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PhD students - cycle 38

PhD Positions on non-EU funding

Ahuja Bhaskar

Research Project: 5A - Space Surveillance and Tracking with Radar Systems
SupervisorProf. Marco Martorella Co-Supervisor: Dr. Luca Gentile
Operational Site: Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT) - CNIT RASS laboratory in Pisa

Babu Megha

Research Project: 2D - Deep Learning for Time-transient phenomena in the ionosphere and correlation with seismo-induced events
SupervisorDr. Marco Cristoforetti Co-Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Iuppa 
Operational Site: Fondazione Bruno Kessler - FBK- Trento

Bartolini Chiara

Research Project: 1E - Multi-messenger and multi-wavelenght observations of Cosmic Rays accelerators
SupervisorProf. Francesco Giordano Co-SupervisorProf. Elisabetta Bissaldi
Operational Site: University of Bari “Aldo Moro” - Bari

Bonollo Alberto

Research Project: 1C - Galactic science with Cherenkov Telescope Array within the project CTA+ funded by the PNRR with CUP C53C22000430006
SupervisorProf. Paolo Esposito Co-Supervisor:  Dr. Andrea Giuliani ; Dr. Patrizia Caraveo
Operational Site: Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori - IUSS Pavia - Pavia

Cavazzini Leo

Research Project: 5C - Space compliant LGAD sensors
SupervisorDr. Matteo Centis Vignali Co-SupervisorProf. Paolo Zuccon ; Dr. Pierluigi Bellutti
Operational Site: Fondazione Bruno Kessler - FBK- Trento; University of Trento

Ferrara Federico

Research Project: 2A - Studies of the coupling processes of geospheres (from the lithosphere to the upper atmosphere) induced by volcanic activity
SupervisorDr Alessandro Bonforte Co-SupervisorProf. Vincenzo Carbone ; Dr. Michela Ravanelli
Operational Site: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica (INGV)- INGV section in Catania

Introna Margaux

Research Project: 3B - Mathematical challenges in space science: theoretical and computational methods in Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics 
SupervisorProf. Susanna Terracini Co-SupervisorProf. Vivina Laura Barutello
Operational Site: Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica - INDAM - Torino

Landi Anna-Irene

Research Project: 3C - Natural and synthetic analogues of the planet Mercury: mineralogical and petrological aspects 
SupervisorProf. Giovanni Pratesi Co-Supervisor: Dr. Cristian Carli
Operational Site: University of Florence - Florence

Leone Wladimiro

Research Project: 5F - Modular observatories to study the most energetic events in the Universe 
SupervisorProf. Tiziana Di Salvo Co-SupervisorProf. Giovanni Marsella
Operational Site: University of Palermo - Palermo

Margheri Alessio

Research Project: 3A - Sensors and techniques for the exploration of the Solar System 
SupervisorDr. Roberto Orosei Co-SupervisorProf. Lorenzo Bruzzone ; Dr. Giuseppe Pupillo
Operational Site: Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - INAF - Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna (OAS)

Messina Piero  

Research Project:  Space Diplomacy: the case of Italy between European and Transatlantic cooperation in space programs
SupervisorProf. David Burigana Co-SupervisorProf. Maria Gagliardi ; Dr. Domenico Capolongo
Operational Site: University of Padua - Padua


PhD Positions Funded by the Eropean Union

Adamo Francesco

Research Project: 6F - Telecommunication systems: High frequency transceiver systems for small satellites, towards a 5G transceiver in Ka band
SupervisorProf. Sergio Carrato  Co-Supervisor: Prof. Anna Gregorio 
Operational Site: University of Trieste - Trieste

Capuzzi Giorgio

Research Project: 4D - Bioengineering approaches to neurophysiology in the space environment
SupervisorProf. Myrka Zago Co-SupervisorDr. Barbara La Scaleia
Operational Site: University of Rome Tor Vergata - Rome

Carralot Florie

Research Project: 1D - Analysis, Combination and Interpretation of Space Measurements of Galactic, Extra-Galactic and Cosmological Electro-Magnetic and Gravitational Radiation

SupervisorProf. Nicoletta Krachmalnicoff Co-SupervisorProf. Carlo Baccigalupi

Operational Site: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati - Trieste

Chretien Thomas

Research Project: 4E - Physiological adaptations and behavioral alterations in extreme environmental conditions and microgravity
SupervisorProf. Yuri Bozzi Co-SupervisorDr. Stefania Pighin
Operational Site: University of Trento - Trento, CIMeC, Rovereto (TN)

De Dominicis Noemi

Research Project: 4A - Bioactive lipids and resolution of inflammation in microgravity
SupervisorProf. Mauro Maccarrone Co-SupervisorDr. Veronica Carnicelli
Operational Site: University of L’Aquila - L’Aquila

