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author | Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net> |
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date | Mon, 28 Nov 2016 11:48:11 -0700 |
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\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{cv} % \usepackage{parskip} \newcommand{\utn}{Universit\`{a} degli Studi di Trento} \name{Daniele Nicolodi} \address{% National Institute of Standards and Technology \\ 325 Broadway \\ Boulder, CO 80305, USA} \info{% Phone: & +1 303 497 6801 \\ & +1 720 416 7395 \\ Email: & \mailto{daniele.nicolodi@nist.gov}} \bibliography{publications} % \DeclareBibliographyCategory{selected} % \addtocategory{selected}{natcomms-2016,metrologia-2016,natphot-2015,natphot-2014,prl-2009} % \printbibliography[heading=bibnumbered,category=selected,title={Selected publications}] \begin{document} \maketitle \section{Education} \begin{description} \item[2011 \enspace Ph.D. in Physics] \utn, Trento, Italy. Degree obtained with grade Excellent -- highest honours. Dissertation: <<Femto Newton level testing of free fall on ground>>. Supervisor: William Joseph Weber. \item[2007 \enspace Master Degree in Physics] Laurea Magistrale, \utn, Trento, Italy. Degree obtained with grade 110/110 cum laude -- highest honours. Thesis: <<Toward a third generation torsion pendulum for the femto-Newton level testing of free fall in the laboratory>>. \item[2004 \enspace Bachelor Degree in Applied Physics] Laurea, \utn, Trento, Italy. Degree obtained with grade 110/110. Thesis: <<Calibration system for the scintillators employed in the CRESST-II dark matter research experiment>>. \end{description} \section{Relevant work experiences} \begin{description} \item[February 2016 - present] Post-doc fellow. Optical Frequency Measurements Group, Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, USA. \item[May 2012 - December 2015] Post-doc fellow. Optical Frequency Metrology Group, SYRTE -- Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France. \item[November 2007 - April 2012] Research Assistant. Experimental Gravitation Laboratory, University of Trento, Trento, Italy. \item[February 2010 - October 2011] Assistant Lecturer for the course <<Fisica 1>> -- Newtonian physics for 1st year students -- at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, Italy. \item[February 2009 - October 2009] Assistant Lecturer for the course <<Laboratorio di Fisica 1>> -- introductory physics laboratory for 1st year Physics students -- at the Faculty of Science, University of Trento, Trento, Italy. \item[1999 - 2007] Freelance in the Information Technology field with particular, but not limited to, experience in the design, development and integration of custom GNU-Linux solutions, design and development of desktop and web-based applications, network protocol analysis and implementation. \end{description} \section{Current research activity and interests} \begin{dottedlist} High precision frequency metrology \and Optical frequency combs \and Low phase-noise photonic microwave generation \and Ultra-stable lasers \and Laser frequency stabilization techniques \and Optical clocks \end{dottedlist} \noindent My research activity focuses on the exploitation fiber-based optical frequency combs systems for the transfer of the frequency stability of ultra-stable lasers to other wavelengths in the optical domain and to the microwave domain. Amnong other applications, the aim is to generate high stability optical and microwave signals to probe the atomic fountan clocks and the optical lattice clocks at SYRTE. In the optical domain we recently realized and an optical frequency stability transfer scheme based on an optical frequency comb capable of transferring frequency stability exceeding the thermal noise limit of state-of-the-art high-finesse optical cavities. In the microwave domain the solution implemented in my laboraotry is already capable to compete with the stability of state-of-the-art cryogenic sapphire oscillators. My research aims at further improving the phase noise of the generated microwave signal by exploring new optical frequency comb and photo-detection technologies. I am also responsible for the operation of the femtosecond combs for the characterization the ultra-stable laser developed at SYRTE and for the comparison of the different optical and microwave clocks operated at SYRTE with stability and accuracy not limited by the stability of the optical frequency comb setup. \section{Previous research activity} \begin{dottedlist} High precision force metrology \and High sensitivity torsion pendulums \and Sources of force noise on geodesic reference macroscopic test masses \and Dissipation mechanisms in mechanical experiments \and Optical interferometry \end{dottedlist} \noindent My previous research activity focused on the study of the limits for achieving near perfect free-fall of macroscopic test masses for the observation of gravitational waves. In particular, I contributed to the on-ground measurement of small force disturbances on the test masses of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna space low-frequency gravitational wave detector -- LISA -- and its precursor mission LISA Pathfinder, exploiting the femto-Newton level sensitivity of a torsion pendulum. My work work included the experimental activity, the development of data analysis routines for the extraction of stochastic and coherent small force signals, and, concurrently it also aimed at improving the sensitivity of the torsion pendulum apparatus itself, pushing