Francesca Ferlaino - Curriculum Vitæ

Francesca Ferlaino - Curriculum Vitæ

Personal Information

Place and date of birth e-mail, Homepage Contact information

Naples (Italy), 23.12.1977

[email protected], www.ultracold.at

Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25 / IV, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Tel: ++43 512 507 6340 (Lab -6377/6374)

Academic Career

Director of the Research Center e Research Plattform "Physics-Innsbruck" (Forschungsschwerpunkte Physik) at the University of Innsbruck.

Full Professor position at the University of Innsbruck; (P99, duration five years) Associate Professor position at the University of Innsbruck; (permanent)

Research and Teaching Associate (Assistenzprofessorinnen) at the University of Innsbruck

Beginning of the Qualifizierungsvereinbarung process at the Univ. of Innsbruck, End of the evaluation: 01. 2012.

Principal Investigator (PI) of the research group Erbium,

Co-PI of the research group LevT (PI: R. Grimm), University of Innsbruck (Austria). Lise-Meitner Postdoctoral Fellow (senior post-doctoral fellowship),

Granted by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

Visiting Scientist at the Institut für Experimentalphysik, University of Innsbruck (Austria).

Research Fellowship (Assegnista di ricerca) at the European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence (Italy).

Education

03/2001 - 06/2004

10/2000

PhD in Physics at the University of Florence and LENS (Florence, Italy), PhD Thesis: Atomic Fermi gases in optical lattices (experiment),

Supervisor: Prof. M. Inguscio.

Dipl. Phys. at the Univ. Federico II (Naples, Italy), Diploma with Distinction, Diploma Thesis: Josephson Effect in Bose-Einstein Condensate (theory),

Awards, Fellowships, Grants, and Memberships

Awards

• AIDDA Prize 2011 for Women in Science.

• Preis der Landeshauptstadt Innsbruck 2011 (together with S. Knoop and M. Berninger). • Kohlrausch Prize 2010 of the Austrian Physical Society (ÖPG).

• ERC Starting Grant 2010 of the European Union (EU); Date of decision: 03.08.2010.

• START-Prize 2009 of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), awarded on behalf of the Federal Minister for

Science and Research (BMBWK); Date of decision: 17.10. 2009. Fellowships (selected)

• Lise-Meitner Postdoctoral Research Fellow, granted by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF),

Project title: “Interactions in an Ultracold Mixture of Rb and Cs Atoms: Feshbach Spectroscopy and Formation of Heteronuclear Molecules”.

• Research Fellowship of the INFM and University of Florence,

Project title: “Experiment with Degenerate Atomic Fermi Gases”.

• Undergraduate research fellowship at the International School for Advanced Studies (Trieste, Italy),

Theoretical research activities on Bose-Einstein condensation. Membership

• Elected member of the Jungen Kurie of the Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW), 05/2011. • Member of the Italian Physical Society (SIF).

Funding ID

Project Duration* Function

Special Research Programs "Spezialforschungsbereiche" F40 (SFB) of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). (Speaker: Prof. R. Blatt) - Active.

36 Associated member

Lise-Meitner Postdoctoral Fellowship (FWF) for Dr. Kiyotaka Aikawa- Active.

24 Co-Applicant

Investitionsprogramm zur Verbesserung der Lehr- und

Studiensituation sowie Stärkung der MINT-Fächer (2012) - Closed.

12 Beneficiary

ERC-Starting Grant 2010 (Project Acronyme: ERBIUM)- Active. 60 Principal Investigator

START-Prize 2009 of Austrian Science Fund (FWF), (Project Acronyme: ERBIUM) - Active.

72 Principal Investigator

Lise-Meitner Postdoctoral Fellowship of the FWF - Closed. 24 Applicant

PRIN 2005 "Gas di Fermi e Bose in reticoli ottici: sistemi fortemente correlati, disordine ed interferometria". (PI: Prof. M. Inguscio, Univ. di Firenze) - Closed.

Teaching Experience

University Lecturer

• 2011-present: Tunable Quantum Gases,Univ. of Innsbruck.

• 2009-present: Cooling and Trapping (Teilchenfallen und Laserkühlung),Univ. of Innsbruck. • 2007-present: Basic and advanced laboratory course (Grundpraktikum 1 and 2, Fortgeschrittenen

Praktikum 1, 2, and 3),Univ. of Innsbruck. Teaching Management

• 2009-present: Responsible of the teaching program (Lehrzielkatalog) for the Institut für

Experimentalphysik.

• 2011-present: Coordinator/Responsible of the advanced laboratory courses (Fortgeschrittenen

Praktikum 1, 2, and 3) and member of a related working group (together with Ass.-Prof. Dr. S. Denifl and ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. S. Kimeswenger).

Invited Lecturer at International Schools (selected)

• 2011: MUARC & MPAGS Summer school on Quantum Matter: Foundations and New Trends,

(Granada, Spain).

