Alessandro Bacchetta
Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information

Work address Università degli Studi di Pavia,
Dip. di Fisica,
via Bassi 6
27100 Pavia, Italy
Work telephone  +39 0382 987449
Work fax  +39 0382 526938
E-mail
Home page http://www.jlab.org/~bacchett

 
Publications


Get my full publication record in the INSPIRE database (look here for published works only).
My h factor is 29 (INSPIRE database, Apr 2015, published works only)

 
Professional appointments

Aug 2015 - present
Associate Professor at University of Pavia
Aug 2009 - Jul 2015
Assistant Professor (Ricercatore Universitario) at University of Pavia
Jan 2010 - present
Research Associate at INFN
Mar 2008 - Jul 2009
N. Isgur Distinguished Fellow at JLab
Oct 2005 - Feb 2008
Research Associate at DESY, mainly working with Dr. M. Diehl
Jan 2004 - Sep 2005
Alexander von Humboldt fellow
working at the University of Regensburg with prof. A. Schäfer
Nov 2002 - Dec 2003
Young researcher in the ESOP European Research Training Network
working at the University of Regensburg with prof. A. Schäfer
Nov 1998 - Nov 2002
Researcher in Training paid by FOM
working at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam with prof. P.J. Mulders

 
Fellowships, Awards, Qualifications

Jan 2015
National Qualification to Full Professor (Professore I fascia),
Settore Conc.: A2/02 (Theoretical Physics of Fundamental Interactions), Italy
Jan 2014
National Qualification to Associate Professor (Professore II fascia),
Settore Conc.: A2/02 (Theoretical Physics of Fundamental Interactions), Italy
Feb 2008
Qualification to Maître des Confèrences, France
Mar 2008 N. Isgur Distinguished Fellowship at JLab, USA
Jan 2004
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany
Sep 1993
Admission to Almo Collegio Borromeo, Pavia, Italy

 
Teaching

2012-present
Master course: "Quantum Electrodynamics" Master degree in Physics, University of Pavia, Italy
2015
PhD course: "Languages, problems, methods of scientific communication" PhD School, University of Pavia, and Collegio Nuovo, Pavia, Italy
2014
Supervision of Master Thesis Student: S. Cotogno, 
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
2014
Co-supervision of Master Thesis Student: L. Mantovani, 
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
2012
Supervision of Master Thesis Student: A. Signori, 
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
2010-2014
PhD course: "Soft Skills for Graduate Students" PhD School in Physics, University of Pavia, Italy
Jun 2012
Lectures: "Phenomenology of 3D partonic distributions" QCD Spin Physics Doctoral Training Program,
ECT*, Trento, Italy
Jun 2011
Lectures: "TMDs at work" International School "E. Fermi",Varenna, Italy
Feb-May 2009
Lecture series: "Transverse thinking: an introduction to TMDs" Jefferson Lab, USA
Nov 2006
Lectures: "Transverse momentum dependence in parton densities" QCD Spin Physics Doctoral Training Program,
ECT*, Trento, Italy
2006
Co-supervision of Master Thesis Student: F. Conti, 
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
2005
Exercise classes of Quantum Mechanics Elite Graduate Program
Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg and Univ. Regensburg, Germany
2004 - 2005
Exercise classes of Electrodynamics 2nd year undergraduate course, 
Universität of Regensburg, Germany
2003 - 2004
Exercise classes of Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics 3rd year undergraduate course, 
Universität of Regensburg, Germany
2003
Exercise classes of Quantum Mechanics 2nd year undergraduate course, 
Universität of Regensburg, Germany
2001
Tutor for Quantum Field Theory 4th year undergraduate course, 
Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1999 - 2000
Exercise classes of 
Quantum Mechanics 2
3rd year undergraduate course, 
Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1997 - 1998
Tutor for General Physics 1 1st year undergraduate course, 
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy

