Fitxa persona

After obtaining a PhD from the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, my research has focused on Higgs boson physics at the LHC. I contributed to the first ATLAS search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the ττ final state and to the combined analyses leading to the Higgs discovery in 2012. I later played a leading role in establishing the Higgs Yukawa coupling to fermions, coordinating the ATLAS analysis that provided evidence for the Higgs coupling to tau leptons and participating in the ATLAS–CMS Run 1 Higgs combination.

During Run 2 and Run 3, I led searches for heavy Higgs bosons in the ττ channel and expanded my research to flavor physics, including lepton-flavor-violating Higgs decays and leptoquark searches. I also contributed to precision Higgs measurements and searches for Higgs boson pair production and self-coupling effects.

Within ATLAS, I have held major leadership roles, including Data Preparation Coordinator, Executive Board member, and Convener of the Tau Group. Since 2006, I have been deeply involved in the operation and upgrade of the Tile Calorimeter, leading the development of the TilePPr digital back-end readout for the HL-LHC, which successfully passed its Final Design Review and it is now in production phase.

I have authored more than 1300 publications and my h-index is 127. I have been PI of seven large research projects and I supervised eight PhD students and five postdoctoral researchers and served as Principal Investigator of several national research projects supporting ATLAS physics and detector upgrades.