Francesco Sannino
Professor, Director
Phone: (+45) 6550 4318, mobile: 2135 6088
Email: sannino @ cp3.sdu.dk
Short CV
Education
- 1997 PhD in Physics, Syracuse Univ. US. With "Honors"
- 1997 PhD in Physics at Univ., ‘FEDERICO II’, Napoli, Italia
- 1993 Perfecting school in theoretical and mathematical physics., ‘FEDERICO II’, Napoli, Italia
- 1993 Laurea in Physics cum summa laude at Univ., ‘FEDERICO II’, Napoli, Italia
Employment
- 2009 - 2014 Director of the DNRF Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics Phenomenology: CP³-Origins
- 2007 - Professor and Research Leader at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU)
- 2007 Paid Scientific Associate CERN - Theory Division
- 2004 - 2009 Winner and Leader of the Excellence Grant (EXT) in Theoretical Physic sponsored by the EU - Commission. EXT(fp6 programme) = ERC (fp7 programme)
- 2004 - 2007 Associate Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute
- 2004 - 2008 Skou Fellow of the Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation
- 2000 – 2004 EU RTN and EU Marie Curie Fellow: NORDITA
- 1997 - 2000 Research-Associate: Yale University., US
- 1993 - 1996 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare INFN, fellow
Grants & Prizes
- 2010 Elite Research Prize from the Danish Ministry of Science. (1.2 Mkr)
- 2009 - 2014 Director of the DNRF Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics Phenomenology: CP³-Origins. (40 Mkr)
- 2008 - 2012 Danish Centre of Super Computing: 2 grants for a total of (800 Kkr)
- 2009 - 2011 Major Framework Grant from Danish National Agency (3.5 Mkr)
- 2005 - 2009 Leader of the FP6 Marie Curie Excellence Grant in Physics. 11.5 Mkr
- 2007 - 2009 PI for “VKR blokstipendier 2007” & EU MC Fellowship. 1M Kr
- 2008 - 2011 NordForsk Grant: LHC and Beyond. PI for SDU & JYV (FIN)
- 2008 - 2011 Steering committee for FIST graduate school “Geomaps”
Students
- 2004 - 2009 Mads T. Frandsen (Master + PhD) & 2010 Lundbeck Prize.
- 2004 - 2005 Bjarke Gudnason (Master).
- 2004 - 2009 Thomas A. Ryttov (Master + PhD).
- 2008- Matti Antola (PhD, co-supervisor)
- 2008- Matti Heikinheimo (PhD, co-supervisor)
- 2008- Phongpichit Channuie (Master)
- 2009- Jakob Jark Jørgensen (Master). Elite program.
- 2009- Matin Mojaza (Master). Elite program.
- 2009- Ulrik Ishøj Søndergaard (Master). Elite program. Oticon Scholarship prize.
- 2010- Martin Zangenberg (Bachelor). CP³-Genius program.
- 2010- Karin Dissauer (Bachelor). Erasmus and CP³-Genius program.
- 2010- Eugenio Del Nobile (PhD)
- 2010- Tuomas Hapala (PhD)
Research Interests
Strong Interactions
- Phases of Strongly Interacting Theories
- Lattice QCD
- Confinement and Chiral Symmetry Breaking
- Alternative Large N limits for Strong Interactions
- Color Superconductivity
- Hadron Physics
- Effective Theories
Extensions of the Standard Model
- Technicolor
- Grand Unified Theories
- Strong CP problem
- Dark Matter
- Extra Dimensions
- Neutrino Physics
- LHC Phenomenology
Supersymmetry and String Theory
- Effective theories for supersymmetry
- N=1/2 Supersymmetry
- N=1 Supersymmetry
- Dynamical Susy Breaking
- Gauge Gravity Correspondence
