Livia E. Bove, is a senior CNRS researcher (DR) and Associate Professor at Sapienza University, now associated scientist at the LQM, EPFL. She has 20 years of international experience in the field of neutron scattering techniques applied to the study of the structure and dynamics of liquids, amorphous and simple crystalline molecular systems. After a PhD thesis on the study, both experimental and computational, of the collective dynamics of liquid metals, she focussed, during her post-doc on the study of the phonon dynamics of tetrahedral glasses. She was then second beamline responsible at the neutron source ILL, and she got her CNRS position at IMPMC in Paris in 2005, where she studied the structure and dynamics of electrolyte solutions and the polyamorphism phenomenon in water and salty solutions. She developed and promoted the use of quasi-elastic and inelastic neutron scattering techniques under high pressure for the study of hydrogenated systems. She discovered, together with S.Klotz, the existence of salty ices under HP, and more recently, the existence of new gas hydrates stable up to Mbar pressures. She was promoter of the observation of the new intriguing possibility to accelerate CH4-CO2 exchange in ice clathrate by P-induced structural coexistence. Her researches required regular and intensive use of large scale facilities, both neutrons and synchrotron radiation, as well as a strong involvement in associated instrumental developments. She is the principal inventor of the patented HP-QENS technique.
In the last years she focussed her researches on the study of high pressure ice phases and hydrates. She is the coordinator the molecular science division of the GDR Hydrates. She has been the PI of successful national and international grants (ANR JCJC, ANR Blanc International, FNS, FNS Synergy) for a total amount budget > 2M€.
She has supervised 4 postdocs, 7 PhD theses and various master internships. She is the PI of the on going Exotic Ices project.

2015


Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches of Physics Department, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
2001


PhD in Physics Perugia University. Title: Dynamical properties
of liquid metals and correlations with the electron gas.























1998


Laurea in Physics. Perugia University. Title: Spin density
measurements in fcc-metastable Fe-Cu alloys.
































Supervisor: Prof. F Sacchetti. & C. Petrillo 110/110 summa cum Laude

since 2022

Associate Scientist at LQM, EPFL, Suisse
since 2018

Directeur de Recherche (DR)- CNRS, at IMPMC, UPMC, Paris, France.
since 2018

Associate Professor at Physics Department, Sapienza University, Rome (Italy)
2013-2017

Associate Scientist at Earth and Planetary Science Laboratory, EPFL, Suisse
2005-2018

Chargé de Recherche (CR)- CNRS, at IMPMC, UPMC, Paris, France.
2004-2005

Tenure Track at ILL (Institute Laue Langevin, Grenoble).
2003






INFM TD (5 years contract)
c/o ILL.
2002






International Fellowship Della Riccia c/o ILL, Grenoble
2000







INFM Grant Fellowship, Physics Department-LENS, University of Florence

1. S. Schaack, U. Ranieri, P. Depondt, R. Gaal, W. F. Kuhs, P. Gillet, F. Finocchi and L. E. Bove, PNAS 116(33), 16204 (2019).
2. L.E. Bove, R. Gaal, Z. Raza, A. A. Ludl, S. Klotz, A. Goncharov, P. Gillet, PNAS 112, 8216 (2015).
3. L. E. Bove, S Klotz, Th Strässle, et al., Physical Review Letters, 111, 185901 (2013).
4. S. Klotz S, L. E. Bove, T. Straessle et al., Nature Materials 8, 405 - 409 (2009).
5. L. E. Bove, S. Klotz, A. Paciaroni, F. Sacchetti, Physical Review Letters, 103, 165901 (2009).

Author of 65 peer-reviewed papers with IF>3, 3 reviews on international journals,
2 Editor Choice Comment Articles on PNAS, 1 Editor Choice Review Article on Nature Comm., 4 Highlight Papers of ILL, 2 of ISIS, and 2 of ESRF, 4 broad public articles of the CNRS journals, 4 Press Release Communications of CNRS, 2 of EPFL, 2 of Sapienza University,
An updated publication list is publicly visible on Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WYfQenYAAAAJ&hl=en#
Patent: 1. HPQENS system
Invited Talks at International Conferences: 48

Plenary & keynote talks: 5
Public Talks: 5
Films: 1 BBC film Water the Ultimate Liquid, now under distribution.

4 Post Docs (A. Polidori, F. Alabarse, U. Ranieri, S. Di Cataldo);
6 PhDs (M. Rescigno, U. Ranieri, A. A. Ludl, E. Stefanutti, V. Fuentes, G. Ruitz, M.E. Gallina);
6 Master Students (M. Rescigno, U. Ranieri, G. Ruitz, Li Jaiqui, G. Konstantin, L. Sani)

Since 2020

Neutron Scattering Course, PhD school Physics Departments Roma III & Roma La Sapienza, Italy (30 h/year);
Since 2018

General Physics: Mechanics Course, Chemistry Department, (60 h/year); Statistics and Data analysis,















Chemistry Department (36 h/year); Physics Laboratory and Statistical Analysis, Physics Department (60h/year)
2017







Gordon Research Seminars, Water and aqueous solutions Holdness, USA Probing water physics with neutrons
2016







Lectures at Ettore Maiorana School, Erice, Italy « Crystallography with neutrons», M2 and PhD level
2014







Lectures at European High Pressure Research School Neutrons and high pressures, M2 and PhD level
2013







Lectures at Ecole Physique des Houches Water at Interface, M2 and PhD level
2008-2012


Lectures Neutron Scattering Theory, SISN Summer School, M2 and PhD level