My career started in the domain of fundamental physics. I was part of the MEG (mu to e gamma) experiment where I worked at the development of an active target for low energy muons and positrons.
Since 2016 I work on the R&D of Ultra fast detectors for positron emission tomography (PET).

Positron Emission Tomography

• 2019-present @ EPFL, Development of Time of Flight PET modules based on Cherenkov radiation coupled to amorphous Silicon Multi Channel Plates aiming at 10 ps time resolution. Activities:

-Integration
-Front-end electronics R&D
-I am involved in the physics simulation activity 

•2016-2019 @ University of Geneva, TT-PET (thin time of flight PET) project . The aim of the TT-PET project is to realise a small animal TOF-PET scanner with 30 ps time resolution, by exploiting fast silicon detector technology. Activities:

-I was responsible for the simulation and reconstruction activity
-Sensor test


Particle Physics 

• 2010–2016 @ University of Rome Sapienza, INFN and PSI, MEG (MuEGamma) experiment (Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen CH), . The MEG Experiment searches for decay of the muon in electron and gamma by stopping the most intense continuous positive muon beam available in the world on a thin target. Activities in the MEG experiment:

– Data quality check during the MEG run.
– Positron analysis, for the extrapolation of the positron PDF parameters.
– Drift chamber gain calibration.
– Analysis of the muon decay into an electron and a Majoron (mu^{ }rightarrow e^{ }J), a Goldstone Boson generated in a spontaneous R-Parity breaking scenario.
– Development of an active target (ATAR project) made of scintillating fibers read-out by SiPMs for the upgraded MEG II experiment. 
– Monte Carlo studies for the optimization of the passive target for the MEG II experiment.

• 2013 @ Sapienza University of Rome and INFN, IRIDE (Interdisciplinary Research Infrastructure based on Dual Electron linacs and lasers) project (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy). Goal: realization of a facility with two electron linear accelerators to be used for interdisciplinary purposes. Activities:

– Implementation of a Monte Carlo simulation based on Geant4 to determinate the best target configuration for the production of a high-intensity low-energy muon beam required by a MEG-like experiment.

Development of Ultra fast TOF PET modules based on Cherenkov light emitting crystals.