MASCALI DAVID

Collaboratore

Orari di ricevimento

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David Mascali riceve il lunedì dalle 16.00 alle 18.00 e il venerdì dalle 15.00 alle 16.00, si consiglia comunque di contattare il docente in anticipo per verificare che impegni istituzionali o personali non lo costringano a spostare il ricevimento di un giorno specifico.

Curriculum

PROFESSIONAL TRACK RECORD

01/02/2017 – now Staff Researcher, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare – Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania
Experimental Physics (CSN3 and CSN5), Accelerator Division, Plasma Physics and Ion Source physics group

▪ 2016 - 2021 Head of Ion Beams Production Service at INFN-LNS (Accelerator Division): 5 ion injectors of the LNS Tandem and Cyclotron Accelerators. Coordination of technical personnel (mechanical, electronic, vacuum experts and automation and control systems), and - on special projects - of researchers/technologists; experts of ion sources physics, students, PhD and postdocs

1 January 2020-today: National Responsible/Spokeperson of the PANDORA_Gr3 experiment/collaboration, approved by 3rd Nat. Sci. Comm. of INFN. Involved sections/groups from: INFN-LNS, INFN-LNL, INFN-Bologna, INFN-Perugia, INFN-TIFPA, with about 24 FullTimeEquiv. staff in 2021-22,> 50 researchers and technologists involved in Italy, >70 the overall collaboration.

2018 - 2020: PI of the Grant 73-IRIS: IRIS-Innovative Resonator for Ion Sources --> Grant awarded by the Exec. Board of INFN

2017-2019: Project National responsible (PI): PANDORA feasibility study supported by INFN 5th Nat Comm.

2020-2021: Member of the INFN-Acceleratori National Committee
Since 2021: member of INFN MAC – International Machine Advisory Committee

Since Jan. 2021: responsible at LNS for INFN contribution to DTT (Divertor Tokamak Test) project

2012 - 2017 Temporary Staff Researcher @ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare – Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania

Participation in the design and construction of the European Spallation Source proton source (PS-ESS); numerical modeling and theoretical study of plasma excitation mechanisms through the flexible magnetic system of PS-ESS. Coordination of the installation of the Flexible Plasma Trap at the LNS, as a testbench for the development of plasmas useful for PS-ESS.

2015-2016: National responsible of the VESPRI experiment Supported by V Nat. Comm. Topic: A new microwave interferometer for plasma density measurements in ion sources

2012-2014 member of the ENSAR-ARES collaboration EU – FP7/2007–2013: responsible at LNS of plasma modelling and X-ray diagnostics (Task 2).

2010-2012 Post-Doc fellow at INFN-LNS: Study of overdense plasma production in compact magnetic traps

2009-2010 Post-Doc at Centro Siciliano Fisica Nucleare e Struttura della Materia: Study of Electron and Ion Dynamics in ECR plasmas


EDUCATION

2006-2009 PhD in Physics (“cum laude”)
Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy
▪ Final dissertation title: “A new approach to the study of the ECR-Heating and Particle Dynamics in the plasma of Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources”.

2000 - 2005 Master Degree in Physics (“cum laude”)
Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy



EXPERTISE:
Particle Accelerators and Plasma Based Ion sources; microwave-plasma interaction and plasma diagnostics methods. Leadership in research projects in plasma physics and technology, plasma modeling and diagnostics, Supervision and mentoring of young students, PhD and Post-Docs. Results of these projects have activities had impacts also in outreach and technological transfer.
MonteCarlo, Particle-in-Cell and FEM simulations. MATLAB language. Advanced data analysis.
Organizing and Project Management. Dissemination and Outreach. Technology Transfer


PUBLICATIONS SUMMARY:

Ca. 140 peer-review papers: >65 as first/corresponding/“senior” author; > 70 proceedings

Some relevant papers:

 D Mascali et al., Experimental study of single- vs two-close-frequency heating impact on confinement and loss dynamics in ECR ion source plasmas by means of x-ray spectroscopy and imaging Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 64 (2022) 035020 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ac4349
 D. Mascali et al A Novel Approach to β-Decay: PANDORA, a New Experimental Setup for Future In Plasma Measurements. Universe 2022, 8, 80. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe8020080
 E. Naselli, D. Mascali, et al. Impact of the two-close-frequency heating on ECR Ion Sources plasmas radio emission and stability. Plasma Sources Science and Technology 07/2019;, DOI:10.1088/1361-6595/ab32f9.
 D. Mascali, et al.: Electromagnetic diagnostics of ECR-Ion Sources plasmas: optical/X-ray imaging and spectroscopy. Journal of Instrumentation 12/2017; 12(12):C12047-C12047., DOI:10.1088/1748-0221/12/12/C12047.
 D. Mascali, et al. PANDORA, a new facility for interdisciplinary in-plasma physics Eur. Phys. J. A (2017) 53: 145 DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2017-12335-1
 D. Mascali, et al.: The first measurement of plasma density in an ECRIS-like device by means of a frequency-sweep microwave interferometer. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 09/2016; 87(9):095109., DOI:10.1063/1.4963710.
 D. Mascali , et al. 3D-full wave and kinetics Numerical modelling of Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources plasma: steps towards self-consistency, Eur. Phys. J. D (2015) 69: 27; doi:10.1140/epjd/e2014-50168-5.
 D. Mascali, et al. Towards a better comprehension of plasma formation and heating in high performance ECRIS – inv – Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 02A336 (2012).


PATENTS:

2020 - IT. patent pend. n.102020000001756, Intern. n. PCT/IB2021/050696 // (E0130645) BRE-sz (“A new microwave resonator for ECR ion sources…”).
2021 - IT patent pend. n.102021000021158-Metodo per progettare una struttura accelerante… dielettrica…

TALKS:
>32 talks at nat. and internat. Conferences, 18 as Invited talks and Seminars speaker


PRIZES:

2018 – “Premio Nazionale Aquila d’Argento” (by Comune di Misterbianco, Catania);
2012 – International “Richard Geller Prize”, Sydney, Australia (by ECRIS Workshop);
2010 – “Premio Nazionale Francesco Resmini”, Firenze, Italy (by 5th Nat. Comm. of INFN)