 
Other professional activities

Jun 2013 -present
Member-elect of the Board of Direction Department of Physics, University of Pavia, Italy.
Feb 2015 -present
Member of Scientific Committee Language Center, University of Pavia, Italy.
Jul 2016
Member of International Program Committee 4th Workshop on the QCD Structure of the Nucleon (QCD-N'12), Getxo, Spain
Jul 2016
Member of International Program Committee QCD-N 2016 , Bilbao, Spain
May 2016
Organizer Radiative Corrections 2016 , Jefferson Lab, USA
Apr 2016
Organizer Parton transverse momentum distributions at large x , ECT*, Trento, Italy
Oct 2015
Organizer From 1D Fragmentation towards 3D Correlated Fragmentation , ECT*, Trento, Italy
16 Sep 2015
Member of PhD Committee Candidate: M. G. A. Buffing

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Nederland.
Aug 2015
Convener TMDe2015 - A path towards TMD extraction , Trieste, Italy
Aug 2015
Member of International Advisory Committee European Nuclear Physics Conference 2015, Groningen, Nederland.
Apr 2015
Convener First Italian Workshop on Hadron Physics and Non-Perturbative QCD , Cortona, Italy
Jun 2014
Member of Local Organizing Committee Transversity 2014, Chia, Cagliari, Italy
10 Dec 2014
Member of PhD Committee Candidate: F. Van der Veken

Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium.
18 Dec 2013
Member of PhD Committee Candidate: Miguel Garcia Echevarria

Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
Nov 2013
Member of International Advisory Committee International Workshop on Probing Strangeness in Hard Processes, Frascati National Labs, Italy
Jun 2013
Member of Scientific Committee Science Library of the University of Pavia, Italy
Apr 2013
Convener Spin Working Group, DIS 2013, Marseille, France
Oct 2012
Member of International Program Committee 3rd Workshop on the QCD Structure of the Nucleon (QCD-N'12), Bilbao, Spain
Aug 2012
Convener Worshop on Chiral Dynamics, Jefferson Lab,USA
Sep 2011
Organizer Mini-worshop on Dihadron Fragmentation Functions, Pavia, Italy
Oct 2010
Member of International Advisory Committee International Workshop on Probing Strangeness in Hard Processes , Frascati National Labs, Italy
Jun 2010
Organizer Worshop on Transverse Momentum Distributions (TMD2010), ECT*, Trento, Italy
Sep 2009
Convener Worshop on partonic transverse momentum distribution, Mylos, Greece
Jun 2009
Member of Organizing Committee Worshop on the transverse partonic structure of hadrons (TPSH09), Yerevan, Armenia
Oct 2008
Member of Organizing Committee International Symposium on Spin Physics (SPIN08), Charlottesvile, VA, USA
2007
Member of PhD Committee Candidate: Paul B. van der Nat

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Nederland.
Since 2010
Reviewer for several European funding agencies
Since 2003
Referee for international journals Phys. Rev. Lett
Phys. Rev. D
Phys. Lett. B
Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys.
Eur. Phys. J. A

 
Seminars and talks (updated Jun 2016)

