Who we are

The CYGNO collaboration.

CYGNO is an international experimental collaboration developing directional dark matter detectors based on optical-readout gaseous Time Projection Chambers.

Coordinators and responsibilities

Davide Pinci

Spokesperson

INFN Roma1

Email Davide Pinci

Elisabetta Baracchini

Co-Spokesperson

GSSI

Email Elisabetta Baracchini

Davide Fiorina

Technical Coordinator & Project Manager

GSSI

Email Davide Fiorina

Giorgio Dho

Analysis Coordinator

INFN Frascati

Email Giorgio Dho

Giulia D'Imperio

Simulation Coordinator

INFN Roma1

Email Giulia D'Imperio

Stefano Piacentini

DAQ & Electronics Coordinator · Run Coordinator

GSSI

Email Stefano Piacentini

Andrea Messina

Local Responsible

Università la Sapienza

Email Andrea Messina

Cristina Monteiro

Local Responsible

Universidade de Coimbra

Email Cristina Monteiro

Fabrizio Petrucci

Local Responsible

Università di Roma Tre

Email Fabrizio Petrucci

Herman Lima

Local Responsible

CBPF

Email Herman Lima

Neil Spooner

Local Responsible

University of Sheffield

Email Neil Spooner

Rafael Nobrega

Local Responsible

Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Email Rafael Nobrega

Collaborators by institution

Active CYGNO collaborators, grouped by institution. Local representatives are listed first.

GSSI / LNGS

  • Stefano Piacentini – Assistant Professor
  • David José Gaspar Marques – PhD student
  • Davide Fiorina – Postdoc
  • Elisabetta Baracchini – Full professor
  • Federico Francesco Scamporlino – Master student
  • Melba D'Astolfo – PhD student

INFN Frascati / ENEA

  • Giorgio Dho – Researcher
  • Alessandro Russo – Technician
  • Cesidio Capoccia – Technician
  • Daniele Pierluigi – Technician
  • Emiliano Paoletti – Technician
  • Giovanni Maccarrone – Researcher
  • Giovanna Saviano – Researcher
  • Igor Abritta Costa – Technologist
  • Luigi Benussi – Researcher
  • Michele Caponero – Researcher
  • Roberto Tesauro – Technician
  • Sandro Tomassini – Senior Technologist

Roma Tre / INFN Roma Tre

  • Fabrizio Petrucci – Associate professor
  • Pietro Meloni – PhD Student

Sapienza / INFN Roma1

  • Andrea Messina – Associate professor
  • Davide Pinci – Senior Researcher
  • Emanuele Di Marco – Senior Researcher
  • Francesco Iacoangeli – Technician
  • Gianluca Cavoto – Full professor
  • Giulia D'Imperio – Researcher

CBPF

  • Herman Pessoa Lima Junior – Senior technologist

Universidade de Coimbra

  • Cristina Maria Bernardes Monteiro – Invited Assistant Professor
  • Fernando Domingues Amaro – Assistant Researcher
  • Joaquim Marques Ferreira Dos Santos – Full Professor
  • Pedro Alberto Oliveira Costa Silva – Post-Doc
  • Rita Curado Sousa – Master student
  • Rui Daniel Passos Mano – Post-Doc

Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

  • Rafael Antunes Nobrega – Associate professor
  • Igor Fonseca Pains – PhD student
  • Luan Gomes Mattosinhos de Carvalho – Master student

University of Sheffield

  • Neil John Curwen Spooner – Full professor

Institutions

Institutions in the CYGNO ecosystem.