Marzio DE NAPOLI

Fixed-term Assistant Professor (RTDB) of Experimental Physics of Fundamental Interactions and Applications [PHYS-01/A]

Office: Edificio 6 Dip. di Fisica e Astronomia (DFA) Stanza 345
Email: marzio.denapoli@dfa.unict.it

Monday from 10:00 to 12:00 | Wednesday from 10:00 to 12:00 It is advisable to contact the teacher in advance

Main research lines:

Direct serach for Dark Matter
- DarkSide experiment
Search for Dark Matter and Dark Photon at Jefferson Lab
- HPS experiment (local coordinator 2016-2023 and member of the Executive Commette 2018-2023)
- BDX experiment (local coordinator 2016-2023 and co-Spokeperson)
Development and characterization of innovative detectors:
- Silicon Carbide (SiC) detectors for X-ray monitoring in synchrotron facilites and dosimetric measurements in the field of Flash-Radioterapy

Past research activities:

Educational History and Employment

2024: RTD-B at the Department of Physics and Astronomy "Ettore Majorana"
2020-2024: Senior Researcher at INFN-Catania
2011-2020: Permanent position as Researcher at INFN-Catania
2009-2011 Post-Doc Grant at INFN-LNS
2009 Post-Doc Grant at Centro Siciliano di Fisica Nucleare e Struttura della Materia
2006-2009 Research Grant at Department of Physics and Astronomy, Catania University
2006 Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in Physics - Catania University
2002 Laurea cum laude - Catania University
2001-2002 INFN-LNS Grant

Selected responsibility roles and services

Member of the INFN- National Scientific Commettee 5 (2015-2022)
Observer at the INFN- National Scientific Commettee 3 (2015-2022)
Local Coordinator of INFN experiment DREAMS for INFN Sezione di Catania 2014 – 2015
Local Coordinator of INFN experiment JLAB12 for INFN Sezione di Catania 2016 – 2023
Member of the Executive Commettee of the Heavy Photon Search Experiment at Jefferson Lab (2018-2023)
Co-Spokeperson of the BDX experiment at Jefferson Lab
Referee of 17 INFN experiments
Member of the evaluation commettee of the INFN – CSN5 “Young grants” (2016,2022)
Member of the evaluation commettee of the Research grants at the INFN- Catania (2017-2018)
Reviewer of 13 International Scientific Journal
Member of the evaluation commettee for the INFN “Resmini” prize (2018)

Teaching Activities

Research Activities

Direct search for Dark Matter
- DarkSide experiment
Search for Dark Matter and Dark Photon at Jefferson Lab
- Heavy Photon Search (HPS) experiment
- Beam Dump eXperiment (BDX)
Development and characterization of innovative detectors:
- Silicon Carbide (SiC) detectors for X-ray monitoring in synchrotron facilites and dosimetric measurements in the field of Flash-Radioterapy
Experimental nuclear physics
- Nuclear fragmentation process
  - Liquid-gas phase transion of nuclear matter
  - Production of exotic nuclei with the In-Flight method
  - Applications for Hadrontherapy
- Study of unstable nuclear systems
  - Nuclear structures
  - Two-proton decay

Most of the experimental research activity has been carried aout in the following international laboratories:

last update 07-2024

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Main research lines:

Serach for direct Dark Matter
- DarkSide experiment
Search for Dark Matter and Dark Photon at Jefferson Lab
- HPS experiment (local coordinator 2016-2023 and member of the Executive Commette 2018-2023)
- BDX experiment (local coordinator 2016-2023 and co-Spokeperson)
Development and characterization of innovative detectors:
- Silicon Carbide (SiC) detectors for X-ray monitoring in synchrotron facilites and dosimetric measurements in the field of Flash-Radioterapy

Past research activities:

Physics and Astronomy "Ettore Majorana"