30 May 2016
QCD Evolution 2016 Amsterdam, the Netherlands Extraction of unpolarized TMDs
16 May 2016
Precision Radiative Corrections for Next Generation Experiments Jefferson Lab, USA Nucleon structure from 1D to 3D
15 Apr 2016
Parton TMDs at large x: a window into parton dynamics in nucleon structure within QCD ECT*, Trento, Italy Summary/Theory Issues
8 Feb 2016
Emerging Spin and Transverse Momentum Effects in pp and p+A Collisions Brookhaven National Lab, USA Extraction of transversity in a collinear framework
11 Jan 2016
6th International Workshop on High Energy Physics in the LHC Era Valparaiso, Chile Partonic Transverse Momentum Distributions (TMDs): status and perspectives
24 Sep 2015
Light Cone 2015 Frascati, Italy Extraction of TMDs from experimental data
18 May 2015
IWHSS 2015 Suzdal, Russia Progress in understanding the transverse structure of the nucleon
6 May 2015
Seminars of the Department of Physics Pavia, Italy The proton in 3D (in momentum space)
26 Mar 2015
Theory Seminars, INFN Genova, Italy 3D maps of the proton (in momentum space)
13 Mar 2015
Hadron physics with high-momentum hadron beams at J-PARC KEK, Tsukuba, Japan TMD parton distribution functions
13 Nov 2014
Future Physics with HERA Data DESY, Hamburg, Germany Inclusive and semi-inclusive spin physics
27 August 2014
Workshop on Spin and Orbital Angular Momentum of Quarks and Gluons in the Nucleon ECT*, Trento, Italy Angular momentum and TMDs
12 May 2014
QCD Evolution Workshop 2014 Santa Fe, NM, USA Predictions for transverse-momentum dependence in e+e- annihilation
20 Mar 2014
Theory Seminars NIKHEF, Nederland Tasting the flavor of quark transverse momentum
25 Feb 2014
Workshop on "Studies of 3D Structure of Nucleon" Institute of Nuclear Theory, Seattle, USA Phenomenology (partial) review
11 Dec 2013
Theory Seminars University of Milano, Italy The flavor of quark transverse momentum
23 Sep 2013
Theory Seminars Jefferson Lab, VA, USA Investigations into the flavor dependence of TMDs
24 Jun 2013
Baryons 2013, International Conference on the Structure of Baryons - Glasgow, UK Plenary talk

Exploring the Multidimensional Structure of the Nucleon
10 Jun 2013
Workshop on Structure of Nucleons and Nuclei - Como, Italy Parton angular momentum from TMDs
18 Dec 2012
JLab at 12 GeV: New opportunities in hadronic physics - Frascati National Labs, Italy Exploring the multi-dimensional structure of the proton
23 Oct 2012
Incontro Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Catania, Italy Verso una nuova era nella comprensione della struttura interna del protone
23 Oct 2012
Workshop on the QCD Structure of the Nucleon (QCD-N'12) - Bilbao, Spain Introduction to TMDs
21 Sep 2012
European Nuclear Physics Conference (EuNPC 2012) - Bucharest, Romania Plenary talk

Multi-dimensional parton distributions and the role of spin
26 Jun 2012
Electron-Nucleus Scattering XII - Elba Island, Italy Transverse Momentum-Dependent Parton Distributions (TMD's)
22 May 2012
Workshop on Drell-Yan Scattering and the Structure of Hadrons - ECT*, Trento, Italy TMDs in unpolarized Drell-Yan
16 Apr 2012
International Workshop on Hadron Structure and Spectroscopy - Lisbon, Portugal Overview of transversity
28 Mar 2012
International Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS2012) - Bonn, Germany Constraining quark angular momentum with the Sivers function
15 Feb 2012
Workshop on Orbital Angular Momentum in QCD - INT, Seattle, WA, USA Quark Angular Momentum from TMDs
7 Nov 2011
TMD Monte Carlo workshop - Frascati, Italy Status of Monte Carlo generators suitable for SIDIS analyses - Theory point of view
28 Sep 2011
Workshop on Partons in Nucleons and Nuclei (PINAN 2011) - Marrakesh, Morocco Quark angular momentum from TMDs
29 Aug 2011
International Workshop on Transverse Polarization Phenomena in Hard Scattering (Transversity 2011) - Veli Losinj, Croatia Review talk on models for TMD PDFs, transversity, and single spin asymmetries
13 May 2011
Opportunities for Drell-Yan Physics at RHIC - Brookhaven Nat. Lab, Upton, NY, USA Transverse physics with e+e-, SIDIS and pp
4 Apr 2011
International Workshop on Hadron Structure and Spectroscopy - Paris, France Transverse momentum distributions - theory overview
9 Mar 2011
CLAS12 2nd European Workshop - Paris, France Transverse momentum distributions in SIDIS
21 Oct 2010
International Workshop on Probing Strangeness in Hard Processes - Frascati, Italy Summary talk - Theory
2 Nov 2010
Gluons and the quark sea at high energies: distributions, polarization, tomography - INT, Seattle, WA, USA DIS at low and high transverse momentum: matches and mismatches
3 Jun 2010
International Conference on Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon (MENU 2010) - Williamsburg, VA, USA Plenary talk

