Ettore Majorana

Ettore Majorana, Identity: Born in Catania, Italy, July the 6th 1961, married. Position: Full professor Sapienza Università di Roma Present activity: Payload subsystem coordinator, Advanced Virgo detector (Gravitational Waves, Cascina, IT). Publications: ~380 papers with referee, h-index 85 (SCOPUS) Awards: as member of the LIGO-Virgo international collaboration: 1) Breakthrough Prize for GW discovery and coalescing BHs observation; 2) The Gruber Foundation, 2016 Cosmology Prize; 3) Albert Einstein Medal 2017. ACTIVITY 2022 ETIC Consortium 2021 PI of PRIN LoVeC-ET (Low-Freq. VS Cryogenics for Einstein Telescope) 2020 Ordinary professor A2/01(Experimental Physics for Fundamental Interactions) FIS/01, Sapienza Università di Roma. 2020 The University of Tokyo, ICRR, evaluation board of Inter University Research Program. 2019 AdV: O3 run commitment; Payload SubSystem responsible for AdV+ phase-1developments. 2019 AdV+: Coordinator of PAY Subsystem line. In Phase-1 prototyping of Large-Mass payload, leading to implementation for Phase 2 (2024) and science run O5. 2018 AdV: On site coordinator of payload Upgrades towards 3rd Observational Run (O3). 2017 AdV+: Coordinator of SUSP commissioning (Advanced Virgo Plus) vision document board for Phase 1 and 2. 2015-02/2019 Advanced Virgo (AdV) g (optimisation and operation of the whole seismic suspension and payload system from ground to test masses). 2017 Scientific coordinator of WP2 (GW Physics), EC project H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016 Grant N° 734303, exchange project with US and Japan. 2014-2017 Development and implementation of Advanced Virgo payloads, including local control and alignment system. 06/2014 Local Coordinator of Virgo at the Rome Branch of INFN. 01/2014 Qualification by MIUR (Univ. and Research Ministry) full professor calls A2/01 (experimental fundamental physics) 23/01/2014-23/01/2020 A2/01. 2014-2011 Teaching appointment FIS/07 at Teaching of Sapienza University Polyclinic of Rome. 03/2011-16 Local scientific coordinator (Sapienza Univ. Rome) of WP1 (Cryogenic test mass suspension from ground to the payload), European proj. ELiTES (FP7 M. Curie No.: 295153), exchange project with Japan. 03/2008 Co-chair Monolithic Suspension project Virgo+. 11/2006 Coordinator of MSC (Mirror Suspension Control) during Virgo commissioning (optimisation and operation of the whole seismic suspension and payload system from ground to test masses). 2005 National responsible of VFC (Vibration-Free Cryostat), (INFN CSN5), R&D on low noise cryogenics. 2005 Lead Researcher INFN. 1999-2002 Virgo Interferometer, commissioning group (alignment and control). 2001 Permanent position as technology researcher by INFN (Pisa, site of Virgo Project). 01/1997 Temporary position as researcher by INFN (Roma), affiliated to the Virgo Project, Gravitational Waves). 10/1996 Temporary position as foreign researcher granted by Univ. of Tokyo (ICRR), long stage at KEK (Tsukuba), mechanical thermal noise studies. 07/1995 Post-doc (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), Seismic suspensions of TAMA interferometer, works at National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka (Tokyo). 03/1995 Scholarship at the Dep. of Physics of the Univ. of Rome Sapienza, affiliated to INFN (Virgo group). 02/1994 Temporary contract at the Dep. of Physics of Siena University. 05/1993 Scholarship at the ISS (National Health Institute), Physics laboratory 10/1993 PhD dissertation (Back-Action-Evading and traditional schemes of electromechanical transducers for resonant gravitational-wave antennas), long stages at CERN. 1988 Master in Physics (Roma Sapienza), (field: observational astrophysics, topic: stellar evolution). TEACHING 2019-21 PHYSICS at faculties of Mathematical Physical and Natural Sciences and Pharmacy-Medicine 2014 (before) The commitment in teaching, as researcher of National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), is a voluntary activity under authorised request. The INFN branch of Rome is located inside the Department of Physics at Sapienza University. In Rome, I was engaged academic courses on Thermodynamics, Experimental gravitation, Lab I,II, research Lab (sub-nuclear and astrophysics) and General Physics at the University Polyclinic. Supervised more than 20 theses (master and PhD). MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH FUNDS AND RESOURCES - PI of Sapienza University Payload and cryostat research towards Third Generation Gravitational Wave detectors, Progetti grandi di Ateneo 2020: 69 kE - Local scientific responsible of Virgo group of the Virgo Collaboration in Rome Branch (2014-2020) for INFN CSN2: ~900 kE. - Coordinator of PAY subsystem line for Advanced Virgo Plus (AdV+). PAY subsystem is currently in Phase 1 (2.5 y): ~620 kE. - As national scientific responsible of VFC (Vibration-Free Cryostat) (2006-2008) CSN5 (interdisciplinary pilot projects): 30 kE. DISSEMINATION and OUTREACH - Experimental gravitational waves research for INFN - Amaldi Research Center of excellence at Sapienza University Roma