Curriculum Vitae Personal Information Name Date and place of birth Citizenship Address Phone Fax e-mail Luciano Piersanti 01-28-1971 Teramo (Italy) Italian Via Mentore Maggini s.n.c., 64100 Teramo – ITALY +39 0861 439701 +39 0861 439740 [email protected] University Qualifications 12-18-2001 03-26-1997 PhD in Fundamental and Applied Physics at Physics Department of University of Naples “Federico II”, via Cinthia Napoli (NA), ITALY Title: The origin of type Ia Supernovae: a theoretical investigation and observational evidence Degree in Physics at the Physics Department of Università degli Studi de L’Aquila, loc. COPPITO (AQ), Italy Title: Propieta' evolutive dei progenitori stellari delle Supernovae di tipo I Working experience from 2004 2001-2004 Staff research member at the INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Teramo Post-Doctoral Position at the INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Teramo Teaching experience From 11-01-2006 to 1031-2008 Non Staff Professor of Astrophysics at the Physics Department - Università degli Studi dell'Aquila (IT) Advisor of two II level Degree thesis Co-advisor in two Degree thesis Partecipation to Scientific Pojects 20122010-2014 2008-2011 2006-2009 2004-2007 Member of the iItalian PRIN-INAF project “Multiple population in Globular Clusters: Their Role in the Galaxy Assembly” Associated Investigator of the Research Unit Program in the FIRB2008 Project RBFR08549F_002 “Nucleosynthesis in AGB: 19F Production’’ Member of the Italian PRIN-MIUR project “Stellar Nucleosynthesis” Member of the Italian PRIN-MIUR project “Final Phases of Stellar Evolution: Nucleosynthesis in Supernovae, AGB Stars, Planetary Nebulae” Member of the Italian PRIN-MIUR project “Nucleosynthesis in low and intermediate mass stars” 2001-2004 Member of the Italian PRIN-MIUR project “The Origin and the Evolution of Stellar Populations in the galactic Bulge” Meetings Organization Co-organizer of the LII Congresso Nazionale SAIt (Teramo, May, 4-8 2008) Co-organizer of the National Meeting of Nuclear Astrophysics (Teramo, April, 20-22, 2005) Co-organizer of the International Conference “Interacting Binaries: Accretion, Evolution and Outcomes”, (Cefalù-IT, July, 4-10, 2004) Editor Co-editor of the Proceedings of the International Conference "The Multicoloured Landscape of Compact Objects and their Explosive Origins " (Cefalù-IT, June, 11-24, 2006, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 924). Co-editor of the Proceedings of the International Conference "Interacting Binaries: Accretion, Evolution and Outcomes", (Cefalù-IT, July, 4-10, 2004, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 797) Invited Talks Probing Stellar Populations out to the Distant Universe, Cefalù (Sicily, Italy), September 7-19, 2008 Supernova Rates 2008, An informal workshop, Florence, Italy, 2008, May 19-22 XI Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics, Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee (Germany), 2002, February 11-16 X Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics, Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee (Germany), 2000, March 20-25 Research activity Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis, with particular attention to the final phases (pre-Supernova evolution).