Livio LAMIA
I am an associate professore in experimental physics (FIS/01) and my research activity is mainly focused on the measurements of low-energy cross section of interest for stellar and primordial nucleosynthesis by using the Trojan Horse Method (THM). I was appointed for a 2 years postdoc position at INFN-LNS (Catania). Further, I was appointed for 2 different postdoc positions, firstly at CSNSM-CNRS (Orsay, France) and secondly at the JRCIRMM (Geel, Belgium) institute of the European Commission for measuring neutron-induced reactions. Since March 2018, I was a fixed term researcher (RTD-B) and then, from March 2021, professor at DFA-UniCT.
January 2020-today National responsible (Spokeperson) of the ASFIN group (GR3-INFN)
Dec. 2010-Dec. 2015 Scientific Coordinator for the Italian MIUR-FIRB project (local coordinator, D.D. 03/08/2010). Personnel recruitment (post-doc fellow, collaborations), for purchasing equipment, and business travels;
Sept. 2004-today Spokesperson of 8 experiments (including preparation, organization of the experiment and its financial plan). These experiments have been performed in collaboration with scientists coming from national and international institutions. Participation at about 50 experiments;
Sept. 2004-today First author of 12 publications, co-author of more than 100 publications, h-index=38 (source ISIWEB of Knowledge, Jan.2021);
September 2003-today Participation to national conferences (9 talks), international conferences (11 talks), 3 posters, 6 invited lecturers to international schools;
Sept. 2007-today International Collaborations with the groups of College Station (Texas A&M Univeristy-Cyclotron Institute), San Paolo (Universidade Sao Paolo, Brazil), Rez (Czech Academy of Science, Czech Rep.), ATOMKI (Hungary), Orsay (IPN, France), CIAE (Beijing, China), RIKEN (Japan), TOPI (Pakistan), Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal) National Collaborations with the groups of the University of Pisa, University Federico II, INFN-LNL Legnaro, University of Padova.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name, family name: Livio Lamia
Date and place of birth: 17/06/1977, Erice (TP), ITALY
EDUCATION
February 2007 PhD in Physics for Engineering, University of Catania, Italy
July 2003 Degree in Physics, University of Catania, Italy
POSITIONS (PRESENT/PAST)
April 2021 Associate professor in Experimental Physics (02/A1-FIS/01)
December 2020 Positive evluation by the UniCT commission for the assistant professor position (02/A1-FIS/01)
July 2018 MIUR- Italian Ministry of University and Research (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di professore di I fascia 02/C1, ASN)
March 2018 - today Researcher on experimental physics (RTDB, art. 24, comma 3b, L. 240/10);
November 2015-today "Senior PostDoctoral Researcher at INFN-LNSN" (Nuclear Astrophysics, INFN-LNS, Catania)
April 2017 MIUR- Italian Ministry of University and Research (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di professore di I fascia 02/A1, ASN)
November 2014 MIUR- Italian Ministry of University and Research (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di professore di II fascia 02/A1, ASN)
November 2013 MIUR- Italian Ministry of University and Research (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di professore di II fascia 02/C1, ASN)
Dec. 2010-2015 FIRB PROJECT (MIUR)-Scientific coordinator (Research Un.) Temporary research scientist at the University of Catania, Department of Physics and Astronomy;
Jan.2010-Nov.2010 European Commission JRC-IRMM institute, Geel, Belgium Grantholder Cat. 30.;
July 2009 INFN-Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Judgment of Eligibility for a Research Position;
Oct.2007-Oct.2009 PostDoc Position at INFN-LNS, Catania, Italy on the theme “Cross section measurements at astrophysically relevant energies”;
May 2007-Aug.2007 PostDoc Position at CSNSM-CNRS, Orsay, Paris as associate in the nuclear astrophysics group;
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Sept. 2008 SIF-Italian Physical Society, “2nd Best talk of the national congress”, Genova (Italy)
Jul. 2005 SIF-Italian Physical Society “Salvatore Cristaldi”, “Young outstanding graduated student on Astrophysics”, Catania
SUPERVISION
Jan 2023 Supervisor for a Ph.D. Thesis;
Oct 2021 Master Thesis for the course on Physics (co-advisor);
May 2013 Master Thesis for the course on Physics (co-advisor);
Oct. 2010 Master Thesis for the course on Physics “Study of the 17O(n,α)14C reaction at astrophysical energies: THM applied to neutron-induced reactions” (co-advisor);
