TOMASIELLO ALESSANDRO

Role
Full Professor  
Academic disciplines
Theoretical Physics of Fundamental Interactions, Models, Mathematical Methods and Applications (PHYS-02/A)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
THEORETICAL PHYSICS OF FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS, MODELS, MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND APPLICATIONS (02/PHYS-02)
Email
[email protected]
Office phone
0264482527
Room:
  • U02, Floor: 5, Room: 5027
Reception hours

Anytime (preferably by appointment)

Biography

Research career.

2014–2021 Full Professor at Universita` degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca.
2014–2021 Associate Professor at Universita` degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca.

2009–2014 Researcher at Universita` degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca.
2007–2009 Postdoc: Harvard University, USA.
2004–2007 Postdoc: Stanford University, USA.
2001–2004 Postdoc: Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau and IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette, France.

 

Awards and Grants.

  • ERC Starting Grant (Consolidator)1 “The Structure of the Extra Dimensions of String Theory” (XD-STRING), September 1, 2012 – August 31, 2017.

  • FIRB Grant RBFR10QS5J, “String Theory and Fundamental Interactions” (from the Italian Ministry for Research (MIUR)), Unit Leader of Milano-Bicocca node (one of two nodes), March 8, 2012 – March 7, 2016.

  • SIGRAV Prize 2010 (Prize of the Italian Society for Gravitation and General Relativity).

  • Invited as a plenary speaker 4 times at the annual “Strings” conference: “Strings 2005”, Toronto; “Strings 2008”, CERN; “Strings 2014”, Princeton; "Strings 2019", Brussels.

Education.

1997–2001 PhD in Mathematical Physics, SISSA/ISAS, Trieste. 

1992–1997 Physics Degree (Laurea), Pisa University. Grade 110/110 cum laude.

1994–1997 Diploma from Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, grade 70/70 cum laude.

 

Publications

  • Bhardwaj, L., Morrison, D., Tachikawa, Y., Tomasiello, A. (2018). The frozen phase of F-theory. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS(8), 1-43 [10.1007/JHEP08(2018)138]. Detail

  • Del Zotto, M., Heckman, J., Tomasiello, A., Vafa, C. (2015). 6d Conformal matter. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2015(2) [10.1007/JHEP02(2015)054]. Detail

  • Gaiotto, D., Tomasiello, A. (2010). The gauge dual of Romans mass. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2010(1) [10.1007/JHEP01(2010)015]. Detail

  • Grana, M., Minasian, R., Petrini, M., Tomasiello, A. (2005). Generalized structures of N=1 vacua. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS(11), 469-490 [10.1088/1126-6708/2005/11/020]. Detail

  • Tomasiello, A. (2001). D-branes on Calabi-Yau manifolds and helices. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 5(2) [10.1088/1126-6708/2001/02/008]. Detail

Full list

Research projects

PNRR per la Missione 4, componente 2 Investimento 1.1- Avviso 104/2022 | Effective quantum gravity
Year: 2022
Call: Bando PRIN 2022
Grantors: MINISTERO DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA (MUR)
XD-STRING-The structure of the extra dimensions of string theory
Year: 2011
Call: 2011-065 - ERC-Starting Physical Science
Grantors: UNIONE EUROPEA
La teoria delle stringhe e la fisica delle interazioni fondamentali
Year: 2010
Call: 2010-017 - Bando accordo quadro, Firb Futuro in ricerca 2010, Futuro in ricerca 2010
Grantors: M.I.U.R. - MINISTERO DELL'ISTRUZIONE, DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA

Awards

Awards

  • Ideas-ERC Starting Grant - European Research Council, 2012
  • BANDO FIRB - PROGRAMMA "FUTURO IN RICERCA", Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR), 2011
  • Premio SIGRAV, Società Italiana di Relatività Generale e Fisica della Gravitazione (SIGRAV), 2010

Scientific fellowships

  • Fellow - Young Academy of Europe, 2013

Research and teaching assignments

  • Titolare di contratto di ricerca - Postdoc - Harvard University, 2007 - 2008
  • Titolare di contratto di ricerca - Postdoc - Stanford University, 2004 - 2007

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