Prof. Dr. Katharina Al-Shamery
Physical sciences, Surface and interface science, (photo)catalysis and nanophotonics
Dr. Livia Conti
Nominated by
- European Research Council (ERC)
- AcademiaNet member since 12.12.2011
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Padua
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Field
Physical sciences
Area of specialisation
Experimental Physics
Research interests
gravitational wave detectors
non-equilibrium properties of thermal noise
low noise amplifiers
mechanical resonators
interferometric sensors of dispacement
Distinctions and Awards
SIGRAV prize of the Italian Society of General Relativity and Gravitation (Società Italiana di Relatività Generale e Fisica della Gravitazione), 2002
honorable mention of the Gravity Research Foundation for work related to the proposal of the Dual detector, 2001
Interested in
- Lectures, Membership in scientific bodies, Professorship, Refereeing
- Attracting young people to science. Science and technology laboratories/lectures in primary schools.
Languages
English, Italian
Doctorate
- 2000: An optical readout for the AURIGA resonant gravitational wave detector
Short CV/Education and training
- 1990 – 1996Undergraduate studies in Physics at the University of Padova, Italy
- 1994 – 1995ERASMUS student at the Physics Department of Imperial College, London, UK
- 1996First-Class Honour (summa cum laude) graduation in Physics from the University of Padova, Italy
- 1997 – 2000PhD in Physics at the University of Trento, Italy
- 2000Visiting scientist at the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research of the University of Tokyo (Japan)
- 2000 – 2004Post-doctoral research fellow at the Physics Department of the University of Padova, Italy
- 2004 – 2007Contract researcher at the Physics department of the University of Padova
- Since 2008Researcher at the section of Padova of INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
Selected publications
Selected projects
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