Salvatore PLUMARI
Master’s Degree in Physics with 110/110 cum laude at the University of Catania in 2006. He received his PhD in Physics (cum laude) in 2010. In the period 2011-2018 he was post-doc at the University of Catania (s.s.d. FIS/02 and FIS/04).
In the period 2019-2022 researcher in Theoretical Physics ( s.sd. FIS/02 - Theoretical physics, mathematical models and methods) at the Department of Physics and Astronomy “E. Majorana ”of the University of Catania.
From March 2022 associate professor in Theoretical Physics ( s.sd. FIS/02 - Theoretical physics, mathematical models and methods) at the Department of Physics and Astronomy “E. Majorana ”of the University of Catania.
Education
2006 (“Laurea”) Master’s Degree in Physics, 110/110 cum laude at the University of Catania.
2010 (“Dottorato di Ricerca”) Ph.D. in Physics - University of Catania.
EMPLOYMENT:
5 March 2022 - today: associate professor in Theoretical Physics (s.c. 02/A2 – ssd FIS/02) at the Department of Physics and Astronomy “E. Majorana” of the University of Catania.
1 September 2018 – 4 March 2022: Researcher in Theoretical Physics (s.c. 02/A2 – ssd FIS/02) at the Department of Physics and Astronomy “E. Majorana” of the University of Catania.
1 March 2011 – 3 May 2018: Post-doc position at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Catania.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2019 – University grant (University of Catania “Piano per la ricerca – Linea d’intevento 2”)
2020 – Principal Investigator of HQsmall project - University of Catania research fundings (Linea 3- STARTING GRANT)
03/10/2022 – 03/10/2032: Italian National Scientific habilitation (ASN) as full professor in Theoretical Physics (s.c. 02/A2) (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di professore di I fascia 02/A2, ASN)
28/03/2017 – 28/03/2023: Italian National Scientific habilitation (ASN) as associated professor in Theoretical Physics (s.c. 02/A2) (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di professore di II fascia 02/A2, ASN)
Bibliometric Indicators
- n >110 published papers on peer review journals (SCOPUS database)
- about 2200 citations, h-index= 28 (SCOPUS database)
- Total number of papers (from INSPIRE-HEP): 126
- Total number of citations (from INSPIRE-HEP): 3114
- h-index (from INSPIRE-HEP): 29
Service to the Scientific Community
“Referee” of “peer reviewed” journals among which:
- Physics Letters B for the Elsevier Science;
- European Physical Journal C for the Springer;
- Physical Review C and D for the American Physical Society (APS);
- Nuclear Physics A for the Elsevier Science;
Last Update: 26/10/2023
The scientific activity belongs to the field of strong interactions physics in extreme conditions of density and temperature. The first part of the career it has been mainly devoted to the study of the phase diagram of nuclear matter in the region of large baryon chemical potential and the study of the properties of neutron stars. Currently the research activity is mainly focused on the physics of quark gluon plasma in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions.
The research activity has produced over 100 publications in peer reviewed journals, including collaborations with professors from various universities and foreign research centers: Texas A&M University (USA), Paris Saclay University, CNRS (France) , Bielefeld University (Germany), Bergen University (Norway), Bucharest University (Romania).
- Member of the Committee for Research at DFA
- Involved in scientific dissemination events such as the European Researchers' Night, EPS Young Minds CT.