Livia Bove

Nationality: Italian

EPFL SB IPHYS LQM
PH D2 455 (Bâtiment PH)
Station 3
1015 Lausanne

Expertise

high pressure research on simple molecular liquids structural and dynamical properties of ice and ice clathrates under extreme conditions structural and dynamical propertie of water and aqueous solutions polyamorphism and glass transition liquid metals dynamics

Expertise

high pressure research on simple molecular liquids structural and dynamical properties of ice and ice clathrates under extreme conditions structural and dynamical propertie of water and aqueous solutions polyamorphism and glass transition liquid metals dynamics

Mission

Scientist

Current work

Scientist at Earth and Planetary Science Laboratory Associate Researcher CNRS-IMPMC

Education

HDR in Condensed Matter Physics

| structure and dynamics of water and aqueous solutions under extreme conditions

2015 – 2015 UPMC

PhD Degree in Physics

| Dynamics properties of liquid metals and correlations with the electron gas

2001 – 2001 Universit� di Perugia
Directed by Prof. F. Sacchetti, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia

Laurea Degree in Physics

| Condensed Matter Physics- Spin density measurements in fcc-methastable Fe-Cu alloys

1998 – 1998 Universit� di Perugia
Directed by Prof. F. Sacchetti Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, Università di Perugia

Professionals experiences

Associate Professor

Senior Scientist (DR) CNRS

Researcher CNRS (CR2)

Researcher CNRS (CR1)

INFM Researcher Fellow (5 years)

Post-doc and and International Fellowship Della Riccia

INFM Grant Fellowship

Funded contracts and Valorisation

1. PI of a Swiss Funding Program FNS Grant “Salty Ices and Ice clathrates under extreme conditions”, 2. PI of a French Patent n° 1358938 for a “New toroidal high pressure chamber for QENS studies” 3. PI of the ILL Long Term Project “New frontier for QENS” or the development of extreme conditions for Quasi Elastic Neutron Scattering. 4. PI of the Labex-Matisse project “salty-ICES” for the search of salty ice phases under planetary conditions 5. PI of JCJC ANR Project HP-QENS for the development of quasi-elastic neutron scattering studies under extreme conditions. 6. co-PI of the ANR APICOCED project for the development of Picosecond ultrasonic spectroscopy under extreme conditions

List of 5 main invited talks

2014 Seminaire invité à Mini Stat Mech Meeting, Berkeley, USA. Title : Metastability and Cristallization in salty ice. 2013 Séminaire invité à «7th International Discussion Meeting on Relaxation in Complex Systems», Barcellona, Spain. Title: Water Diffusion in the GPa range. 2012 Séminaire invité à « AGU Fall Meeting », San Francisco, USA. Title : Probing hydrogen dynamics under high pressure. 2011 Keynote Lecture à « European Conference of Neutron Scattering», Prague (Rep. Tch.). Title: Salty ice under pressure. 2005 Séminaire invité à “International Conference of Neutron Scattering”, Sydney (Australie). Title: Phonon damping in glasses.

List of 5 main publications

1. Bove L.E. , Klotz S., Straessle, Th., Koza et al., , Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 185901 (2013). 2. Bove LE, Klotz S., and Saitta M., Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 125701 (2011). 3. Klotz S, Bove LE, Straessle T et al., NATURE MATERIALS 8, 405 - 409 (2009). 4. Bove LE, Sacchetti F, Petrillo C et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 215504, (2001). 5. Bove LE, Sacchetti F, Petrillo C et al., Phys. Rev. Lett 85, 5352, (2000).

Prices and distinctions

2004 Young Researcher Price of Neutron Scattering Society. 2002 International Grant Award of Angelo Della Riccia Foundation. 2000 Young Researcher Price INFM

Research Administration

Member of the Scientific Council of University Pierre et Marie Curie. Faculty Member of University Pierre et Marie Curie. Member of the Budget Commission of University Pierre et Marie Curie. Member of the Physics Faculty Council of University Pierre et Marie Curie. Responsible of UPMC-LENS collaboration. Member of the Swiss Neutron Society board. Member of the American Physical Society. Coordinator of the Matter under Extreme Conditions Axis of Labex Matisse, UPMC.

Techniques

Neutron Scattering Inelastic X-ray scattering X-ray diffraction High Pressure Techniques Raman and Brillouin spectroscopy

Supervising activity

Since 2014 co-Supervisor of a PhD student: UmbertoLuca Ranieri, joint EPFL-ILL PhD thesis on the project "Salty ices and ice clathrates dynamics under high pressure". Since 2014 co-Supervisorof a PhD student: Eleonora Stefanutti, joint UPMC-Roma III PhD thesis on the project "Dynamics of acqueous solutions and ionic liquids. Since 2012 co-Supervisor of a PhD student: A. Adriaan Ludl, UPMC-Paris, funded by the Labex-Matisse on the project: "Salty ices structure under extreme conditions". 2012 Co-supervisor of an IUT Orsay student, Li Jaiqui, project: Development of an Hyperquenching System for Viscous aqueous solutions. 2011 Co-supervisor of a M2 student, GLAZYRIN Konstantin, project: “Ultrasound measurements of éthylène-glycol solutions“. 2009 Co-supervisor of a M2 student of Inst. d’Opt. Grad. School, Remi Marchal, project: “Ultrasound and Brillouin measurements of LiBr-water solutions“. 2007-2009 Co-Supervisor of a PhD student: M. E. Gallina, Département of Chemistry of Perugia University, Italy. Thesis : « Structure and dynamics of H-bonding systems ». 2004-2005 Co-supervisor of Laurea Thesis: V. Bonanni, Department of Physics, Perugia University. 2003-2006 Co-supervisor of two Laurea Thesis: L. Sani and F. Paoletti Department of Physics, Perugia University.

Awards

Excellence Research Prize

2015

International Fellowship

2002

Young Scientist Prize

2002

Research

main 5 publications

1. Bove L.E. , Klotz S., Straessle, Th., Koza et al., , Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 185901 (2013). 2. Bove L.E., Klotz S., and Saitta M., Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 125701 (2011). 3. Klotz S, Bove L.E., Straessle T et al., NATURE MATERIALS 8, 405 - 409 (2009). 4. Bove L.E., Sacchetti F, Petrillo C et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 215504, (2001). 5. Bove L.E., Sacchetti F, Petrillo C et al., Phys. Rev. Lett 85, 5352, (2000).

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Alasdair Michael Nicholls

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Umbertoluca Ranieri