Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum
della Dr.ssa Gilda Scioli
Personal Information:
Surname: Scioli
First Name: Gilda
Date of birth: 4 giugno 1975
Birthplace: Lanciano (Chieti)
Nationality: Italian
Address: Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Alma Mater Studiorum
Università di Bologna
Telephone: +39 051 2091149
E-Mail: gilda.scioli3@unibo.it
Curriculum:
- From 17 October 2000, for one year, I was “Unpaid Scientific
Associate” at CERN (Physics Division).
- On 26 October 2001 I got the “Laurea in Fisica” (four years
degree in Physics) at University of Bologna.
- Since April 2002 I'm an “Unpaid Scientific Associate” at CERN
(Physics Division).
- Since April 2002 I'm a Scientific Associate at INFN of
Bologna.
- From 16/04/ 2002 to 15/01/2003 I got a post graduate research
grant at the Physics Department “E. Caianiello”, University
of Salerno.
- From 16/01/2003 to 30/11/2008 I got three research grants at
the Physics Department, University of Bologna.
- On 8 July 2005 I got the PhD in Physics at the Physics
Department, University of Bologna.
- In 2008 I won a competition for a University Researcher
position and from 1 December 2008 I'm in active service at the
Physics Department, University of Bologna.
- On January 2014 I obtained teh National Scientific
Qualification as Associate Professor.
- Since 15th September 2014 I'm Associate Professor (experimental
Physics) at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Bologna.
Research Activities:
From 2000 I carry out my research activities playing a leading
role in the Bologna ALICE-TOF group, that was responsible for the
construction of the Time Of Flight System (TOF) of the ALICE
experiment at the CERN LHC (Large Hadron Collider).
The aim of ALICE is the
study of the heavy ion (Pb-Pb) collisions at a centre-of-mass
energy of 5.5TeV/nucleon-pair, i.e. the study of the hadronic
matter in extreme energy density conditions. In this scenario a new
state of matter, the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP), with unconfined
quarks and gluons should be created.
In this experiment the Bologna group has the responsibility for
the construction of a large detector (~160m2 total area) devoted to
the charged hadron (π, K, p) identification in the momentum range
0.5-2.5 GeV/c for π/K and up to 4 GeV/c for K/p, using the
particle Time Of Flight measurement.
For a 3 sigma separation between charged hadrons in this
momentum range a global time resolution smaller than 100 ps is
needed.
In order to satisfy this requirement the Bologna group has
developed the Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC) that allows
to obtain an intrinsic time resolution smaller than 50 ps and an
efficiency near to 100%. Moreover this chamber can operate at high
rate (up to 1kHz/cm2) with the same performances.
The TOF detector covers a cylindrical surface with an inner
radius of 3.7 m in the polar angle acceptance
|θ-90o|<45 o, over the full azimuthal angle; the basic
element of the detector is a MRPC of 120x7.4 cm2 (active area)
divided into 96 readout pads.
The full system with 1638 MRPCs and about 157000 pads, is
divided into 18 azimuthal sectors along the beam directions. In
each sector there is a mechanical structure, called SuperModule,
that containing 5 modules
(one central with 15 MRPCs, two intermediates and two externals,
each with 19 MRPCs ).
1) Research Activity during the Degree Thesis:
During the
thesis work I spent one year at CERN (“Centre Européen pour la
Recherche Nucléaire”).
I built several MRPC
prototypes with different characteristics for studying their
performances.
I played an active role
during many beam tests of the prototypes at the “East Hall” (T10
experimental area) of the CERN PS (“Proton Synchrotron”) and I
analyzed the collected data. This study has allows to determine the
MRPC final geometry and to optimize the construction
specifications.
2) Research Activity during the PhD:
In April 2002 I started the PhD course at the Alma Mater
Studiorum, University of Bologna.
During the following three years:
- I developed the MRPC assembly and construction procedures in
order to simplify and speed up the production of 1638 chambers
needed for the ALICE TOF.
- I worked on the treatment with a resistive paint and on the
selection of 6552 glasses used as MRPC external electrodes where
the high voltage is applied.
- I played an active role in the MRPC mass production.
- I took part in several beam tests at the CERN PS and in cosmic
ray tests at the Bologna TOF group laboratory.
- I studied the MRPC performances in terms of efficiency and time
resolution as a function of construction and operation parameters,
with a special care of the response uniformity along each single
MRPC and among different MRPCs.
- I tested the MRPC performances as a function of the different
electronic-board prototypes (“front-end” and “readout” electronics)
for the choice of the final configuration.
- I developed the assembly procedure for the TOF modules.
- I worked on the construction of the first TOF module and on its
beam-test performance study.
3) Research Activity as “Post-Doc”:
As a Post-Doc
- I worked on the MRPC mass production.
- I worked on the TOF modules assembly.
- I developed the assembly procedure for the TOF
SuperModules.
- I coordinated the TOF SuperModule assembly.
- I took part in all SuperModule installations inside the ALICE
Space-Frame and their commissioning.
- I took part in the ALICE global commissioning and cosmic runs
for the TOF detector and partially for the ALICE DAQ.
4) Research Activity as University
Researcher:
- Since 2009 I took part in the continuous ALICE data taking,
first with proton beams at 0.9, 2.36 and 7 TeV, then with
lead ion beams at 2.76 TeV per nucleon pair and with proton/ lead
beams (in the configuration p-Pb and Pb-p) at 5.02 TeV per nucleon
pair. Moreover in these years I was ingaged in the maintenance of
the TOF detector during the technical stops of the
accelerator.
During these years I made several talks on my research results
during TOF group meetings, ALICE Technical Board meeting and in
international schools and conferences.
Responsibilities:
- Since 2005 I have been responsible of the TOF MRPC
construction.
- Since May 2006 I have been responsible of the assembly,
installation and commissioning of the TOF SuperModules at
CERN.
- Since 2007 I'm responsible of the ALICE TOF gas system.
- Since 2007 I'm responsible of the ALICE TOF cooling
system.
- From 2007 to 2011 I was the "System Run Coordinator"
of TOF group in ALICE. I was the contact person for the TOF
group in the ALICE meetings for the weekly planning and the daily
check of the work progress in the subdetector installation,
commissioning and data taking.
- In September 2010 I was endorsed by the ALICE Run Coordinator as Period Run Coordinator for the experiment.
- During the proton and lead ion data taking I was many times the
Shift Leader in the framework of the ALICE collaboration and on
September 2010 I was the Period Run Coordinator for the
experiment.
- Fron January 2012 to February 2013 I was endorsed by the ALICE
Collaboration Board as Run Coordinator of the experiment.
- From March 2013 I'm the co-Coordinator of the ALICE
"Consolidation Task Force" whose task is to optimize the data
taking procedures and the performance of the detectors, Data
Acquisition and Trigger taking into account the luminosity
increase during the LHC - RUN2 period.
- From June 2013 I'm the ALICE TOF Technical Coordinator.
- From 22 September 2016 I'm the Bologna Coordinator of the experimental activities in Nuclear Physics (both low and high energy) of INFN (G3) and member of the National Scientific Committee of G3.
Awards:
- New Talents Award for the Best Experimental Presentation
– The Time Of Flight (TOF) system of the ALICE experiment.
International School of Subnuclear Physics: 41st Course: From
Quarks to Black
Holes:
Progress in Understanding the Logic of Nature, Erice, Sicily,
Italy, 29
Aug – 7
Sep 2003.
- “Ettore Pancini” 2008 Award “ for having
fulfilled with originality and success the responsibilities
entrusted by the ALICE Collaboration for the construction,
installation and commissioning of the Time Of Flight system, as a
main component of the experiment, ready to become operative at the
new LHC collider.
XCIV Congresso Nazionale
della Società Italiana di Fisica, Genova 22 Settembre 2008.
