Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum
Pasquale Blasi
Associate Professor INAF/Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory Largo E. Fermi, 5 50125 Firenze E-­mail: [email protected] Web: www.arcetri.astro.it/blasi Telefono: +39 055 2752 297 Fax: +39 055 220039 Scientific Career •
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2004 -­‐ Present: Associate Professor 2014 – Present: Professor of Cosmic Ray Physics and Astrophysics, GSSI, L’Aquila September – November 2009: Visiting Scientist, Kavli Institute, Santa Barbara, California, USA October 2007 -­‐ September 2008: Visiting Scientist, Center for Particle Astrophysics, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Fermilab, USA 2004 -­‐ 2006: Visiting Professor of Cosmic Ray Physics, at Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa 2001 -­‐ 2004: Assistant Professor, Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory 1999 -­‐ 2001: Research Associate, Theoretical Astrophysics Group, Fermilab, USA 1997 -­‐ 1999: Research Associate, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, USA October-­‐December 2005, Visiting Scientist, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), SLAC, Stanford, USA Frequent Visitor, Kavli Institute, University of Chicago, USA Awards •
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2003 -­‐ Shakti P. Duggal Award, issued by the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) for “Outstanding Results in Cosmic Ray Physics” – delivered during the opening ceremony of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC) in Tokyo. Duggal Lecturer at the Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, USA, 2004 1997 -­‐ Fellowship of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) for research activity abroad Scientific Interests •
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Acceleration and propagation of galactic Cosmic Rays and implications for gamma ray astronomy Origin and Propagation of ultra high energy cosmic rays Development of the non-­linear theory of particle acceleration at shock waves Galactic sources of positrons and antiprotons Non-­Thermal phenomena in clusters of galaxies and in the intergalactic medium Dark Matter annihilation and implications for gamma and radio astronomy Studies •
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1997 – PhD in Physics at L’ Aquila University/Grasso Sasso National Laboratory 1993 -­‐ Laurea degree with 110/110 cum laude, University of Bari Impact of the Research Work The research work led to more than 120 refereed papers (mostly with 1-­‐2 coauthors), with more than 6600 citations and an impact factor H=47 (from ADS). The results have also been presented in about 90 talks in international conferences, of which about 70 invited review talks, and in numerous colloquia and seminars in Universities and research institutes worldwide. For these results IUPAP issued to PB the Duggal Award 2003. Direction and working groups • Head of the high energy astrophysics group at the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory (the Group members are: R. Aloisio, E. Amato, R. Bandiera, N. Bucciantini, M. Cardillo, G. Morlino) • Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Astroparticle Physics, Elsevier Publisher, since June 2007 • Member of the C4 Commission (Astroparticle Physics) of IUPAP (International Union for Pure and Applied Phusics) • Member of the National Scientific Council of INAF (National Institute for Astrophysics) until 2007 • Official Representative of IAU in Commission 4 (Cosmic Rays) of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), 2009-­‐2012 • Coordinator (with Olaf Reimer) of the research paper on gamma ray detection from clusters of galaxies with the Fermi gamma ray telescope • Member of several working groups for Fermi • Member of the Science Working Group of CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array) • Member of the working group “Identifying the UHECR accelerators with gamma rays”, at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern Services for the Scientific Community • Editor for the journal “Astroparticle Physics”, Elsevier Publisher (since june 2007) • Rapporteur Speaker for the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Merida, Mexico, 2007 • Invited Review Speaker on particle acceleration and related issues in about 70 International conferences •
