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\name{Daniele Nicolodi}
\address{%
  Department of Physics - University of Trento \\
  Via Sommarive 14 Povo \\
  38123 Trento Italy}
\info{% 
  Phone:   & 00 39 0461 283816 \\ 
           & 00 39 347 9586081 \\
  Email:   & \mailto{nicolodi@science.unitn.it}}
 
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\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[November 2007 - present] 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 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
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\noindent
My research focuses on the limits for achieving near perfect free-fall
of macroscopic test masses for the observation of gravitational
waves. In particular my work concerns exploiting the femto-Newton
level sensitivity of a torsion pendulum for the on-ground measurement
of small force disturbances on the test masses of the Laser
Interferometer Space Antenna -- LISA -- space low-frequency
gravitational wave detector, including the development of data
analysis routines for the extraction of stochastic and coherent small
force signals.  Concurrently my work also aims at improving the
sensitivity of the torsion pendulum apparatus itself, pushing the
current limits for small force metrology. Currently my efforts are
directed mainly toward the realization of a low noise torsion pendulum
angular position read-out based on an heterodyne wavefront-sensing
interferometer with nanoradian sensitivity. I collaborate 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 analyzing 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.

I'm fluent 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 the basic techniques for real-time
programming.  I master and routinely take advantage of 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 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}

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%\item[English:]
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\section{Conference contributions}

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\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, 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}.
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