Giorgio RICCOBENE

Adjunct Professor

Giorgio Riccobene

graduated in 1996 (Univ. of Catania)

PhD in physics in 2000 (Univ. of Catania).

 

My main reasearch field is Astroparticle Physics as:

Member of the ANTARES Collaboration

Member of the KM3NeT (km3 scale neutrino telescope) Collaboration: INFN-LNS Representative in the Institution Board. Former Coordinator of the Test and Calibration Working Group of the Steering Committe of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope

 

I am also Principal Investigator of the ONDE and SMO acoustic deep sea observatories and INFN Responsible for the FOCUS-ERC project

 

I am member of the technical Advisory Board of the Baikal NT experiment and consultant of the Italian Ministry of the environment (Airgun technical board)

I have a number of outreach records, including participation to the editorial board of “Asimmetrie” the INFN magazine (www.asimmetrie.it)

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0600-2774

Giorgio Maria Riccobene, born in Catania, Italy, in 1973.

 

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 at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud

2017-today: advance researcher at INFN LNS.

 

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

 

AWARDS

Futuro In Ricerca (FIRB) grant MIUR 2008 for the SMO project (684 k€)

 

RESULTS AND FIGURES

Scopus: 5638 citations, H-index 36;

Google Scholar: 10139 Citations, H-Index 48, i-10 index 119

 

 

 

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SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS

Nuclear Physics

ALadin (A Large Dipole Magnet). Exploration of liquid-gas-like phase transitions in nuclear matter.

 

High-energy astro-particle physics and neutrino fundamental properties

1998/2014: Neutrino Mediterranean Observatory (NEMO) and KM3NeT-Italia.Pilot technological and scientific demonstrator for underwater neutrino telescope

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). Demonstrator underwater detector for cosmic neutrino detection, Dark matter studies, neutrino properties

 

2006/today: KM3NeT – International Collaboration.First km3 scale underwater neutrino detector for astronomy and fundamental physics studies

Coordination: member of the project steering committee (2012-2019), coordinator of the “Detector test and calibration” . member of the Institution Board (2021)

 

Multidisciplinary underwater detectors and infrastructures

 

2003-2007: OnDE (Ocean Noise detection Experiment) – INFN, Univ. Pavia.

Coordination: Principal investigator

 

2007/2010: ESONET (European Sea Observatory, Network of Excellence)

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

Role: PI

 

2017/today: EMSO (European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and Water Column Observatory) – ERIC

 

2013/2015: EMSO MEDIT PON-RC/PAC 2007-2013

Role: Member of the management committee

 

2018/today: FOCUS-ERC

Role: INFN Responsible for the Focus Project

 

2017/today: IDMAR (Infrastruttura Distribuita sul Mare) PO FESR 2014-2020

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

IEEE

 

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

2017: Member of the organization committe of the Workshop “Il rumore antropico in mare e il suo impatto sui cetacei”, Catania, Italia

 

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)