Paolo Lenisa

Biography

EDUCATION
1997 PhD in Physics (excellent) – University of Ferrara (IT)
1992 Master Degree in Nuclear Engineering (summa cum laude) Politecnico di Milano, (IT)

CURRENT POSITION
Since 2017 Full professor in Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics – University of Ferrara (IT)

PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2014 – 2017 Associate professor in Experimental Physics of Fundamental - University of Ferrara (IT)
1998 – 2014 Researcher Staff- Physics Department, University of Ferrara (IT)
1997 – 1998 Guest Scientist - Max-Planck Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg (D)

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Since 2000 20 Postdocs, 13 PhDs, > 20 Diploma and Master Students

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Since 2017 Course: Subatomic Physics, Univ. of Ferrara (IT)
Since 2000 Course: General Physics (Mechanics), Univ. of Ferrara (IT)
2012 – 2015 Course: Epistemology and History of Physics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES (selection)
2019 Director of the Interdisciplinary Training Course for High-School Teachers”Science for
Environment and Sustainable Development”, University of Ferrara (IT)
Since 2017 Coordinator of the Physics Course (Dean of the Physics Faculty) Univ. Ferrara (IT)
Since 2017 Coordinator of the educational program for the High-School teachers in Physics
University of Ferrara, (IT)
Since 2013 Coordinator for the student orientation program in Physics, University of Ferrara (IT)
Since 2005 Member of the PhD Teachers College in Physics, University of Ferrara (IT)

ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (Selection)
2018 Chair: “SPIN2018” - 23rd International Spin-Physics Symposium, 250 participants, Ferrara (IT)
2015 Co-chair: “Search for the Electron EDM in an Electrostatic Storage Ring “ - International Workshop
2 - 50 participants, Mainz (D)
2013 Chair: “Nuclear Fusion with Polarised Nucleons” – Intern. Workshop, 20 participants, ECT* TN(IT)
2009 Chair: “PST2009” - XIII International Workshop on Pol. Sources and Targets, 100 participants,
Ferrara (IT)

REVIEWING ACTIVITIES (selection)
From 2021 Elected Chair of the International Spin Physics Committee (ISPC)
Since 2017 Chair of the Graduation Commissions for Master and Bachelor Degrees in Physics,
University of Ferrara (IT)
2012 - 2019 Member of the National Scientific Commission 3 (CSN3 - Nuclear Physics), INFN (IT)
Since 2005 Reviewer for Nuclear Instruments and Methods, European Physical Journal, Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, European Physics Letters

PUBLICATIONS, PROPOSALS, PRESENTATIONS
Co-author of more than 250 publications in refereed journals (SCOPUS: h-index: 45, no. of citations:8348 )
Presenter of 50 talks at international conferences and workshops (25 on invitation)
Proponent of 15 Experiment proposals and Letters of Intent (11 as Spokesperson).

PARTICIPATION AND LEADERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
HERMES at DESY Hamburg - Coordinator of the Internal Polarized Target for the period 2000-2005
PAX at COSY Jülich - Proponent and Co-spokesperson of the Collaboration since 2005.
OLYMPUS at DORIS Hamburg. Proponent and member of the executive board 2011-2015
JEDI at COSY Jülich. Proponent and Co-spokesperson of the Collaboration since 2017,
CLAS at JLAB Newport News, member of the Collaboration since 2014

INVITED PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES (selection):
1. 15th Intern. Conference on Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon (MENU2019),
“Search for electric dipole moments of charged particles in storage rings”, June 2-7, 2019, Pittsburg (USA)
2. 18th International Workshop on Polarized Sources, Targets and Polarimetry (PSTP2019),
“LHC-spin a polarized internal target for the LHC”, September 23-27, 2019, Knoxville TN (USA)
3. 18th International Workshop on Polarized Sources, Targets and Polarimetry (PSTP2019),
“Search for EDMs with polarized beams in Storage Rings”, September 23-27, 2019, Knoxville TN (USA)
4. 14th International Conference on Meson Production, Properties and Interactions (MESON 2016),
“Search for EDMs of Charged Particles in Storage Rings”, Krakow, Poland, June 02-07, 2016
5. 13th Intern. Conf. on Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon (MENU2013),
“Perspectives for Polarised Antiprotons”, Rome, Italy, September-October 30-04, 2013

SCIENTIFIC GUIDANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF COMPETITIVE FINANCED PROJECTS (selection):
2016 - 2021 Lead-investigator for the University of Ferrara of the ERC-AdG “srEDM”
2019 - 2023 Principal Investigator of WP30-JRA12 “SPINforFAIR” of the project “STRONG2020”
financed by EU
2019 - 2023 Lead-investigator for the Unity of Ferrara of WP20-JRA2 “FTE@LHC” “Fixed
Target Experiments at the LHC for the project “STRONG2020” financed by EU
2010 - 2016 Lead-investigator for the University of Ferrara of the ERC-AdG “POLPBAR”

EDITOR OF RESEARCH MONOGRAPHS
2019 Co-editor, Proceedings of “SPIN2018”, University of Ferrara, Italy
2011 Co-editor, Proceedings of “STORI2011”, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy