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Theses

Completed PhD Theses

  • Marco Ricci. “Study of a cryogenic payload for the Einstein Telescope Low Frequency”. Supervisor: E. Majorana. Year: 2026.
  • Sebastian Gomez Lopez. “Multimessenger observations of compact binary mergers”. Supervisor: F. Pannarale. Year: 2026.
  • Martina Di Cesare. “All sky searches for isolated and binary neutron star system: study of improved procedures, based on classical and Machine Learning techniques, for present and future gravitational wave detectors“. Supervisors: R. De Rosa (Univ. Federico II), P. Astone, M. Serra. Year: 2026. (Univ. Federico II – Napoli)
  • Alessandro Veutro. “The role of multimessenger astronomy in constraining supernova explosion mechanisms”. Supervisor: I. Di Palma. Year: 2026.
  • Francesco Di Marco. “Enhancing the Astrophysical Reach of Present and Future Gravitational-Wave Detectors via Quantum Squeezings“. Supervisors: E. Majorana, S. Di Pace Year: 2025.
  • Laudenzi Pietro. “Advanced techniques for quantum noise reduction in gravitational wave detectors”. Supervisors: S. Di Pace, Chang-Hee Kim(KENTECH). Year: 2025.
  • Matteo Bezmalinovich. “Modelling of early-stage kilonova ejecta opacity in the multi-messenger era”. Supervisors: S. Cristallo (INAF – OA Abruzzo), F. Pannarale. Year: 2025.
  • Lorenzo Mirasola. “Continuous gravitational wave searches from neutron stars and exotic sources in ground-based interferometric data”.  Supervisors: Pia Astone, Alessandro De Falco (Cagliari Univ.). Year: 2025. (Cagliari University)
  • Giulia Illiano – The prototype of transitional millisecond pulsars in x-ray/optical bands. Supervisors: A. Papitto, P.Leaci. Year: 2024.
  • Giulia Gianfagna. “Binary Neutron Star mergers in the multi-messenger era: from astrophysics to cosmology”. Supervisors: L. Piro (IAPS – INAF), F. Ricci, F. Pannarale. Year: 2024.
  • Lorenzo Pierini. “Search for r-mode gravitational-wave signals”. Supervisors: C. Palomba, P. Leaci. Year: 2023.
  • Giacoppo Laura.“Towards an optimal control system of an opto-mechanical resonator for quantum noise reduction in GW interferometers“. Superivisors: E. Majorana, S. Di Pace. Year: 2023.
  • Iuri La Rosa. “Fast Identification of continuous gravitational-wave signals”. Supervisors: P. Leaci, T. Regimbau. Year: 2022.
  • Luca D’Onofrio. “Targeted search and ensemble analysis for the detection of gravitational waves from known pulsars”. Supervisors: R. De Rosa, C. Palomba. Year: 2022. (Univ. Federico II – Napoli)
  • Giuseppe Intini. “Innovative strategies to streamline continuous gravitational-wave candidates in the advanced LIGO-Virgo detector era”. Supervisor: P. Leaci. Year: 2020.
  • Akshat Singhal. “A resampling algorithm to detect continuous-wave signals from neutron stars in binary systems“. Supervisors: P. Leaci, C. Palomba. Year: 2019
  • Andrew Miller. “Using machine learning and the hough transform to search for gravitational waves from young, isolated neutron stars”. Supervisors: Pia Astone , Bernard Whiting. Year: 2019 (Sapienza and Florida University)
  • Simone Mastrogiovanni. “Advanced data analysis techniques for the detection of gravitational waves from asymmetric spinning neutron stars: an application to the first and second LIGO-Virgo observing runs”. Supervisor: C. Palomba – Year: 2018.
  • Ornella Piccinni. “An enhanced sensitivity procedure for continuous gravitational wave detection: targeting the Galactic center”.Supervisor: S. Frasca. Year: 2018.
  • Luca Naticchioni. “Low Frequency Noise Suppression for the Development of Gravitational Astronomy”. Supervisor: F. Ricci. Year: 2014.
  • Sibilla Di Pace. “Towards the observation of the radiation pressure noise in a suspended interferometer: the QuRaG experiment“. Supervisors: A. Brillet, F. Ricci. Year: 2014 (Univ. Sophia Antipolis – Nizza)
  • Marzia Colombini. “Thermal noise issue in the monolithic suspensions of the Virgo+ gravitational wave interferometer”. Supervisor: F. Ricci. Year: 2013

Completed Master Theses

  • Anna Lea Quintavalle. Development of passive dampers for the parametric instabilities in the gravitational wave interferometers. Supervisor: P. Puppo. Year. 2026.
  • Gabriele Gusso. “Machine-learning based strategy to detect continuous waves from neutron stars in eccentric binary systems”. Supervisors: P. Leaci, F. Muciaccia. Year 2025.
  • Emanuela Alberici. “Searching for Compact Binaries with Subsolar Mass Components in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Data”.  Supervisor: F. Pannarale. Year:  2025.
  • Claudio Salvadore. “Persistent gravitational-wave search from the NS 1987A”. Supervisors: P. Leaci, I. La Rosa. Year: 2025.
  • Alessandro Buchicchio. “A new data analysis method to search for persistent gravitational waves emitted by vector boson clouds”. Supervisor:C. Palomba. Year: 2024.
  • Leonardo Ricca. “Machine Learning algorithms for long transient gravitational wave signal detection”. Supervisors: M. Serra, C. Palomba. Year: 2024.
  • Nilay Mancini. “General-Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics Simulations of Neutrino-Driven Winds from Proto-Magnetars”.  Supervisors: F. Pannarale, D. Radice (Pennsylvania State University). Year:2024.
  • Andrea Belfiore. “Seeking continuous-wave signals via a heterodyne-based technique”. Supervisor: P. Leaci. Year: 2024.
  • Davide Di Piero. “Prospects on the Detection of Neutrino Driven Core-Collapse Supernovae in Gravitational Waves”. Supervisor: I. Di Palma. Year:2024.
  • Alessandro Favali. “Development of Phenomenological Gravitational Wave Signals from Rotating Core-Collapse Supernovae in a Multi-Messenger Environmen”. Supervisors: I. Di Palma,P. Cerda Duran(Univ. de Valencia). Year:2024.
  • Lorenzo Lunghini. “A Doppler-based global correlation method to veto continuous gravitational-wave candidates”. Supervisors: P. Leaci, P. Astone. Year:2024.
  • Lorenzo Silvestri. “Questing for continuous-wave signals with a heterodyne-based method”. Supervisor. P. Leaci. Year:2024.
  • Suomi Bez Baruah. “Characterize and discuss the performance of cWB for the reconstruction of the physical waveform of core collapse Supernova”. Supervisor: M. Drago, 2023
  • Francesco Amicucci. “A directed continuous-wave search from neutron stars in binary systems with the 5-vector resampling technique”. P. Leaci. Year:2023.
  • Francesca Attadio. “Development of Machine Learning techniques for the search for Gravitational Waves emitted by Magnetars”. Supervisors: M. Serra, C. Palomba. Year: 2023.
  • Lorenzo Piccari. “Accounting for Neutron Star Tidal Deformability in Compact Binary Coalescence Template Banks”. Supervisor: F. Pannarale. Year: 2023.
  • Leonardo Iampieri. “Speed of Gravity and Cosmology Constraints from Binary Neutron Stars using Time Delays between Gravitational Waves and Short Gamma-ray Bursts.”. Supervisors: F. Pannarale, S. Mastrogiovanni. Year: 2023.
  • Andrea Simongini. “Building spectral templates and reconstructing parameters for core collapse supernovae in the multimessenger era”. Supervisors: I. Di Palma, S. Piranomonte (INAF). Year: 2023.
  • Francesco Crescimbeni. “Measuring distance and inclination of precessing compact binaries with gravitational waves”. Supervisors: F. Pannarale, P. Pani. Year:  2023.
  • Riccardo Felicetti. “Data analysis methods to search for gravitational waves from ultra-light boson clouds in globular clusters”. Supervisor: C. Palomba. Year: 2022.
  • Elisa Velcani. “Study of data analysis methods for the search of gravitational waves from primordial black hole binaries”. Supervisor: C. Palomba. Year: 2022.
  • De Marco Francesco. “Optical design of the laser injection line into a small-scale suspended interferometer for Quantum Noise reduction in gravitational wave detectors”. Supervisors: E. Majorana, S. Di Pace. Year: 2022.
  • Vincenzo Rella. “Searching for ultra-light dark matter withgravitational-wave interferometers”. Supervisors: C. Palomba, A. Miller. Year: 2022.
  • Adriano Frattale Mascioli. “Breaking distance/inclination degeneracy with future gravitational wave observations”.  Supervisors: F. Pannarale, P. Pani. Year:  2022.
  • Mattia Emma. “Mirror Dark Matter Admixed Neutron Stars:”.  Supervisors: T. Dietrich, F. Pannarale. Year:  2022. (University of Potsdam)
  • Martina Di Cesare. “All-sky gravitational wave searches for isolated neutron stars: methods and applications to LIGO-Virgo data”. Supervisors: P. Astone, O. J. Piccinni. Year: 2021.
  • Alessio Zicoschi. “Search for R-Mode Gravitational Wave Signalsfrom pulsar PSR J0537-6910”, Supervisors: C. Palomba, S. Mastrogiovanni. Year: 2021.
  • Guido Alex Iandolo. “Data Analysis for all-sky continuous gravitational-wave searches”. Supervisors: P. Astone, P. Leaci. Year:2021.
  • Giada Caneva Santoro. “Coherent and Coincident Analyses of LIGO-Virgo Data from the Third Observing Run”. Supervisor: F. Pannarale. Year: 2021.
  • Samuel Patrone. “Gravitational-Wave Polarizations: a Fundamental Test of Gravity”.  Supervisors: F. Pannarale, A. J. Weinstein (California Institute of Technology). Year:  2020.
  • Elisa Nitoglia. “A Phenomenological Gravitational Waveform Model for Neutron-Star–Black-Hole Coalescing Binaries”. Supervisor: F. Pannarale. Year: 2020.
  • Maria Assiduo. “Una Ricerca Mirata di Onde Gravitazionali in Coincidenza di Gamma Ray Bursts Corti per la Rete di Interferometri LIGO-Virgo.”.  Supervisors: T. Di Girolamo (Univ. Federico II), F. Pannarale. Year:  2020. (Univ. Federico II – Napoli)
  • Emanuele Tofani. “Stochastic Background from Cosmic Strings”. Supervisors:  Pia Astone, Fulvio Ricci, Tania Regimbau. Year: 2020.
  • Antonella Bianchi. “Ricerca di segnali di onde gravitazionali in coincidenza di Gamma Ray Bursts corti con gli interferometri Advanced Virgo e Advanced LIGO”.  Supervisors: T. Di Girolamo (Univ. Federico II), F. Pannarale. Year:  2020. (Univ. Federico II – Napoli)
  • Raul Ciancarella. “Tidal Deformability of Exotic Compact Objects”.  Supervisor: F. Pannarale. Co-supervisor: A. Marcianò (Fudan University). Year: 2019.
  • Luca D’Onofrio. “Analysius of O2 data for detection of gravitational wave signals from an ensemble of known pulsars”. Supervisors: R. De Rosa, C. Palomba. Year: 2019. (Univ. Federico II – Napoli)
  • Lorenzo Pierini.“Filtri tempo-frequenza basati su spettrogrammi come metodo per la rivelazione di onde gravitazionali“. Supervisors: P. Astone, S. Frasca. Year: 2018.
