Matteo Tamburini

Ph.D. in Physics, University of Pisa, Italy. Thesis topic: “Radiation Reaction Effects in Superintense Laser-Plasma Interaction”. Supervision by Prof. Dr. F. Pegoraro and Dr. A. Macchi.

Course on “Standard formats for scientific data (HDF5, XML, …)”, CINECA supercomputing facility, Bologna, Italy.

School on Parallel Computing. Topics: parallel architectures, models of parallel programming, parallel algorithms, programming environments, code optimization techniques, practice on CINECA High Performance Computing (HPC) systems. CINECA supercomputing facility, Bologna, Italy.

Master (M.Sc.) in Physics, University of Pisa, Italy (110/110 cum laude). Thesis topic: “A Minimal Model for Dark Matter. New Multiplet of Elementary Particles with Electroweak Gauge Coupling”. Supervision by Prof. Dr. A. Strumia.

Bachelor (B.Sc.) in Physics, University of Pisa, Italy (110/110). Thesis topic: “Bose-Einstein Condensation of Alkaline Atoms in Different Geometries”. Supervision by Prof. Dr. E. Arimondo.

Lecturer, International Max Planck Research School in Quantum Dynamics (IMPRS-QD), Heidelberg, Germany.

Team leader at Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg (Germany)

Post-doc, Theory Division of the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) led by Prof. Dr. C. H. Keitel, Heidelberg, Germany.

Research Fellowship, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO, National Institute of Optics), Pisa, Italy. Research topic: “Theory and Particle-In-Cell simulation of ion acceleration in the extreme intensity regime”. Funded within the research project: “Superintense Laser-Driven Ion Sources” (SULDIS), INO, Pisa, Italy.

Scientific staff member, Italian SuperComputing Resource Allocation (ISCRA), class A supercomputing project “Towards Full-Scale Simulations of Laser-Plasma Interaction Experiments” (TOFUSEX), project led by Dr. A. Macchi. Simulations carried out at CINECA supercomputing facility, Bologna, Italy.

Secured funding for a 4-year Ph.D. scholarship from the International Max Planck Research School for Quantum Dynamics in Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IMPRS-QD), Heidelberg, Germany. Ph.D. scholarship granted to Mr. Michael Quin.

Member of the “Beam filamentation and bright gamma-ray bursts” collaboration, E-305 experiment, FACET-II facility at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA. Motivated by the findings of our previous work (Nature Photonics 12, 319-323 (2018)), a project for the experimental investigation of filamentation instability accompanied by strong gamma-ray emission was  successfully approved with maximal rating. Responsible of modeling and investigation with particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations of electron beam-solid interaction with Prof. Dr. S. Corde.

Member of the “Probing Strong-field QED at FACET-II” collaboration,
E-320 experiment, FACET-II facility at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA. Investigation of strong-field QED effects (nonlinear Compton scattering and electron-positron pair production) in electron beam-laser interaction. Responsible of electron beam-laser simulation and, in particular, of effects
beyond the local-constant-field approximation (LCFA) with PD Dr. A. Di Piazza.

Project leader. Project topic: “Polarized laser-wakefield-accelerated kiloampere electron beams”, with Dr. M. Weng and Prof. Dr. C. H. Keitel. Generation of high-flux and intense polarized electron beams in a compact all-optical laserplasma setup (published in Physical Review Letters 122, 214801 (2019)).

Project leader. Project topic: “Giant collimated gamma-ray flashes”, with Dr. A. Benedetti and Prof. Dr. C. H. Keitel. Electromagnetic field self-generation followed by gamma-ray emission in electron beam-solid interaction (published in Nature Photonics 12, 319-323 (2018)).

Liaise with the experimental group led by Prof. Dr. M. Zepf, Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Germany, and Dr. G. Sarri, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom. Research topic: experimental investigation of radiation reaction in superintense laser-electron beam interaction. Simulation, analysis and interpretation of radiation reaction effects in electron beam-laser interaction (published in Physical Review X 8, 031004 (2018)).

Principal Investigator, HPC-EUROPA2 project (Pan-European Research infrastructure on High Performance Computing for 21st century Science, project number: 228398) funded by the European Commission-Capacities Area-Research Infrastructures. Project title: “UMKA Upgrade. Improving Parallel I/O and Scalability in a Multi-Dimensional Particle-in-Cell Code”. University of Rostock, Germany (hosted by Prof. Dr. D. Bauer and Dr. T. V. Liseykina).