Mariacmb

1. Lead the development of AliCPT-1: the first large focal plane microwave cryogenic (CMB) telescope to be deployed in the Northern Hemisphere.

   • AliCPT-1 lead scientist and US Project Manager

2. From September 2018: Physical Science Research Scientist at Stanford University/KIPAC in the research group of prof. C.-L. Kuo.

3. 2017-2018: Post Doctoral Researcher APC Paris Diderot University in the research group of prof. M. Piat.

4. 2015-2017: Post Doctoral Research Associate - Physics Department Princeton University in the research group of prof. S. Staggs.

5. Until April 2015: Visiting scientist at Chalmers University of Technology - Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience MC2.

6. 2010-2014: Post doc researcher at the G31 Experimental Cosmology Group, at Physics Department of the Sapienza University of Rome led by prof. P. de Bernardis

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Instrumentation for astrophysics and cosmology in the mm and sub-mm bands.

• Design, integration, developments and commissioning of large focal plane receivers.

• Cryogenic polarization modulators and superconducting detectors.

• Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and of the emission from interstellar dust.

The universe is beautiful but cold

Iris - Songs of innocence, U2