CURRICULUM VITAE OF PROF. UMBERTO DE SANCTIS
Name: Umberto De Sanctis
Date of birth: 23/01/1980
Email: umberto.de.sanctis@cern.ch
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
University of Milan
Master Degree in Physics 2005
Thesis title: “Search for supersymmetric particles with ATLAS detector at LHC” Score: 110/110 cum laude
University of Milan
Ph.D in Particle Physics 2008
Thesis title: “Supersymmetry discovery potential in 2 leptons channel with ATLAS”
Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale 2017
Professore di 2^fascia S.C. 02/A1 2017-2026
WORKING EXPERIENCES
Associate Professor, Università di Roma - Tor Vergata, Roma, IT November 2021 – now
Main activities and responsibilities:
- Measurement of the Bs/Bd --> μμ decays with Run2 data with the ATLAS Experiment
- Measurement of the effective lifetime of the Bs --> μμ decays with Run2 data with the ATLAS Experiment
- Measurement of the top quark mass with soft-muons
- Search for flavour-changing neutral-current couplings between the top-quark and the Z boson
- Physics Coordinator of ATLAS Italy Experiment January 2021-December 2021
Ric. Tempo Det. – Tipo B, Università di Roma - Tor Vergata, Roma, IT November 2018 – November 2021
Main activities and responsibilities:
- Measurement of the Bs/Bd --> μμ decays with Run2 data with the ATLAS Experiment
- Measurement of the effective lifetime of the Bs --> μμ decays with Run2 data with the ATLAS Experiment
- Measurement of the top quark mass with soft-muons
- Search for flavour-changing neutral-current couplings between the top-quark and the Z boson
- Deputy Physics Coordinator of ATLAS Italy October 2019-December 2020
- Physics Coordinator of ATLAS Italy January 2021-December 2021
Ric. Tempo Det., INFN, Sezione Roma - Tor Vergata, Roma, IT
November 2016 - November2018
Main activities and responsibilities:
- Convener of the ATLAS Experiment B-Physics and Light States group (01/10-2017-30/09/2019)
- Measurement of the rare Bs/Bd --> μμ decays with Run2 data with the ATLAS Experiment
- Measurement of the CP violation in b-decays in top-antitop events
- Measurement of the top quark mass with soft-muons
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK June 2014- September 2016
Main activities and responsibilities:
- Convener of the ATLAS Experiment Rare B-decays sub-group (01/04/2015-31/03/2017)
- Measurement of the rare Bs/Bd --> μμ decays with the ATLAS Experiment
- ATLAS Level-1 Topological trigger optimisation studies for B-physics channels for Run2
- Developer and responsible of the track fitting algorithm for the L1-Track trigger project for the Phase-II Upgrade of the ATLAS detector
CERN Associate, (Similfellow) CERN, Geneva, Switzerland January 2012- December 2013
Main activities and responsibilities:
- Coordinator and main editor of the top quark charge asymmetry measurement in top-antitop events (semileptonic and dileptonic final states) in ATLAS.
- Responsible of the W/Z+jets background estimation for top analyses in ATLAS.
- Local responsible of the INFN-TRIESTE Tier3.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, International School for Advanced Studies (S.I.S.S.A.), Trieste, Italy May 2009- December 2011
Main activities and responsibilities:
- Top cross-section measurement in semileptonic channel with ATLAS detector.
- Top quark charge asymmetry measurement in top-antitop events with ATLAS detector.
- Work with theorists on spin determination of high-mass resonances and contact interactions in di-jets events.
- Realisation and maintenance of the INFN-TRIESTE Tier3.
PhD Studentship, University of Milan, Milan, Italy November 2005- December 2008
Main activities and responsibilities:
- Supersymmetry searches in ATLAS.
- Software maintenance and tracking performance studies for the ATLAS Pixel detector
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Rome-Tor Vergata
• Supervisor of a Bachelor Degree thesis on ATLAS Muon performance (2022)
• Supervisor of the PhD student Fabiola Raffaeli (2020-2023)
• Supervisor of a Master Degree thesis on the reconstruction of the effective lifetime of the Bs decay in two muons (2020)
• Supervisor of a Bachelor Degree thesis on mass reconstruction of the B+/- meson in the J/psi K+/- decay (2020)
• Supervisor of a Bachelor Degree thesis on Bs --> J/psi Phi decay (2017-2018)
University of Rome-Tor Vergata
• Assistant for the Course on Physics Laboratory 1 (Bachelor in Physics) 2020-now
• Assistant for the Course on Physics Laboratory 2 (Bachelor in Physics) 2020-now
• Course on “Statistical Data Analysis” (Master in Physics, curriculum in Fundamental Interactions and Experimental Techniques) 2021-now
• Lectures for the “Laboratory of fundamental interactions” course owned by Prof.ssa Anna Di Ciaccio 2019/2020 - 2020/2021
University of Sussex
Teaching Assistant to Dr. E.Falk in “Nuclear and Particle Physics” 2015
Collaboration with Dr. A.Cerri to the supervision of two PhD student
University of Udine
Lecturer for a cycle of lectures on the Higgs Boson within the “Particle Physics” course owned by Prof. M. Cobal 2011-2013
Supervisor of a Master Degree thesis on H --> WW decay 2011
University of Milan
Teaching Assistant to Dr. Attilio Andreazza in “C++ Computing” 2006-2007
CERN
Main supervisor for 2 CERN Summer Student projects 2013- 2015
- “Optimisation of Level 1 Topological Trigger Cuts for B-physics in ATLAS Detector”
- “Studies for the charge asymmetry measurement in top quark pair production
in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector”
PUBLICATIONS
I am member of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron collider (LHC) at CERN (Geneva) since 2006. I am currently author of 1062 articles published in peer-reviewed high-quality journals. The full list can be found at this link: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1028949
PROJECT PARTICIPATION
NPTEV-TQP2020 project: New phenomena at the TeV scale with Top quark 2016-2021
Won a researcher position within this ERC-funded project.
Main areas of contribution:
- Development of the Soft Muon Tagging algorithm in Run2 data
- Measurement of the CP violation in b-decays from top-antitop events
- Measurement of the top quark mass with soft-muons
- Search for flavour-changing neutral-current couplings between the top-quark and the Z boson
PRIN project: Fundamental interactions in the light of the Large Hadron Collider
and the astro-particle physics 2010-2012
Invited participation to the project.
Main areas of contribution:
- Spin determination of eventual new "Higgs-like" resonances (published in Phys. Rev. D84:015013, 2011).
- Searches for quark contact interactions at the LHC (published in Phys. Rev. D85 (2012) 114001, 2012)
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
I participated, in the various institutions where I worked, to the CERN Physics Masterclass program for high-school students. I also participated to several exhibitions (such as the "Brighton Science Festival" or the "European Researchers Night") as responsible of one of the stands on the ATLAS experiment activities at LHC.
I participated to the organisation of the photographic exhibit “Beauty at colliders” held in Frascati for the “night of researchers”.
I also gave seminars to high-school students about the ATLAS experiment and more generally about Particle Physics.