Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum
This page contains my CV, which can also be downloaded as a pdf file.
Research experience
- Fellow of the Department of Physics, Harvard University
- Supervisors: Dr. Andrea Giometto, Prof. Andrew Murray, Prof. David Nelson
- Ph.D. in Physics, University of Padua
- Supervisor: Prof. Amos Maritan
- Co-supervisor: Dr. Samir Suweis
Education
- M.Sc. in Physics, University of Padua
- Thesis title: "A physics approach to ecosystem dynamics"
- Advisor: Prof. Amos Maritan
- Final grade: 110/110 cum laude
- B.Sc. in Physics, University of Padua
- Thesis title: "Curvature effect on patterning dynamics on spherical membranes"
- Advisor: Prof. Enzo Orlandini
- Final grade: 108/110
Attended conferences, workshops and schools
- 5th Italian Conference of Physics Students, University of Milan, Department of Physics, 6th-10th March 2019
- The physics of complex systems IV: from Padova to the rest of the world and back, University of Padua, Department of Physics, 20th December 2018
- LIPh lab Winter Workshop 2018, Folgaria, 16th-18th December 2018
- Conference on Complex Systems 2018, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 23rd-28th September 2018
- 4th Italian Conference of Physics Students, University of Pisa, Department of Physics, 20th-23rd April 2018
- Stochastic Models in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venezia, 5th-7th April 2018
- Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, 19th February - 16th March 2018
- 32nd International Conference of Physics Students, University of Turin, Department of Physics, 7th-13th August 2017
- 3rd Italian Conference of Physics Students, University of Bari, Department of Physics, 11th-13th May 2017
- Venice meeting on fluctuations in small complex systems III, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venezia, 3rd-6th October 2016
- 2nd Italian Conference of Physics Students, University of Turin, Department of Physics, 22nd-24th April 2016
Organized conferences, workshops and schools
- Sei Spritz Facili, University of Padua, Department of Physics, October 2016 - May 2017
- Series of six lectures covering the areas over which research is carried out in the Department. Activity of the Padua Local Committee of the Italian Association of Physics Students
Awards
- Best contributed talk, during the 4th Italian Conference of Physics Students
- Best poster, during the 5th Italian Conference of Physics Students
Publications
Adaptive consumer-resource models can explain diauxic shifts and the violation of the Competitive Exclusion Principle
Pacciani-Mori L., Suweis S. and Maritan A. (2018). "Adaptive consumer-resource models can explain diauxic shifts and the violation of the Competitive Exclusion Principle", bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/385724
A physics approach to ecosystem dynamics
Pacciani, L. (2017). "A physics approach to ecosystem dynamics" Padua Digital University Archive.
Curvature effect on patterning dynamics on spherical membranes
Pacciani, L. (2017). "Curvature effect on patterning dynamics on spherical membranes", Padua Digital University Archive.
Talks
Adaptive consumer-resource models can explain diauxic shifts and the violation of the Competitive Exclusion Principle
Poster at University of Milan, Department of Physics, Milan, Italy
Strategie metaboliche adattive: una risposta (apparentemente) semplice ed efficace a molti problemi in ecologia e microbiologia
Contributed talk at University of Milan, Department of Physics, Milan, Italy
Adaptive metabolic strategies: an (apparently) simple and effective answer to many challenging problems in ecology and microbiology
Invited talk at Department of Physics, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Adaptive consumer-resource models
Invited talk at Hotel Vittoria, Folgaria, Italy
Adaptive metabolic strategies explain diauxic shifts and promote species coexistence
Contributed talk at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Fisica ed ecosistemi: il dilemma del rapporto stabilità-biodiversità
Invited talk at University of Calabria, Arcavacata (Cosenza), Italy
Fisica ed ecosistemi: il dilemma del rapporto stabilità-biodiversità
Contributed talk at University of Pisa, Department of Physics, Pisa, Italy
The role of metabolic trade-offs in the establishment of biodiversity
Contributed talk at Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venice, Italy
Teaching
Associations
- Vicepresident of the Italian Association of Physics Students, 20th October 2018 - present day
- Member of the Complex Systems Society, 23rd September 2018 - present day
- Secretary of the Italian Association of Physics Students, 1st October 2017 - present day
- President of the Padua Local Committee of the Italian Association of Physics Students, 2nd May 2016 - 30th September 2017
- Member of the Italian Association of Physics Students, 26th February 2016 - present day