My research activities can be placed in the general context of experimental nuclear structure studies. I have addressed timely topics in nuclear-structure physics using various probes, in particular by applying gamma-ray spectroscopy to nuclei throughout the nuclear chart, but also investigating the influence of the nuclear structure on reaction mechanisms.

 

Education:

• [2014 - 2018] Ph.D. in Experimental Nuclear Physics (Doctor Europaeus)
  Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia ​“G. Galilei”, Padova (PD), Italy
  INFN - Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro (PD), Italy
  ​“Nuclear structure of the semi-magic tin isotopes close to ¹⁰⁰Sn: lifetime measurements of low-lying states in ¹⁰⁶Sn and ¹⁰⁸Sn”
• [2014] Post-lauream fellow
  Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia ​“G. Galilei”, Padova (PD), Italy
  INFN - Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro (PD), Italy
  ​“High-resolution gamma spectroscopy with AGATA spectrometer”
• [2011 - 2013] Master’s degree in Physics
  Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia ​“G. Galilei”, Padova (PD), Italy
  Jyväskylän Yliopisto, Fysiikan Laitos, Jyväskylä, Finland
  ​“Shape coexistence in the Neutron-Deficient Nucleus ¹⁹⁴Po: gamma-ray and electron spectroscopic study employing the SAGE spectrometer”
• [2008 - 2011] Bachelor’s level degree in Physics
  Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica ​“G. Galilei”, Padova (PD), Italy
  ​“Numerical integration of the diffusion equation on non homogeneous and meshes and triangulated surfaces”

 

Occupations:

• [2020-Present] Assistant Physicist
  Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne (IL), United States
• [2019-2020] Postdoctoral Fellow: ​“Optimization of AGATA science production (OASIS)”
  Irfu/DPhN/CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• [2017-2018] Postdoctoral Fellow: ​“Study of the structure of proton-rich nuclei with the gamma array AGATA”
  INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy

 

Awards and Grants:

• ANL-PSE Early Investigator Named Award 2022
  ​“Development of MOSAIC for reaction studies at Argonne”
• DOE-NP Data Analysis FOA 2021
  ​“Modern data analytics for the large gamma-ray spectrometers: GRETINA/GRETA and Gammasphere via Machine Learning and Optimization”
• GANIL thesis award
  ​“Nuclear structure of the semi-magic tin isotopes close to ¹⁰⁰Sn: lifetime measurements of low-lying states in ¹⁰⁶Sn and ¹⁰⁸Sn”

 

Publications:

• “Lifetime measurements in the even-even ^102-108Cd isotopes​“
  M. Siciliano, J.J. Valiente-Dobón, A. Goasduff, T.R. Rodriguez et al., Phys. Rev. C 104 (2021), 135474034320
• “Position uncertainties of AGATA pulse-shape analysis estimated via bootstrapping method​“
  M. Siciliano, J. Ljungvall, A. Goasduff, A. Lopez-Martens, M. Zielinska, AGATA and OASIS collaborations, Eur. Phys. J. A 57 (2021), 64
• “Shape coexistence in neutron-deficient ¹⁸⁸Hg investigated via lifetime measurements​“
  M. Siciliano, I. Zanon, A. Goasduff, P.R. John, T.R. Rodriguez, S. Péru, I. Deloncle, J. Libert, M. Zielińska, et al., Phys. Rev. C 102 (2020), 014318
• “Pairing-quadrupole interplay in the neutron deficient tin nuclei: first lifetime measurements of low-lying states in ^106,108Sn​“
  M. Siciliano, J.J. Valiente-Dobón, A. Goasduff, F. Nowacki, A.P. Zuker, et al., Phys. Lett. B 806 (2020), 135474