• 2009: Les Houches Pre-doc School organized by EUROQUAM, INTERCAN and IFRAF,

(Les Houches, France).

• 2008-2012:“Introductory Course on Ultracold Quantum Gases”,

(Innsbruck, Austria). Invited Special Lectures

• 2011: Lectio Magistralis, Festival della Scienza 2011,

(Genova, Italy)

• 2005: Lecture on Laser Cooling, University of Florence,

(Florence, Italy)

• 2004: Lecture on Laser Cooling and Bose-Einstein Condensation, University of Salerno,

(Salerno, Italy).

• 2003: Lectures on Laser Cooling and Bose-Einstein Condensation, University Federico II,

(Naples,Italy). Supervising activities

• Supervisor of PhD and master students at the ERBIUM project within the group “Ultracold Atoms and

Quantum Gases”, Univ. of Innsbruck.

• Co-supervisor of PhD and master students at the LevT project within the group “Ultracold Atoms and

Research Interest and Track Records

Research Keywords (chronologically)

Josephson effect in superconductors, Bose-Einstein condensation, Bose and Fermi quantum gases, ultracold Bose-Bose and Bose-Fermi mixtures of different alkali atomic species, optical dipole trap, bosons and fermions in optical lattices, interspecies interactions, resonant scattering and Feshbach resonances in quantum gases, ultracold molecules by Feshbach association, few-body physics and Efimov states, dipolar gases of atoms and molecules, production of ground-state polar molecules, laser cooling and Bose-Einstein condensation of exotic non-alkali atoms.

Publications in international peer-reviewed journals Overview:

• Total publications: 40 already published. My publication track record includes 1 Trend article in

Physics, 1 Science (impact factor, if: 28.103), 1 Nature Phys. (if: 16.821), 13 Phys. Rev. Lett. (if:

7.180), 1 New J. Phys. (if: 3.440), 12 Phys. Rev. A (if: 2.908), a book chapter, and a number of

• Total citations: >1700 – h-index: 22 (from Isi web of Science)

Selected Key Publications (past five years):

• Bose-Einstein condensation of erbium, K. Aikawa, A. Frisch, M. Mark, S. Baier, A. Rietzler, R. Grimm,

F. Ferlaino, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 210401 (2012). Selected as APS Referee’s Suggestion and Featured in Viewpoint in Physics

• Universality of the Three-Body Parameter for Efimov States in Ultracold Cesium, M. Berninger, A.

Zenesini, B. Huang, W. Harm, H.-C. Nägerl, F. Ferlaino, R. Grimm, P. S. Julienne, J. M. Hutson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 120401 (2011).

• Magnetically controlled exchange process in an ultracold atom-dimer mixture, S. Knoop, F. Ferlaino,

M. Berninger, M. Mark, H.-C. Nägerl, R. Grimm, J. P. D’Incao, and B. D. Esry, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 053201 (2010). Selected as APS Referee’s Suggestion and Featured in Viewpoint in Physics

• Evidence for universal four-body states tied to an Efimov trimer, F. Ferlaino, S. Knoop, M. Berninger,

W. Harm, J. P. D’Incao, H.-C. Nägerl, and R. Grimm, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 140401 (2009). Selected as APS Referee’s Suggestion and Featured in Viewpoint in Physics

• Observation of an Efimov-like resonance in ultracold atom-dimer scattering, S. Knoop, F. Ferlaino, M.

Mark, M. Berninger, H. Schöbel, H.-C. Nägerl, and R. Grimm, Nature Phys. 5, 227 (2009). FF in the Media

• Some on the scientific results I have obtained in Innsbruck have been well covered in national and

international media. Some of the most relevant journal reported on our results are: ViewPoint in Physics (APS), Physics World (IOP), Die Presse, OPFocus, Science Daily, Der Standard, La Repubblica, Il Mattino.

• A number of focus articles dedicated to myself and my achievement has been published in Der

Scientific Community Service and Public Outreach

Organizer/co-organizer of international conferences, schools and meetings

• May 2014: ITN Workshop on Universality in few-body systems, Institute for Nuclear Physics (ITN),

Washington, US (Co-organizer together with D. Blume, F. Ferlaino, C. Greene, H-W. Hammer, D. Phillips, S. Tan).

• Nov 2012: ESF-LFUI Research Conference on Cold and Ultracold Molecules, Obergurgl, Austria

(Co-Chair together with G. Pupillo and H.-C. Nägerl).

• Sep 2011: International Workshop on Coherence and Decoherence at Ultracold Temperatures,

IAS-Garching, Germany (Co-organizer together with R. Krems, M. Shapiro, K. Madison, V. Milner, G. Rempe, G. Pupillo).

• Sep 2010: EuroQUAM Conference on Cold Quantum Matter: Achievements and Prospects, Ischgl,

Austria, (Local Organizer together with F. Schreck).

• Dec 2007: Innsbruck-Trento and Innsbruck-Florence Joint Meeting on Cold Atoms and Molecules,

(Local Organizer).

