
Role: member of the EMSO-Italy Joint Research unit “Communication Working Group”

2013/2015: EMSO MEDIT PON-RC/PAC 2007-2013
Marine infrastructure upgrade for EMSO
Tasks: multidisciplinary acoustic detectors design
Role: Member of the management committee

2017/2018: INFN - Univ. St. Andews (UK) collaboration agreements "Multi-species
presence of cetaceans in the northern Ionian Sea" and "Tagging Sperm and beaked whales in the northern
Ionian Sea aided by real-time acoustic localization’
Tasks: acoustic tagging and localization of cetaceans with SMO detector
Role: Co-PI

2018/today: FOCUS-ERC – Univ. of Brest Lead, IDIL, IFREMER, CNRS (France), INFN.
Geophysical event monitoring seafloor observatory
Tasks: system interface to on-shore and subsea infrastructure, detector operation.
Role: INFN Responsible for the Focus Project

2017/today: IDMAR (Infrastruttura Distribuita sul Mare) PO FESR 2014-2020
Installation and operation of a subsea infrastructure in Sicily
Tasks: Time calibration and acoustic positioning systems for junction boxes, installation of a new cabled system for subsea power and data distribution.
Role: Director of the execution of the contract for the installation of a novel DC-power and optical fiber system consisting in a 100 km-long electro-optical cable, Cable Termination Frame and medium voltage converters, on shore power supply and electro-optical distribution system, cost 15 M€, main contractor Alcatel Submarine Networks.

Particle Physics Neutrino fundamental properties study

2018/today: DUNE (Deep underground Neutrino experiment) – International Collaboration
2019/today: ICARUS – International Collaboration
Tasks: detector monitoring

Medical Physics
2018/today: PRO-SD (Proton Sound Detector) – INFN Project
Acoustic detection and characterisation of proton beams for radio-therapy
Tasks: Acoustic analysis, detector design

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
2009/2012: LNS delegate in the INFN the Computing and Network Committee 2014/today: Member of the Technical and Advisory Board of the Baikal Giant Volume Detector neutrino telescope
2014/today: Member of the technical board on Airguns - Ministero dell'Ambiente e Tutela del territorio e del Mare
2019/2020: Head of Marine Infrastructures Service of LNS-INFN

TEACHING AND ACADEMIA
2008-2018: Co-lecturer “Astroparticle Physics” course, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania
2019-today: Professore a Contratto, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, “Astroparticle Physics"course
2017/today: member of Collegio dei Docenti del Dottorato in Fisica, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania

Co-tutor of:
20 M.Sc Thesis
2 B.Sc thesis
4 Ph.D Thesis


SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, BOOKS AND CONFERENCES

Referee of:
MDPI Sensors
Astroparticle Physics Journal, Elsevier. Most Valued reviewer 2014.
MDPI Micromachines
Ocean Engineering, Elsevier.
Scientific Reports, Nature

2011-2019: Member of the editorial board of “Asimmetrie”, the INFN Magazine
2018: Editor of the Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino Detection Activities (ARENA 2018), EPJ conference series
2013: Co-director of the International workshop: Cetacean echolocation and outer space neutrinos: ethology and physics for an interdisciplinary approach to underwater bioacoustics and astrophysical particles detection. School of Ethology. Erice, Italy
2014: Conveener “Sezione Acustica Sottomarina”, 41° Convegno Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Acustica. Pisa, Italy
2018: Member of the International Program Committee Board. VLVNT18 Workshop on Very Large Volume
Neutrino Telescopes. Dubna, Russia and Conveener of Detector Calibration Section.
2017: Member of the organization committe of the Workshop “Il rumore antropico in mare e il suo impatto sui cetacei”, Catania, Italia

AWARDS
Futuro In Ricerca (FIRB) grant MIUR 2008 for the SMO project

RESULTS AND FIGURES
Scopus: 5638 citations, H-index 36;
Google Scholar: 10139 Citations, H-Index 48, i-10 index 119
Author and co-author of more than 100 papers published in peer-review international journals
1 edited book
2 chapters published in international books

MAIN OUTREACH RECORDS
The Neutrino and the whale – N. Nosengo- Nature vol. 462; p. 560
Caccia ai neutrini nelle profondità del Mediterraneo – G. Riccobene, Le Stelle n.150(2016)
TG-Leonardo, Rai (2010)
Euronews, Futuris (2011)
Radio3 Scienza, Rai (2013 and 2015)
Nautilius, Rai Scuola: i neutrini (2014)
Memex, Rai Scuola: I luoghi della scienza: Catania (2016)
Superquark, Rai Uno: I neutrini (2020)
Darwin, Radio 24 (2020)