Oct.2012-July 2014 PostDoctoral Fellow for experimental nuclear physics (Supervisor);
May 2013-Aug.2013 PostDoctoral Fellow for theoretical nuclear physics (Supervisor);
Oct. 2011-Oct.2012 PostDoctoral Fellow for experimental nuclear physics (Supervisor)
Nov. 2013-Jan. 2014 PostDoctoral Fellow for experimental nuclear physics (Supervisor)
ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
June 2022 Co-chair of the XI European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics, Catania (Italy);
June 2019 Scientific Secretary of the X European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics, Catania (Italy);
Febr. 2017 Member of the Local Organizig Commettee of the "GIANTS Meeting", Bologna, Oct. 2018;
September 2017 Scientific Secretary of the IX European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics, St. Tecla (Italy);
September 2015 Scientific Secretary of the VIII European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics, St. Tecla (Italy);
September 2013 Scientific Secretary of the VII European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics, St. Tecla (Italy);
September 2011 Scientific Secretary of the VI European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics, St. Tecla (Italy);
September 2009 Local Organizing Committee of the VI European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics, St. Tecla (Italy);
EDITOR, REFEREE, EVALUATOR
Sept. 2017 Editor (EpJ WOC), proc. of the IX Europ.Summ.School, St.Tecla (Italy)
Sept. 2013 Editor (AIP), proc. of the VII Europ.Summ.School, St.Tecla (Italy)
Sept. 2011 Editor (SISSA), proc. of the VI Europ.Summ.School, St.Tecla (Italy)
Aug. 2012 Referee, of The Research Foundation (FWO)-Pegasus proj., Flanders
Sept. 2011 Member of the Evaluation Committee (Univ. of Catania) for a postdoc position;
Sept. 2012 Member of the Evaluation Committee (Univ. of Catania) for a postdoc position;
Academic Year 2021/2022
- DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology - 1st Year
PRINCIPI DI INFORMATICA MATEMATICA E FISICA APPLICATI ALLE BIOTECNOLOGIE M - Z - DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering - 1st Year
PHYSICS I A - E - DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Master's Degree in Physics - 1st Year
NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS
Academic Year 2020/2021
- DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology - 1st Year
PRINCIPI DI INFORMATICA MATEMATICA E FISICA APPLICATI ALLE BIOTECNOLOGIE M - Z - DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering - 1st Year
PHYSICS I A - E - DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Master's Degree in Physics - 1st Year
NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS
Academic Year 2019/2020
- DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology - 1st Year
PRINCIPI DI INFORMATICA MATEMATICA E FISICA APPLICATI ALLE BIOTECNOLOGIE - DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering - 1st Year
PHYSICS I A - E - DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Master's Degree in Physics - 1st Year
NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS
Academic Year 2018/2019
- DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering - 1st Year
PHYSICS I A - E
Academic Year 2017/2018
- DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering - 1st Year
PHYSICS I A - E - DIDACTIC UNIT OF ARCHITECTURE
Master's Degree in Architecture - 1st Year
PHYSICS M - Z
Academic Year 2016/2017
- DIDACTIC UNIT OF ARCHITECTURE
Master's Degree in Architecture - 1st Year
PHYSICS M - Z
Academic Year 2015/2016
- DIDACTIC UNIT OF ARCHITECTURE
Master's Degree in Architecture - 1st Year
PHYSICS M - Z
Nuclear astrophysics plays a pivotal role in understanding several issuses concerning our Universe, with particular regards to stellar energy generation and nucleosynthesis in quiescent and explosive scenario.
Here detailed info on my research activties and my pubblications
Among the different topics:
- Nuclear astrophysics investigates the synthesis of the light elements (namely, deuteron, 3He, 4He and 7Li) in the theoretical framework of the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN). Indeed, BBN represents one of the three pillars of the Big Bang theory togheter with the Hubble expansion and the existence of the relic Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation. Although CMB and Hubble expansion have been proved, BBN remains still under debat expecially for the long-standing comsmological Li-problem, i.e. the strong disagreement by a factor about 2-3 between halo objects (stellar) observations and those inferred from CMB studies.
