Francesco Califano

Research interest: Plasma physics, theory and simulations, space plasmas.
Main topics: Plasma turbulence, Magnetic reconnection, Space modeling, nonlinear dynamics

Professional activities

- 2013 onwards: Associate Editor, Journal of Plasma Physics, Cambridge University Press
- Editor of many Special Issues with Referee on the Journal of Plasma Physics
- Editor of Conference Conference Special Issue with papers published as regular papers (with “Referee”)
- 2020 onwards: Deputy Director of the Summer School in Plasmas "From the laboratory to the distant Universe the world of plasmas"
- 2013 onwards: Lecturer at the International School “From the laboratory to the distant Universe the world of plasmas”, France
- 2021 onwards: Proposer and responsible of the “Dual Master Diploma in Physics” with Université Sorbonne
- 2020/2014: Proponent and responsible of the "Dual Master Diploma in Physics" (limited to plasmas) with Université Sorbonne
- 2016 onwards: Scientific advisor of the “Dual Diploma in Physics” with École Polytechnique
- Associated Researcher, Laboratoire Physique Plasmas, École Polytechnique, Francia
• 2024/2021: ASPIRE (EU H2020) - Member of the UNIPI unit of the "Advanced Space Propulsion for Innovative Realization of space Exploration" (project proponent to the Department of Physics)
• 2022/2018: AIDA (EU H2020) - Scientific responsible of the UNIPI unit of the "Artificial Intelligence Data Analysis" project; responsible for the "work package" WP7 "Space simulations vis-a-vis in-situ observations" Member of the "Steering board"
• 2014/2011: SWIFF (EU FP7) - Scientific responsible of the UNIPI unit of the "Space Weather Integrated Forecasting Framework" project; responsible for the work package WP3 "Coupling in space: solar wind-magnetosphere". Member of the "Steering board"
• 2017 onwards: PWI (Bepi-Colombo mission) - Scientific co-I of the "Plasma Wave Investigation" consortium, MMO, spacecraft (JAXA), Bepi-Colombo, ESA-JAXA mission
• 2020: ISSI TEAM: (ISSI) - Member of the "team" and responsible for the part of simulations for experimental and theoretical research on "Magnetic Depressions in Space Plasmas". The work is based on one-week group meetings in Bern (to start in August 2022 due to pandemic event)
• 2019/18: ELPSKT (EU PRACE) - PI super-computation project "Eulerian and Lagrangian Plasma Simulations of Kinetic Turbulence ", no. 2017174107
• 2013: MMPS (EU PRACE) - PI super-computation project “Multi-scale, Multi-physics Plasma Simulations”, n. 2012071282
• 2010: V3D3V (EU DEISA) - PI super-computation project "Vlasov 3D-3V simulations"
• 2008/2006: Scientific coordinator of the Pisa unit, "Numerical Simulations of collisionless project reconnection in the magnetotail ", INAF funding
2012: Director and Organizer of the Doctoral School “First European School on: Fundamental processes in Space Weather: a challenge in numerical modeling "(Spineto, Italy)
2009: Director and Organizer of the PhD School of Astrophysics “F. Lucchin "(Spineto, Italy)
- PI of many computational National and International research projects (ISCRA Cineca)

PUBLICATIONS
About 200 publications on International Journals with Referee, three chapters in book.
Referee activities: many International Journals and Science Foundations

TEACHING at Università di Pisa

- Plasma Physics, Master in Physics (holder)
- Hydrodynamics, Master in Physics (holder)
- Numerical Methods for Physics, Master in Physics, LM (co- holder)
- Electromagnetism, Earth Sciences (Geologia), Batchelor in Physics (holder)

Organization of Scientific events:

2024 The Vlasov equation, VI Vlasovia workshop, to be held in Florence in January 2024, Italy
2019 Nonlinear waves and turbulence in space plasmas
(Transdisciplinary Conference on nonlinearity and disorder in wave phenomena), Nice, France
2019 The Vlasov equation, VI Vlasovia workshop, Strasburg, France
2017 Plasma Physics, recent results and future perspecti