dr. sc. Daniele Dell'Aquila

1. 2018: Ph.D. in Physics, University of Naples “Federico II” and University Paris-Saclay (joint international agreement), summa cum laude. Thesis: Clustering in light nuclear systems: a multi-method approach. Mentors: Dr. Ivano Lombardo (University of Naples “Federico II”), Prof. Mariano Vigilante (University of Naples “Federico II) and Dr. Giuseppe Verde (University Paris-Saclay).
2. 2014: Master Degree in Physics, University of Catania, summa cum laude. Thesis: Studio della struttura a cluster di ¹⁰Be e ¹⁶C tramite break-up indotto su target CH₂/CD₂ ai LNS. Mentors: Prof. Francesca Rizzo (University of Catania), Dr. Ivano Lombardo (University of Naples “Federico II”) and Giuseppe Cardella (INFN – Catania).
3. 2012: Degree in Physics, University of Catania, summa cum laude. Thesis: Studio della Reazione Nucleare ¹⁹F(p,α)¹⁶O a basse energie incidenti (0.540MeV ≤E_p≤1.034MeV). Mentors: Prof. Francesca Rizzo (University of Catania), Dr. Ivano Lombardo (University of Naples “Federico II”).
4. 2009: High school leaving qualification in scientific studies, Liceo Scientifico e Linguistico Statale “Principe Umberto di Savoia” di Catania, highest score.

1. “Claudio Villi” Prize of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) for the best PhD thesis on nuclear physics subjects defended at Italian universities during the year 2018.
2. The paper D. Dell'Aquila et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 119 (2017) 132501 has been the object of a ViewPoint in Physics: O. Kirsebom, Physics 10 (2017) 103.
3. The paper D. Dell'Aquila et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 119 (2017) 132501 has been selected as Editor’s suggestion in Physical Review Letters.
4. “Operosità Scientifica – Giovanni Polvani” Prize of the Società Italiana di Fisica SIF, 26/09/2016.
5. “Migliore Comunicazione” Prize (First Classified) for the “101° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Fisica SIF” conference in the Nuclear and Particle Physics session.
6. First classified in the Ph.D (XXX Cycle) in Physics at University of Catania (2014) admission examination. Score: 114/120.
7. Second classified in the Ph.D (XXX Cycle) in Physics at University of Naples “Federico II” (2014) admission examination. Score: 94.7/100.
8. First classified in the national competitive examination for INFN scholarship at LNS for Master degree students 2013/2014. Score: 95.11/100.
9. First classified in the competitive examination for tutoring activities in Classical Physics course, 1^st degree in Physics, University or Catania.
10. The paper I. Lombardo D. Dell'Aquila, L. Campajola, E. Rosato, G. Spadaccini and M. Vigilante, J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 40 (2013) 125102, has been selected as 2013 Highlight by the Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics journal board.
11. “Giovanni Raciti” Prize for the best Thesis and CV in Physics of the University of Catania in the Academic Year 2011/2012.
12. Grant for the master degree thesis given by the ERSU for the academic year 2013/2014.
13. Grant for the first degree thesis given by the ERSU for the academic year 2011/2012.

1. D. Dell’Aquila et al., Non-linearity effects on the light-output calibration of light charged particles in CsI(Tl) scintillator crystals, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A: Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 929 (2019) 162 (corresponding author). doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2019.03.065.
2. D. Dell'Aquila et al., OSCAR: a new modular device for the identification and correlation of low energy particles, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A: Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 877 (2018) 227 (corresponding author).
3. D. Dell'Aquila et al., High-precision probe of the fully sequential decay width of the Hoyle state in ¹²C, Physical Review Letters 119 (2017) 132501 (corresponding author).
4. D. Dell'Aquila et al., New experimental investigation of the structure of ¹⁰Be and ¹⁶C by means of intermediate-energy sequential breakup, Physical Review C 93 (2016) 024611 (corresponding author).

Professional Experience

• 01/04/2019 – present: Post-Doctoral fellow at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.
• 01/11/2017 – 31/03/2019: Research Associate at the Michigan State University – National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.

Invited talk at international conferences

1. Fourth International Workshop on “State of the Art in Nuclear Cluster Physics” (SOTANCP4), Galveston, Texas (USA), May 13-18 2018.
2. The 9th European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics, Santa Tecla (CT), Italy, September 17-24 2017.
3. XIIth Workshop on Particle Correlations and Femtoscopy (WPCF 2017), Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 12-16 2017.
4.  40^th Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Cocoyoc (Mexico), 04 – 07 January 2017.
5. Zimányi School 2016, Winter School on Heavy Ion Physics, Budapest (Hungary), 05 – 09 December 2016.
6. Zimányi School 2015, Winter School on Heavy Ion Physics, Budapest (Hungary), December 07-11 2015.

Contributed talks at international conferences

1. XXth Colloques GANIL 2017, Amboise (France), October 15-20 2017.
2. Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics VIII, Catania (Italy), June 18-23 2017.
3. EPS Divisional Conference: Towards EURISOL Distributed Facility 2016, Leuven (Belgium), October 18-21 2016.
4. Zakopane Conference on Nuclear Physics, Zakopane (Poland), August 28 – September 4 2016.
5. The 2016 R-Matrix Workshop on Methods and Applications, Santa Fe (NM, USA), June 27 – July 1 2016.
6. Cluster'16 - 11^th International Conference on Clustering Aspects of Nuclear Structure and Dynamics, Napoli (Italy), May 23-27 2016.
7.  International Workshop on Multi facets of Eos and Clustering 2016, Caen (France), May 9-12 2016.
8. The 8^th European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics, Santa Tecla (Italia), September 13-20 2015.
9. Nucleus Nucleus 2015, Catania, June 21-26 2015.
10. 14^th International Conference on Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms, Varenna (Italia), June 15-19, 2015.
11. EURORIB '15, Hohenroda (Germany), June 9-13 2015.
12. Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics VII, York (UK), May 18-22 2015 (poster presentation).