Silvio Sergio CERRI

Short Bio

After obtaining the B.Sc. degree (“Laurea Triennale") in Physics in 2009 and M.Sc. degree (“Laurea Magistrale”) in Astrophysics in 2012, both from the University of Pisa, I conducted my doctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching bei München and obtained my Ph.D. degree (“Dr. rer. nat.”) in 2015 from the University of Ulm.

I have been a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University (2017-2021), following a postdoctoral position in the Department of Physics at the University of Pisa (2016-2017) and a short ("transitional") postdoc at IPP in Garching (Aug 2015 - Jan 2016).

Since October 2021, I have been recruited as permanent research staff at CNRS (Section 17: "Système solaire et univers lointain"), joining the Laboratoire J.-L. Lagrange within the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur in Nice.

Additional info:

• PI of the ANR grant "MiCRO", a 4-year research project (2023-2027) funded by the French National Research Agency ("ANR"); see dedicated page.
  
  
• Promoter/coordinator of the MICRO initiative ("MIcro-physics of Cosmic-Ray Observables"), a multi-institutional collaborative effort that focuses on the theory of cosmic-ray transport and on its impact on the associated observables (kick-started in 2022).
  
  
• Organizer of the "Cosmic Rays á l'Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur" (CROCA) workshop, a regular meeting of the MICRO collaboration in Nice. CROCA workshop editions: Jul 2022, Oct 2023.
  
  
• Obtained the 11-years qualification (2023-2034) as Associate University Professor from the Italian Ministry of University and Research (“Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale come Professore di seconda fascia da parte del MIUR”) in the following scientific areas:
  • 02/B2: Theoretical Physics of Matter (“Fisica Teorica della Materia”)
  • 02/C1: Astrophysics (“Astronomia, Astrofisica, Fisica della Terra e dei Pianeti”)
  

Research Interests

MHD and kinetic plasma turbulence, cosmic-ray transport in the Galaxy, wind-magnetosphere interaction, turbulence in stratified geophysical fluids