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)
Office phone
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.

 

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