Transverse-momentum-dependent parton distributions (TMDs)
14 Mar 2010
International Workshop on Hadron Structure and Spectroscopy - Venice, Italy The TMD frontier
8 Feb 2010
Workshop on 3d Nucleon Partonic Structure - CEA, Saclay, France An overview on TMDs
8 Feb 2010
Workshop on 3d Nucleon Partonic Structure - CEA, Saclay, France Leading and higher-twist contributions to g2
11 Nov 2009
Workshop on Orbital Angular Momentum of Partons in Hadrons - ECT*, Trento, Italy TMD theory overview
1 Oct 2009
Electromagnetic Interactions with Nucleons and Nuclei (EINN 2009) - Mylos, Greece Summary of workshop on Partonic Transverse Momentum Distributions
1 Apr 2009
Medium Energy Seminar - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA Dihadron Fragmentation Functions
26 Jun 2009
Workshop on the Transverse Partonic Structure of Hadrons - Yerevan, Armenia 3D PDFs long range plan
9 Oct 2008
SPIN08 - Charlottesville, VA, USA What can we learn from TMDs measurements?
19 Sep 2008
Nuclear Physics & RIKEN Theory Seminar - BNL, NY, USA Issues about partonic transverse momentum distributions
2 Jul 2008
Workshop on Transverse Spin Physics- Beijing, CH DIS at low and high transverse momentum: matches and mismatches
30 Jun 2008
Workshop on Transverse Spin Physics- Beijing, CH Predictions for observables with dihadron fragmentation
16 Jun 2008
JLab Users Meeting- Jefferson Lab, USA Transversity and transverse-momentum distributions
30 May 2008
Transversity 2008- Ferrara, IT Semi-inclusive processes at low and high transverse momentum
21 May 2008
EIC Workshop- Hampton, VA, USA Progress with transverse momentum distributions
9 Apr 2008
DIS2008- London, UK DIS at low and high transverse momentum: matches and mismatches
21 Jan 2008
DESY Theory Seminar- DESY, Hamburg, DE Are parton distribution functions universal?
11 Jul 2007
Seminar at the Graduiertenkolleg Physik an Hadronen-Beschleunigern - Freiburg, DE Transverse Spin and Transverse Momentum in QCD
11 Jun 2007
Workshop Transverse momentum, spin, and position distributions of partons in hadrons - ECT*, Trento, IT Transversity: present and future
19 Apr 2007
DIS2007 - Munich, DE Transverse momentum in semi-inclusive DIS
proceedings of DIS 2007 [DOI 10.3360/dis.2007.104]
12 Apr 2007
Isgur Fellowship Candidate Seminar - Jefferson Lab, USA A sideways look into the nucleon
3 Oct 2006
SPIN2006 - Kyoto, JP Transverse-momentum dependent functions in semi-inclusive DIS [hep-ph/0612196].
14 Jun 2006
2nd Workshop on the QCD Structure of the Nucleon - Frascati, IT TMD and Transversity for non-experts
9 Jan 2006
DESY Theory Seminar- DESY, Hamburg, DE Transverse spin in QCD
9 Nov 2005
Workshop on spin and parton structure of the nucleon - Tokyo, JP Overview on quark transversity
7 Sep 2005
Transversity Workshop- Como, IT Single-spin asymmetries and Qiu-Sterman effect(s)
18 May 2005
Workshop on Semi-Inclusive Reactions (SIR 2005)- Jefferson Lab, USA Models of Collins and Sivers function
11 May 2005
Workshop on Partonic structure of hadrons- ECT*, Trento, IT Calculations of T-odd distribution and fragmentation functions
31 Jan 2005
DESY Theory Seminar- DESY, Hamburg, DE Gauge links and single-spin asymmetries
16 Oct 2004
SPIN2004- Trieste, IT Transversity and dihadron fragmentation function.
proceedings of 16th Intl. Spin Physics Symposium (SPIN 2004), [hep-ph/0412141].
17 Jun 2004
Workshop on Transversity- Trento, IT Interference fragmentation functions
16 Apr 2004
DIS2004- Strbske Pleso, SK Single-spin asymmetries with two-hadron fragmentation functions
proceedings of 12th Intl. Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS 2004), [hep-ph/0407345]
22 May 2003
LNF Spring School 2003 - Frascati, IT A theorist's contributions to the hunt for transversity
1 May 2002
DIS 2002 - Krakow, PL Estimate of the Collins fragmentation function in a chiral invariant approach, 
proceedings of 10th Intl. Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS 2002), Acta Phys. Pol. B 33 (2002) 3761 [hep-ph/0206309]
29 Nov 2001
HERMES Collaboration meeting - DESY, DE Fragmentation functions as probes for the transversity distribution, 
invited talk
 10 Jul 2001
Workshop on Transverse Spin Physics - Zeuthen, DE Fragmentation into spin-1 hadrons.
28 Apr 2001
DIS 2001 - Bologna, IT Measuring transversity with T-odd single-particle production, 
Proceedings of 9th Intl. Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS 2001), eds. G. Bruni, G. Iacobucci, R. Nania (World Scientific Singapore, 2002), 630 [hep-ph/0106218].
19 Sep 2000
Workshop on Future Transversity Measurements - Brookhaven, US Measuring transversity with spin-one hadrons,
proceedings of RIKEN BNL Research Workshop, vol. 29, BNL-52612.
27 Jul 2000
Workshop - Leiden, NL  Distribution and fragmentation functions in(to) polarized hadrons.
29 Apr 2000
DIS 2000 - Liverpool, UK Vector meson production in DIS,
proceedings of 8th Intl. Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS 2000), eds. J.A. Gracey & T. Greenshaw (World Scientific, Singapore, 2001), 242 [hep-ph/0006131].
27 Apr 2000
DIS 2000 - Liverpool, UK Bounds on distribution and fragmentation functions,
proceedings of 8th Intl. Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS 2000), eds. J.A. Gracey & T. Greenshaw (World Scientific, Singapore, 2001), 238. 

