Riccardo Ciolini

Prof. Riccardo Ciolini

Current position: Associate Professor in "Nuclear Measurements and Instrumentation" (SSD IIND-07/E).
Born in Prato, Italy, on January 3rd, 1973.
Nationality: Italian.

Working address:
University of Pisa – Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering
Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 2
56126 Pisa (Italy)
Phone: +39 050 2218026
Email: riccardo.ciolini@unipi.it
Orcid: 0000-0001-7535-8822

WORK EXPERIENCE
• April 2018 – ongoing: Associate Professor in "Nuclear Measurements and Instrumentation" (IIND-07/E), University of Pisa.
• December 2011 – March 2018: Assistant Professor (ING-IND/20, "Nuclear Measurements and Instrumentation"), University of Pisa.
• March 2008 – March 2011: Research fellowship (nuclear measurements and instrumentation field), University of Pisa.
• July 2007 – December 2007: First class engineer (electrical measurements around electromagnetic launchers field), ISL (French German Research Institute of Saint-Louis), France.
• November 2001 – June 2007: Research fellowships (nuclear measurements and instrumentation field), University of Pisa.

DIDACTIC ACTIVITY
• Teacher of the following courses of the Master degree in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Pisa: “Physical principles of the nuclear engineering” and “Radiation Protection”.
• Teacher for the laboratory sessions of the courses "Nuclear measurements" (Master degree in Nuclear Engineering) and "Ionizing radiation and biologic interactions" (Master degree in Biomedical Engineering) at the University of Pisa.

EDUCATION
• PhD in Nuclear Engineering (Safety of Nuclear Power Plants) at the University of Pisa. Title of the thesis: “Atomistic simulation of the grain boundary segregation in metallic alloys”, October 2022.
• Master Degree in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Pisa. Title of the thesis: “A boundary element method in neutron transport theory in a quasi-diffusive approximation”, March 1998.
• 1st level international Master Course on"Protection Against CBRNe events (Base level)", University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, January 2023.

SCIENTIFIC / ACADEMIC POSITIONS - AFFILIATIONS
• Vice President of the master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Pisa (since October 2024).
• President of the Curriculum in “Nuclear Engineering and Industrial Safety” of the Ph. D. Course in Industrial Engineering at the University of Pisa (since November 2019).
• Vice-coordinator of the Ph. D. course in Industrial Engineering at the University of Pisa (November 2021 - October 2025).
• Responsible of research and didactic activity of the Nuclear Measurements Laboratory of the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering of the University of Pisa.
• Responsible for the ISO 9001 quality management system for dosimetric and radiometric measurements of the Nuclear Measurements Laboratory of the University of Pisa.
• Scientific director of the Dosimetry service of the University of Pisa.
• Qualification as Radiation Protection Expert, III level, N. 858, in the Italian Ministry of Labour list.
• Assignment of the task of Radiation Protection Expert for the physical surveillance (II level) of the structures of the University of Pisa (since January 2021).
• Affiliations to the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Pisa section (since January 2017).
• Reviewer for several international scientific journals.

MAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
• Neutron dosimetry and spectrometry.
• Development of new detectors and dosimeters.
• Gamma and beta personal and environmental dosimetry.
• Environmental radioactive measurements.
• Radiation protection and radiation shielding.
• Decommissioning of nuclear power plants and nuclear waste treatment.

PUBLICATIONS
Publications indexed in Scopus can be found at the following link:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6507140669

A complete list of publications can be found at the following link:
https://arpi.unipi.it/cris/rp/rp13130