Coordinator: Mattera Lorenzo 

Department of Physics (Dipartimento di Fisica - DIFI) 

Places: 10 - Grants: 5 (*).

Places reserved for non-EU citizens who reside abroad: 2 of which 1 with grant and 1 without grant  

(*) 4 grants from the University

(*) 1 grant financed by the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Comparative assessment procedure

Qualifications and Exams (qualifications, written test and interview) 

Written test

3 November 2011, at 2:30 p.m., in the Aula Magna of the Department of Physics (Dipartimento di Fisica - DIFI), via Dodecaneso, 33, 16146 Genova

Interview

10 November 2011, 9 a.m., at the Department of Physics (Dipartimento di Fisica - DIFI), via Dodecaneso, 33, 16146 Genova

Exam syllabus

Written test: exercises on basic Physics

Intervie: a discussion of the written test, of the research project

Research themes

The research lines to which the Physics Doctoral Course makes reference cover a broad scientific spectrum, comprising almost all the top research in Italy and in the world. Genoa has specialised especially in a few fields which give rise to significant Doctoral dissertations in the subject-matter of fundamental interaction physics, nuclear physics, material physics and biophysics. The lines of research cover the following fields: nuclear and subnuclear physics, theoretical physics, material physics, biophysics and cybernetics, optical physics, astrophysics, health care physics, environmental physics, physics of the atmosphere and ocean, didactics and history of physics. In particular there are consolidated research activities in the doctoral course that are directly linked to specific themes of the School: research in nuclear and subnuclear physics involves developments with a strong innovative aspect on the acquisition and treatment of extremely complex information and the realisation of highly miniaturised and “intelligent” electronic devices; the theoretical research concerns the numerical simulation of complex systems with special reference to molecular clusters and to transport phenomena in fluids and in quantum systems; research in material physics mostly concerns nanotechnologies, physical properties of microsystems and materials, the use and development of scanning tunnelling microscopy with applications to nanostructured surfaces; research in biophysics involves, among other things, the study of bio-ICT technology and the study of protein structures involved in pathologies of the nervous system by means of atomic force and scanning microscopy; research in health care physics goes from the study of the fusion of clinical images from different equipment to the improvement of new equipment designed and developed within the sphere of DIFI and of the INFN laboratories.

Information on references

Candidates must choose not less than one and not more than three referees to support their candidature. These referees must be university professors or experts in the subject. It will be their concern to send the reference letters, within the deadline of the public notice, to the Coordinator of the Doctoral Course at the following address:

Prof. L. Mattera, Dipartimento di Fisica (DIFI), Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova

The name, title and service place of the referees chosen by the candidates must be stated in their applications.

Foreign languages

English

For further information please contact

Prof. Lorenzo Mattera

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Sig.ra Angela Martinoli

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