the current limits for small force metrology. I lead the initial effort for the realisation of a low-noise torsion pendulum angular position read-out based on an heterodyne wavefront-sensing interferometer with nanoradian sensitivity, applying some of the LISA Pathfinder interferometer techniques. I collaborated to the development of the LTPDA Matlab Toolbox for the LISA Pathfinder data analysis, with particular attention to the relational database data storage component. \section{Skills and competences} I have experience in designing and analysing experiments and measurement techniques, with the particular attention to detail and sources of uncertainty required in high precision measurements. I have experience with the design, setup and operation of precise mechanical apparatuses, low noise electronics, high precision optical systems, data acquisition hardware and software, computer controlled experiments, and high vacuum systems, as well as with the development of data analysis methods and numerical simulations. More recently I acquired competences in the operation of fiber-based optical frequency combs, ultra-stable laser stabilised on high-finesse optical cavities, frequency and phase noise characterization, radio-frequency and microwave electronics, and software-defined radio. I am proficient programming in C, C\texttt{++}, Python, Perl, Matlab, and LabView, with specific experience in scientific computing and data analysis. I have experience in real-time data acquisition and processing, and I have knowledge of real-time programming techniques. I master and routinely take advantage of modern software development techniques and version control systems. I'm passionate about Free Software and I contribute to several Free Software projects. I have experience in system administration of GNU-Linux systems and I'm comfortable working in Unix, Mac~OS~X, and Microsoft Windows computing environments. I have good knowledge of the LaTeX typesetting system. \section{Other relevant experiences} \begin{description} \item[October 4th - 8th 2010] Advanced Scientific Programming in Python Autumn School, Trento, Italy. \item[May 5th - 9th 2008] 3rd VESF School on Gravitational Waves Summer School, Virgo, Cascina, Italy. \item[August 2005 - July 2006] Erasmus student at the Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden. \item[April 2005 - June 2005] Visiting student at the Physics department of the T\"{u}binghen Universit\"{a}t, T\"{u}binghen, Germany. \end{description} %\section{Languages} %\begin{description}[style=sameline] %\item[Italian:] % mother tongue. %\item[English:] % good spoken and written. %\end{description} % publications \printbibliography[heading=bibnumbered,title={Publications}] \section{Conference contributions} \newcommand{\litem}[1]{\item{\it #1.}} \begin{enumerate} \litem{Ultra-low phase noise frequency-comb-based microwave generation and characterization} Talk. IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. May 9-12, \textbf{2016}. \litem{Automatic control of amplitude-to-phase conversion in photo-detection of femto-second pulses for low phase-noise microwave generation} Poster. IFCS-EFTF Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA. April 12-16, \textbf{2015}. \litem{Optical and microwave frequency synthesis with optical frequency combs} Invited seminar. Sao Paulo University, Sao Carlos, Brazil. September 2, \textbf{2014}. \litem{Spectral purity transfer between optical wavelengths at the $\mathit{10^{-18}}$ level} Talk. CPEM 2014, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. August 24-29, \textbf{2014}. \litem{Spectral purity transfer between optical wavelengths at the $\mathit{10^{-18}}$ level} Talk. French-Russian-German Laser Symposium 2013, Besançon, France. November 4-7, \textbf{2013}. \litem{Spectral purity transfer between optical wavelengths at the $\mathit{10^{-18}}$ level} Talk. Joint UFFC, EFTF and PFM Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic. July 21-25, \textbf{2013}. \litem{Brownian force noise from residual gas damping and the sensitivity of advanced gravitational wave observatories} Talk. 9th Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves, Cardiff, Wales, UK. July 10-15, \textbf{2011}. \litem{Femto-Newton level testing of free-fall on-ground} Solicited talk. 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Bremen, Germany. July 18-25, \textbf{2010}. \litem{Experimental investigation of GRS force disturbance sources} Talk. 8th LISA Symposium, Stanford University, California, USA. June 28 - July 2, \textbf{2010}. \litem{Improving torsion pendulum force sensitivity with LISA Pathfinder like interferometric angular read-out} Poster. 8th LISA Symposium, Stanford University, California, USA. June 28 - July 02, \textbf{2010}. \litem{Increased Brownian force noise from molecular impacts in a constrained volume} Talk. From Quantum to Cosmos 4 - Q2C4, Bremen, Germany. September 21-24, \textbf{2009}. \litem{Gas damping in the LISA noise budget} Poster. 8th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves, New York, USA. June 21-26, \textbf{2009}. \litem{An improved torsion pendulum for on-ground verification of the LISA gravitational reference sensor} Poster. 7th LISA Symposium, Barcelona, Spain. June 16-20, \textbf{2008}. \litem{Characterization of the LISA gravitational reference sensor with an upgraded torsion pendulum} Poster. 7th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves, Sydney, Australia. July 8-14, \textbf{2007}. \end{enumerate} \vfill {\centering\footnotesize Updated \today.} \end{document}