 
Studies

4 Oct 2002
Ph. D. Degree
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Field: Hadronic Physics

Supervisor: Prof. P. J. Mulders

Thesis: Probing the transverse spin of quarks in deep inelastic scattering

17 Jul 1998
M. Sc. Degree in Physics
Università degli Studi di Pavia

Alumnus of Collegio Borromeo
Final grade: 110/110 cum laude

Field: General Theoretical Physics

Supervisor: Prof. S. Boffi

Undergraduate thesis: Hadronic functions in deep inelastic scattering

Jul 1993
Diploma di Maturità 
Liceo Scientifico
"G. Ferrari", Borgosesia, IT
Final grade: 60/60
May 1992
U.S. High School Diploma
East High School of Denver (CO), US
 

 
Languages

Italian mother tongue.

English: fluent, both written and spoken.

French and German: fair.

Dutch: basic.
 

Other experiences

2013 - 2015
School Council Parent Representative Isituto Comprensivo Cavour, Pavia, Italy.
2003 - 2008
National Working Group Coordinator Italian Doctoral Association (ADI)
1995 - 1998
Boy-scout troop leader Italian Catholic Boy and Girl Scout Association. National Troop Leader certificate, February1999
1992 - 1993
High-school 
Head Student
Liceo Scientifico of Borgosesia
1992 - 1993
High-school 
Newspaper editor
Liceo Scientifico of Borgosesia
1991 - 1992
Exchange student Denver, Colorado, 
living with an American family
1988 - 1991
Class student representative Liceo Scientifico of Borgosesia

 
Sports

Present: Jogging
Past: volleyball, judo, skiing, kayaking, climbing, trekking, windsurfing.