• Jun 2006: International Summer School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" on Ultra-Cold Fermi Gases,

Varenna, Italy, (Scientific Secretary).

Projects for the dissemination of science to the general public

• Science Ambassador for Austria of the ABA-Invest Austria,

http://investinaustria.at/DE/Home/ABA-Invest+in+Austria.aspx.

• Collaborator of the Woche der Physik, Univ. Innsbruck (Oct. 2011).

• Author of a book chapter in the divulgation book “Le plus grand des hazard: surprise quantiques” Ed.

Belin, Paris (2010).

• Demonstrator for Lange Nacht der Forschung, Univ. Innsbruck (2008). • Instructor for Florence University’s Open Labs, (2003-2005).

• Co-responsible for the exhibits of the Museum of Science in Naples, (1996-1999). • Trainer for the Mathematical Olympiad, (1996-1997).

Scientific Community Service (Miscellaneous)

• Referee: Science; Nature Physics; American Physical Society (APS) Journals, including Phys. Rev.

Lett. and Phys. Rev. A; Journal of Physics B; New Journal of Physics.

• Panel evaluators for the ERC Synergy Grant (European Research Council).

• Committee: Member of search committees for a new Professor Position in Theoretical Physics

(2009/2010) and in Nano-, Plasma- and Biophysics (2011) (Berufungskommission), member of habilitation committees (Habilitationskommission).

• Forschungsleistungsdokumentation (FLD): Manager of the documentation database for the Institut

Conference and Seminar Contributions

I have been invited to give several seminar/colloquium talks in academic institutions, keynote/invited and contributing talks at several international conferences, among which:

Seminar/colloquium talks (selected):

• Colloquium at the University of Ulm (Apr 2013; Ulm, DE);

• Colloquium at the Centro de Fisica de Materiales CFM (Feb 2013; San Sebastian, Spain); • Colloquium at the University of Heidelberg (Nov 2012; Heidelberg, Germany);

• SFB Colloquium at the University of Ulm (Jan 2012; Ulm, Germany);

• ITAMP-Harvard Colloquium talk at the Joint Atomic Physics series (Dec 2011; Harvard, US); • Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik MPQ (Jun 2010; Garching, Germany);

• Laboratoire Aimé Cotton (LAC), Campus d' Orsay (Jun 2010; Orsay Cedex, France) ; • Univ. Toronto (May 2009; Toronto, Canada);

• Ecole Normale Supérieure ENS (Sep 2008; Paris, France);

• Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik MPQ (Jun 2008; Garching, Germany); • Univ. Amsterdam (Apr 2008; Amsterdam, Netherland);

• Univ. Perugia (Mar 2006; Perugia, Italy); • JILA (Mar 2005; Boulder, US);

• Univ. Tübingen (Sep 2004; Tübingen, Germany).

Keynote/invited talks/Hot Topic (selected):

• DPG Frühjahrstagung 2013, (Mar 2013; Hannover, Germany);

• KITP conference on "New Science with Ultracold Molecules" (Mar 2013; Santa Barbara, US); • European Workshop on Indirect Excitons, (Dec 2012; ICFO, Spain);

• "A Day of Science" with Austrian FWF/ERC Awardees organized by the Jungen Kurie of the Austrian

Academy of Science, (Nov 2012; Wien, AT);

• Co.Co.MAT, 6th workshop 2012, (Nov 2012; Schloss Reisensburg, DE);

• XCVIII Congresso Nazionale della Societá Italiana di Fisica (SIF), (Sep 2012; Napoli, IT); • International Conference on Quantum Gases on Polar Molecules, Tsinghua University, (Aug 2012,

Beijing, China);

• 20th International Few Body Conference (FB 20), (Aug 2012; Fukuoka, JAP); • ICAP 2012: 23nd International Conference on Atomic Physics (Jul 2012; Paris, FR);

• ITAMP Workshop, Research Frontiers in Ultra-Cold Atoms and Molecules: Unequal Mass Mixtures

and Dipolar Molecules (Apr 2012; Cambridge, US);

• ITAMP Conference, Efimov States in Molecules and Nuclei (Oct 2009; Rome, Italy); • 19th International Conference on Few-Body Physics (Sep 2009; Bonn, Germany); • ERC Research Conference BEC 2007 (Sep 2007; San Feliu, Spain);

• Obergurgl Conference on Quantum Optics (Feb 2008; Obergurgl, Austria);

• 5th Workshops on Critical Stability of Few-Body Quantum Systems (Oct 2008; Erice, Italy); • Banff Cold Atom Meeting (Feb 2005; Alberta, Canada);

• Workshop on Vortices in Josephson systems (Oct 2002; Maratea, Italy).

Contributed talks (selected):

40th Annual DAMOP Meeting, (May 2009; Charlottevilles, US); EGAS (Jul 2008; Graz, Austria); International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", (Jun 2006; Varenna, Italy); CATS Meeting (Nov 2006; Oxford, UK); etc.