- A second aspect of relevance in the global picture of nuclear astrophysics is represented by the role played by the so-called light elements lithim, beryllium and boron (LiBeB) in stellar physics. Because of their fragility against (p,alpha) reactions in stars, they are easily burnt a temperatures of few millions of Kelvin typical of the basis of the convective zone in F-G stars. Thus, by detecting their residual abundances it is possible to infer information about plasma mixing occurring in stars.
- A third aspect of relevance regards the synthesis of heavy elements, mainly occurring via both the s-process and the r-process.
My activity research is mainly focused on the following topics:
- Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Measurement of the producing/destroying nuclear reactions of interest for the cosmological lithium problem. Measurement of the producing reaction cross section for the process 7Be(n,alpha)4He and the 7Li(p,alpha)4He;
- Light elements LiBeB Measurement of the destroying (p,alpha) process involving 6Li, 7Li, 9Be, 10B, 11B in correspondence of the energy region of interest for astrophysics, i.e. inside a Gamow energy of few keV's;
- s-processes and neutron poison reactions Measurement of the neutron induced reactions of interest for the s-process at stellar temperatures, responsible for the nucleosynthesis of elements heavire than those belonging to the Iron peak;
- Indirect Methods for Nuclear astrophsysics Measurements of the previously mentioned reaction cross section via the application of the Trojan Horse Method (THM). The method allows one to measure astrophysically relevant two-body reaction cross section overcoming all the difficulties related to direct measurements such as Coulomb and/or centrifugal barriers penetration effects, electron screening and faint signal-to-noise ratio
The research activity is mainly performed at Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (INFN-LNS) of Catania although several experiments have been performed in national (INFN-LNL of Padova, UniNa of Napoli) and international (Texas A&M, College-Station USA; CRIB-Riken Japan; IPNO, Orsay Paris...) institutions.
Besides, I am currently involved in other kind of aspects related to school organization or meetings, such as:
1) Sept. 2017 Scientific Secreatry of the “9th European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics”, St. Tecla (Catania), Set. 17-24 2017
2) Sept. 2015 Scientific Secreatry of the “8th European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics”, St. Tecla (Catania), Set. 13-20 2015;
3) Sept. 2013 Scientific Secreatry of the “7th European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics”, St. Tecla (Catania), Set. 15-27 2013;
4) Sept. 2011 Scientific Secreatry of the “6th European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics”, St. Tecla (Catania), Set. 18-27 2011;
5) Ott. 2017 LOC of the “IX incontro dei gruppi italiani di astrofisica nucleare teorica e sperimentale (GIANTS)”, 5-6 Ottobre 2017, Bologna;
6) Sept. 2009 LOC of the “5th European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics”, St. Tecla (Catania), Set. 20-27 2009;
7) Apr. 2017 Scientific Divulgation for “XXVI edizione della Settimana della Cultura Scientifica e Tecnologica (MIUR)”, presso LNS-INFN, Catania;
8) Mar. 2014 Scientific Divulgation for “XXIII edizione della Settimana della Cultura Scientifica e Tecnologica (MIUR)”, presso LNS-INFN, Catania;
9) Oct. 2013 Scientific Divulgation for “XXIII edizione della Settimana della Cultura Scientifica e Tecnologica (MIUR)”, presso DFA-UNICT, Catania;
10) Mar. 2009 Scientific Divulgation for ASFIN-NEMO durante la “XIX Settimana della Cultura Scientifica e Tecnologica”, Catania, Apr. 6-15, 2009.
11) Febb. 2016 Scientific Divulgation for schools for Liceo Scientifico “Archimede” (Acireale) “In occasione dei 100 anni dalla pubblicazione della Relatività Generale di Einstein e a pochi giorni dall'annuncio della scoperta delle onde gravitazionali”
12) Febb. 2017 Scientific Divulgation for schools for Liceo Scientifico “Ven. I. Capizzi” (Bronte) “Attività di ricerca presso i Laboratori Nazionali del Sud”