  • Mauro Buono. “Extraction of gravitational signals generated by an ensemble of known pulsars”. Supervisors: R. De Rosa, C. Palomba. Year: 2018. (Univ. Federico II – Napoli)
  • Alessandro Bile. “Object detection and tracking”. Supervisors: Pia Astone, Sergio Frasca. Year: 2018.
  • Francesco Carotenuto. “Gamma-ray bursts and gravitational waves joint analysis with the LIGO-Virgo network”. Supervisors: F. Ricci, I. Di Palma. Year:2018
  • Iuri La Rosa. “Continuous gravitational-wave signal analysis with General Purpose computing on Graphic Processing Units”. Supervisors: C. Palomba, P. Astone. Year: 2017.
  • Federico Muciaccia. “Using deep convolutional neural networks to build a low-latency classifier to trigger the detection of long gravitational-wave transients“. Supervisors: P. Astone, F. Ricci. Year 2017.
  • Giuseppe Intini. “Metodologie innovative per scremare l’insieme di potenziali candidati di onde gravitazionali continue nell’era dei rivelatori avanzati LIGO-Virgo”. Supervisor: P. Leaci. Year: 2015.
  • Simone Mastrogiovanni. “Wide-band search of continuous gravitational waves from neutron stars in supernova remnants”. Supervisor: C. Palomba. Year: 2015.
  • Matteo di Giovanni. “Studio dell’efficienza di rivelazione nella ricerca di onde gravitazionali continue emesse da stelle di neutroni isolate”. Supervisor: C. Palomba. Year: 2015.
  • Ornella Piccinni. “Mitigation of transient disturbances in wide parameter space searches for continuous gravitational wave signakls”. Supervisors: F. Ricci, M. A. Papa. Year: 2014.
  • Roberto Serafinelli. “Search of gravitational waves from known pulsars in a small frequency band around the expected frequency”. Supervisor: C. Palomba. Year: 2013.
  • Maria Concetta Tringali. “Adattamento alla ricerca di pulsar gamma di metodologie di analisi per segnali gravitazionali continui”. Supervisor: C. Palomba. Year: 2013.
  • Giorgio Olivieri. “Calibrazione assoluta degli interferometri avanzati per la rivelazione di onde gravitazionali”. Supervisors: P. Puppo, F. Ricci. Year: 2012.
  • Ilaria Nardecchia. “Rumore termico delle sospensioni in Advanced Virgo”. Supervisor P. Puppo Year: 2012.
  • Luca Naticchioni. “Studio sperimentale per la riduzione del rumore a bassa frequenza negli interferometri di terza generazione”. Supervisor: P. Puppo, F. Ricci. Year: 2010.
  • Marzia Colombini. “Caratterizzazione e controllo di un prototipo di sospensione monolitica per l’interferometro Virgo”. Supervisors: F. Ricci, E. Majorana. Year: 2009.
  • Massimo Granata. “Ultimo stadio criogenico di sospensione per interferometri di terza generazione per la rivelazione di onde gravitazionali”. Supervisors: P. Puppo, F. Ricci. Year: 2008.
  • Veronica Moscatelli. “Studio dell’ultimo stadio di sospensione di un interferometro gravitazionale criogenico”. Supervisors: P. Puppo, P. Rapagnani. Year: 2006.
  • Roberta Ferrari. “Sviluppo di un sistema di sospensione criogenico per gli specchi di un interferometro gravitazionale”. Supervisors: P. Puppo, P. Rapagnani. Year: 2005.
  • David Tombolato. “Studio di un sistema elettrostatico per il controllo delle ottiche di un’antenna gravitazionale interferometrica”. Supervisors: P. Puppo, P. Rapagnani. Year: 2003.
  • Alessandro Cinelli. “Studio di materiali a bassa temperatura per un interferometro gravitazionale di nuova generazione”. Supervisors: P. Puppo, P. Rapagnani. Year: 2002.