PAGE PERSONNELLE
Bureau:
428A
(Maria) Cristina Volpe
Mail : volpe
apc.in2p3.fr
Parcours/Milestones:
HONORS:
2011 : Nominated "Fellow" of the American Physical Society
"For her work on neutrino-nucleus interactions and understanding the role of neutrinos in astrophysical sites, and for her suggestion of building a source of low-energy beta beams using the beta decay of radioactive nuclei."
by the Division of Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society
ACADEMIC HISTORY (brief):
2016-- onward Directrice de Recherche de 1ère classe
2011-- Directrice de Recherche de 2nde classe
"Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique" (CNRS)
2003 -- Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR)
Title: "Neutrinos, nuclei and low energy beta-beams"
University of Paris XI
2001-- Chargé de Recherche de 1ère classe,
earlier nomination given by C. Brechignac
1998 -- Chargé de Recherche de 2nde classe (Permanent Researcher)
"Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique" (CNRS)
EDUCATION and beyond:
1997-1998 -- IN2P3 Postdoctoral Fellow,
Theory Group, IPN Orsay
"Angelo de la Riccia Foundation" Award
1994-1997-- Ph.D. Physics
Title: "Study of anharmonic and non-linear behaviours of vibrations of atomic nuclei"
Advisor: Ph. Chomaz
G.A.N.I.L. and University of Caen
1993 -- "Confalonieri Foundation" Award
LABORATORIES:
2012-- Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory (APC), Paris, Theory Group,
associated to Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (2019 and 2020)
2003-2012 IPN Orsay, associated to APC (2008-2012) associated to Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (2019 and 2020)
2001-2003 Institut für Theoretische Physik, Heidelberg, visitor
1998-2001 IPN Orsay
1994-1998 G.A.N.I.L., Caen
1992-1993 Milano University and Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen
2013-2021-- Member of the JUNO Collaboration
Status:
Chercheur Permanent
Service/Groupe:
Activités :
My research interests and work lie at the intersections of the fields of astrophysics, particle physics, nuclear physics and cosmology, in particular concerning neutrinos and weak interactions. My activity covers both theoretical and phenomenological aspects, in relation either with neutrino experiments and astrophysical neutrino observatories, or for the implications of neutrino properties in astrophysics.
Recently, I have been mostly working on the neutrino quantum kinetic equations, novel neutrino flavor mechanisms in dense astrophysical environments (core-collapse supernovae, binary neutron star mergers), the influence of strong gravitational fields on neutrinos, non-standard neutrino properties or interactions, the connection of a weakly interacting neutrino gas with other many-body systems, such as atomic nuclei and condensed matter.