Deb Rohaan

Research Project: 1F - Understanding the production mechanism of light antinuclei to constraint indirect searches for dark matter annihilation in space
SupervisorDr. Ramona Lea Co-SupervisorProf. Davide Pagano
Operational Site: University of Brescia - Brescia

Di Giorgi Eugenia

Research Project: 1L -  Modeling and experimental study of astrophysical processes across the electromagnetic spectrum
SupervisorDr. Giovanni Signorelli Co-SupervisorProf. Luca Baldini 
Operational Site: University of Pisa - Pisa

Doria Rosales Elizabeth

Research Project: 2B - Space physics and Sun-Earth relations
SupervisorProf. Vincenzo Carbone Co-SupervisorProf. Fabio Lepreti
Operational Site: University of Calabria - Cosenza

Gemignani Matteo

Research Project: 6E - Engineering challenges for future 'near-Earth' missions 
SupervisorProf. Salvo Marcuccio Co-SupervisorProf. Luca Fanucci
Operational Site: University of Pisa - Pisa

Ghose Essna

Research Project: 5G - Design, simulation and test of a not-imaging space detector devoted to cosmic-rays studies
SupervisorDr. Francesco De Palma Co-Supervisor: Dr. Antonio Surdo
Operational Site: University of Salento - Lecce

Giri Nair Archana

Research Project: 2C - Study through nanosatellites of solar drivers and Sun-Planet interaction in the context of Space Weather 
SupervisorProf. Francesco Berrilli Co-SupervisorDr. Dario Del Moro
Operational Site: University of Rome Tor Vergata - Rome

Leonardi Pietro

Research Project: 3D - Search, characterization and exploration of exoplanets and exoplanetary systems
SupervisorProf. Giampaolo Piotto Co-SupervisorValerio Nascimbeni ; Luca Borsato
Operational Site: University of Padua - Padua

Malloggi Eleonora

Research Project: 4C - Astrobiology, Life Science and Space Medicine 
SupervisorProf. Enrica Laura Santarcangelo Co-SupervisorDr. Laura Sebastiani
Operational Site: University of Pisa - Pisa

Molaro Lisa 

Research Project:  3E - Analysis of planetary data acquired by remote sensing and radar instruments 
SupervisorProf. Lorenzo Bruzzone Co-SupervisorDr. Francesca Bovolo
Operational Site: University of Trento - Trento

Murgia Giampaolo

Research Project:  4B - Molecular modifications induced by long term spaceflight in humans and in experimental biological models. Focus on innovative countermeasures to support space exploration
SupervisorProf. Angela Maria Rizzo Co-SupervisorProf. Paola Antonia Corsetto
Operational Site: University of Milan “La Statale” - Milan

Nosseir Ahmed Emadeldin Sayed

Research Project:  5E - Photonic Integrated Sensor Systems for Space Applications
SupervisorProf. Claudio Jose Oton Nieto Co-SupervisorProf. Fabrizio Di Pasquale
Operational Site: Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna - Pisa

Rossi Francesco

Research Project:  1N - Measurements of antimatter in space
SupervisorProf. Paolo Zuccon Co-SupervisorRoberto Iuppa ; Dr. Francesco Nozzoli
Operational Site: University of Trento - Trento

Rubiola Andrea Maria

Research Project:  1M - Multimessenger and multiwavelength signals of particle dark matter
SupervisorProf. Nicolao Fornengo Co-SupervisorProf. Stefano Camera
Operational Site: University of Turin - Turin

Siddique Iqra

Research Project:  1A - Study of the high energy cosmic radiation with space-based missions and corresponding detector design and optimization
SupervisorProf. Ivan De Mitri Co-SupervisorProf. Adriano Di Giovanni
Operational Site: Gran Sasso Science Institute - GSSI - L’Aquila

Sirletti Salvatore Samuele

Research Project:  1G - Constraints from space borne observations of the cosmic microwave background and of the large scale structure of the Universe
SupervisorProf. Paolo Natoli Co-SupervisorDr. Alessandro Gruppuso, Dr. Mario Ballardin
Operational Site: University of Ferrara - Ferrara

Ulivi Lorenzo

Research Project: 1H - Space based observations and experiments for the detection of cosmic sources and the characterization of their physical properties
SupervisorProf. Alessandro Marconi Co-SupervisorDr. Giovanni Cresci
Operational Site: University of Florence - Florence

Vaia Beatrice

Research Project: 1B - Multi-wavelength observations of Galactic and extragalactic compact objects and transients
SupervisorProf. Paolo Esposito Co-SupervisorProf. Andrea Tiengo
Operational Site: Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori - IUSS Pavia - Pavia