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author Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net>
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1 \documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
2 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
3 \usepackage{cv}
4
5 \newcommand{\utn}{Universit\`{a} degli Studi di Trento}
6
7 \name{Daniele Nicolodi}
8 \address{%
9 Department of Physics - University of Trento \\
10 Via Sommarive 14 Povo \\
11 38123 Trento Italy}
12 \info{%
13 Phone: & 00 39 0461 283816 \\
14 & 00 39 347 9586081 \\
15 Email: & \mailto{nicolodi@science.unitn.it}}
16
17 \bibliography{publications}
18
19 \begin{document}
20 \maketitle
21
22 \section{Education}
23 \begin{description}
24 \item[2011 \enspace Ph.D. in Physics] \utn, Trento, Italy. Degree
25 obtained with grade Excellent -- highest honours. Dissertation:
26 <<Femto Newton level testing of free fall on ground>>. Supervisor:
27 William Joseph Weber.
28 \item[2007 \enspace Master Degree in Physics] Laurea Magistrale, \utn,
29 Trento, Italy. Degree obtained with grade 110/110 cum laude -- highest
30 honours. Thesis: <<Toward a third generation torsion pendulum for
31 the femto-Newton level testing of free fall in the laboratory>>.
32 \item[2004 \enspace Bachelor Degree in Applied Physics] Laurea, \utn, Trento,
33 Italy. Degree obtained with grade 110/110. Thesis:
34 <<Calibration system for the scintillators employed in the CRESST-II
35 dark matter research experiment>>.
36 \end{description}
37
38 \section{Relevant work experiences}
39 \begin{description}
40 \item[November 2007 - present] Research Assistant. Experimental
41 Gravitation Laboratory, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.
42 \item[February 2010 - October 2011] Assistant Lecturer for the course
43 <<Fisica 1>> -- Newtonian physics for 1st year students -- at the
44 Faculty of Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.
45 \item[February 2009 - October 2009] Assistant Lecturer for the course
46 <<Laboratorio di Fisica 1>> -- introductory physics laboratory for
47 1st year Physics students -- at the Faculty of Science, University
48 of Trento, Trento, Italy.
49 \item[1999 - 2007] Freelance in the Information Technology field with
50 particular, but not limited to, experience in the design,
51 development and integration of custom GNU-Linux solutions, design
52 and development of desktop and web-based applications, network
53 protocol analysis and implementation.
54 \end{description}
55
56 \section{Current research activity and interests}
57 \begin{dottedlist}
58 High precision metrology \and High sensitivity torsion pendulums
59 \and Sources of force noise on geodesic reference macroscopic test
60 masses \and Dissipation mechanisms in mechanical experiments \and
61 Optical interferometry
62 \end{dottedlist}
63
64 \noindent
65 My research focuses on the limits for achieving near perfect free-fall
66 of macroscopic test masses for the observation of gravitational
67 waves. In particular my work concerns exploiting the femto-Newton
68 level sensitivity of a torsion pendulum for the on-ground measurement
69 of small force disturbances on the test masses of the Laser
70 Interferometer Space Antenna -- LISA -- space low-frequency
71 gravitational wave detector, including the development of data
72 analysis routines for the extraction of stochastic and coherent small
73 force signals. Concurrently my work also aims at improving the
74 sensitivity of the torsion pendulum apparatus itself, pushing the
75 current limits for small force metrology. Currently my efforts are
76 directed mainly toward the realization of a low noise torsion pendulum
77 angular position read-out based on an heterodyne wavefront-sensing
78 interferometer with nanoradian sensitivity. I collaborate to the
79 development of the LTPDA Matlab Toolbox for the LISA Pathfinder data
80 analysis, with particular attention to the relational database data
81 storage component.
82
83 \section{Skills and competences}
84
85 I have experience in designing and analyzing experiments and
86 measurement techniques, with the particular attention to detail and
87 sources of uncertainty required in high precision measurements. I have
88 experience with the design, setup and operation of precise mechanical
89 apparatuses, low noise electronics, high precision optical systems,
90 data acquisition hardware and software, computer controlled
91 experiments, and high vacuum systems, as well as with the development
92 of data analysis methods and numerical simulations.
93
94 I'm fluent programming in C, C\texttt{++}, Python, Perl, Matlab, and
95 LabView, with specific experience in scientific computing and data
96 analysis. I have experience in real-time data acquisition and
97 processing, and I have knowledge of the basic techniques for real-time
98 programming. I master and routinely take advantage of version control
99 systems. I'm passionate about Free Software and I contribute to
100 several Free Software projects. I have experience in system
101 administration of GNU-Linux systems and I'm comfortable working in
102 Unix and Microsoft Windows computing environments. I have good
103 knowledge of the LaTeX typesetting system.
104
105 \section{Other relevant experiences}
106 \begin{description}
107 \item[October 4th - 8th 2010]
108 Advanced Scientific Programming in Python Autumn School, Trento, Italy.
109 \item[May 5th - 9th 2008]
110 3rd VESF School on Gravitational Waves Summer School, Virgo, Cascina, Italy.
111 \item[August 2005 - July 2006]
112 Erasmus student at the Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden.
113 \item[April 2005 - June 2005]
114 Visiting student at the Physics department of the
115 T\"{u}binghen Universit\"{a}t, T\"{u}binghen, Germany.
116 \end{description}
117
118 %\section{Languages}
119 %\begin{description}[style=sameline]
120 %\item[Italian:]
121 % mother tongue.
122 %\item[English:]
123 % good spoken and written.
124 %\end{description}
125
126 % publications
127 \printbibliography[heading=bibnumbered,title=Publications]
128
129 \section{Conference contributions}
130
131 \newcommand{\litem}[1]{\item{\it #1.}}
132 \begin{enumerate}
133 \litem{Brownian force noise from residual gas damping and the
134 sensitivity of advanced gravitational wave observatories} Talk.
135 9th Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves, Cardiff, Wales, UK,
136 July 10-15, \textbf{2011}.
137
138 \litem{Femto-Newton level testing of free-fall on-ground} Solicited
139 talk. 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Bremen, Germany, July 18-25,
140 \textbf{2010}.
141
142 \litem{Experimental investigation of GRS force disturbance sources}
143 Talk. 8th LISA Symposium, Stanford University, California USA, June
144 28 - July 2, \textbf{2010}.
145
146 \litem{Improving torsion pendulum force sensitivity with LISA
147 Pathfinder like interferometric angular read-out} Poster. 8th LISA
148 Symposium, Stanford University, California USA, June 28 - July 02,
149 \textbf{2010}.
150
151 \litem{Increased Brownian force noise from molecular impacts in a
152 constrained volume} Talk. From Quantum to Cosmos 4 - Q2C4, Bremen,
153 Germany, September 21-24, \textbf{2009}.
154
155 \litem{Gas damping in the LISA noise budget} Poster. 8th Edoardo
156 Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves, New York, USA, June 21-26,
157 \textbf{2009}.
158
159 \litem{An improved torsion pendulum for on-ground verification of the
160 LISA gravitational reference sensor} Poster. 7th LISA Symposium,
161 Barcelona, June 16-20, \textbf{2008}.
162
163 \litem{Characterization of the LISA gravitational reference sensor with
164 an upgraded torsion pendulum} Poster. 7th Edoardo Amaldi Conference
165 on Gravitational Waves, Sydney, Australia, July 8-14, \textbf{2007}.
166 \end{enumerate}
167
168 \vfill
169 \centering\footnotesize Last updated: \today.
170
171 \end{document}