Member of the C4 Commission (Astroparticle Physics) of IUPAP (International Union for Pure and Applied Phusics) • Co-­‐author of the Long Term Plan of the research activity of the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) as member of the Science Council • Referee for funding agencies such as the (American) National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Israeli Science Foundation (ISF) and the Romanian Science Foundation and the German Science Foundation • Referee for The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Physical Review D, Physical Review Letters, Astroparticle Physics, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics • Reviewer of books/manuscripts on science for the Chicago University Press • Referee for Theses at University of Naples, Bombay, Paris Organization of Conferences •
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Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC) of the Joint Discussion JD01 on “Non-­‐
electromagnetic windows in Astrophysics” during the IAU XXVth General Assemply, Sydney, Australia, July 2003 Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC) of the Symposium "High-­‐Energy Acceleration Processes in Supernova Remnants, PWNe, MicroBlazars and Binaries: the keV to TeV Connection", in the 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Montreal, Canada, 13-­‐20 July 2008 Organizer of the “Cosmic Ray Acceleration” session, International Astroparticle Physics Symposium: The High Energy Frontier (IAPS 2008), Golden, Colorado, May 2008 Organizer of the “High Energy Cosmic Rays” session, 24th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Vancouver, Canada, 8th-­‐12th December 2008. Organizer of the Symposium "Particle Acceleration in Astrophysical Plasmas", held at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), University of California, Santa Barbara, 27 July -­‐ 2 October, 2009 Organizer of the conference SOCOR (Searching for the Origins of Cosmic Rays), Trondheim, Norway, June 2009 Member of the Scientific Committee of the “Cosmic Ray Anisotropy Workshop”, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, September 2013 Organizer of the Workshop ‘Multiple Messengers and Challenges in Astroparticle Physics’, 6-­‐
17 October 2014, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy Books Co-­Editor (with M. Salvati, Arcetri) of the Proceedings of the Joint Discussion JD01 on “Non-­‐
electromagnetic windows in Astrophysics” during the IAU XXVth General Assembly, Sydney, Australia, July 2003 Editor (with T. Stanev) of the “Cosmic Rays Topical Issue” for Astroparticle Physics, Elsevier Publisher, for the 100 years from discovery of cosmic rays [Astropart. Phys. 39-­‐40 (2012)] Teaching •
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Course of Cosmic Ray Physics and Astrophysics, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy 48 hours course on High Energy Astrophysics, University of Firenze, Italy, 2011-­‐2012 3 Lectures of 1 hour each on “Particle Acceleration in Astrophysical Sources” in the 4rd School on Cosmic Rays and Astrophysics, San Paolo, Brazil, August 2010 4 Lectures of 1 hour each on “High Energy Astrophysics” in the 3rd School on Cosmic Rays and Astrophysics, Arequipa, Peru', August 2008 Part of the Course (8 hours) of ‘High Energy Astrophysics”, University of Firenze, 2010 Part of the Course (6 hours) of ‘Astro-­‐Particle Physics’, University of Lecce, 2010 Course of ‘Cosmic Ray Astrophysics’, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, 2004-­‐2006 Course of ‘High Energy Astrophysics’, University of Catania, 2003 Course of ‘High Energy Astrophysics’, University of Firenze, 2002-­‐2003 Lectures on ‘Particle Acceleration at shocks’, National School of Astrophysics, Asiago, 2002 •
Course of ‘Quantum Field Theory’, University of L’Aquila, 1995 Supervision of students and postdocs •
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Supervisor for 8 PhD Theses (S. Gabici, D. De Marco, C. Ferrigno, G. Morlino, D. Caprioli, E. Borriello, M. D’Angelo, S. Recchia) and a Laurea thesis (G. Vannoni). Supervision of the research activity of 8 Postdocs (C. Isola, K.C. Lai, G. Morlino, F. Iocco, G. Cassam-­‐Chenai, D. Caprioli, O. Petruk, M. Cardillo) Outreach Numerous activities, among which: • Public Lecture on “Cosmic Rays, messengers of stars”, Mostra Astri e Particelle 2010, Citta’ della Scienza, Napoli • Public Lecture on “Cosmic Rays” in Pianeta Galileo 2006 (Massa) • Guest in the radio show “L’universo invisibile”, RAI Radio3 Scienza • Public Lecture on “Origin of the cosmic radiation”, Scuola Navale di Viareggio • Public Lecture “From black holes to cosmic rays”, Associazione Astrofili del Valdarno • Public Lecture “From big bang to cosmic rays”, Associazione Astrofili di Firenze • Public Lecture “The unrest universe”, Comune di Rufina • Public Lecture “Cosmic rays”, Comune di Quarrata • Popular article ‘Origin of Cosmic Rays’ published on Analysis