Maria Luisa Chiofalo

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Mode of office hours: Tutti i venerdì e comunque su appuntamento scrivendo a marilu.chiofalo@unipi.it

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I am an expert in the design of strongly correlated quantum states of matter under extreme conditions of low temperatures, strong interactions, and reduced dimensionality, and of their use for quantum technologies and precision measurements. My best recognized contributions are in the theory of superconductivity and fermionic superfluidity, especially the prediction of resonance superfluidity in Fermi gases later realized by Debbie Jin at JILA (over all papers more than 1000 citations up to date), the first theory of time-dependent density functional for superfluids as a method, and the simulation of Bose-gases dynamics also with applications to atom interferometry (over all papers more than 1000 citations).  
During the last few years, my research has been reborn along new directions, taking advantage of ten years (2008-2018) slow-down for administrative and institutional offices, and while progressively folding up my previous interests. My way in science is extremely curiosity driven, connecting most abstract ideas with real experiments, and markedly with international traits. More recently, I could give to my research a truly cross-disciplinary character, in the way I imagined for myself as a science-passionate child, engendered by more recent encounters with inspiring women-scientists colleagues.
My research now focuses on conceiving and engineering quantum technologies (mainly in quantum gases platforms), using quantum theoretical and simulation methods, in three directions:
(QS) Quantum simulators to address time-dependent, out-of-equilibrium problems of condensed matter or fundamental physics (like with analogue gravity), neurobiology (like with QoolNeSS), within the driven-dissipative open quantum systems framework. I recently started a program on quantum computing for biological systems within NEXT-Gen EU funded Italian Center for Quantum Computing, also being scientific responsible of a EU-PON funded RTDA grant, and part of ELLIS- European Lab for Learning&Intelligent Systems. More recently, I contributed to start an inter-university collaboration agreement between the Universities of Pisa, Radboud and Helsinki on the theme Quantum Physics and Neuroscience, for which I am the scientific referent at the University of Pisa.

(QM) Quantum metrology, also contributing to the cross-disciplinary networks AEDGE (Atomic Experiments for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration in Space), TVLBAI (Terrestrial Very-Long Baseline Atomic Interferometry)  and STE-QUEST (Space-Time Explorer and Quantum Equivalence Principle Space Test), and acting as internal reviewer in the VIRGO-LIGO collaboration.

PER/POR. I have more recently formalized my disciplinary activity in Physics Education and Physics Outreach Research, the latter being a field that I have initiated, with a specialization on quantum physics, tutorials-based methods for college students, and teachers training and professional development starting from kindergarten.

Publications

• Directional search for persistent gravitational waves: Results from the first part of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA’s fourth observing run (Abac, A. ?g.; Abouelfettouh, I.; Acernese, F.; Ackley, K.; Adamcewicz, C.; Adhicary, S.; Adhikari, D.; Adhikari, N.; Adhikari, R. ?x.; Adkins, V. ?k.; Afroz, S.; Agapito, A.; Agarwal, D.; Agathos, M.; Aggarwal, N.; Aggarwal, S.; Aguiar, O. ?d.; Ahrend, I. -L.; Aiello, L.; Ain, A.; Ajith, P.; Akutsu, T.; Albanesi, S.; Ali, W.; Al-Kershi, S.; Alléné, C.; Allocca, A.; Al-Shammari, S.; Altin, P. ?a.; Alvarez-Lopez, S.; Amar, W.; Amarasinghe, O.; Amato, A.; Amicucci, F.; Amra, C.; Ananyeva, A.; Anderson, S. ?b.; Anderson, W. ?g.; Andia, M.; Ando, M.; Andrés-Carcasona, M.; Andric, T.; Anglin, J.; Ansoldi, S.; Antelis, J. ?m.; Antier, S.; Aoumi, M.; Appavuravther, E. ?z.; Appert, S.; Apple, S. ?k.; Arai, K.; Araya, A.; Araya, M. ?c.; Arca Sedda, M.; Areeda, J. ?s.; Aritomi, N.; Armato, F.; Armstrong, S.; Arnaud, N.; Arogeti, M.; Aronson, S. ?m.; Ashton, G.; Aso, Y.; Asprea, L.; Assiduo, M.; Assis De Souza Melo, S.; Aston, S. ?m.; Astone, P.; Attadio, F.; Aubin, F.; Aultoneal, K.; Avallone, G.; Avila, E. ?a.; Babak, S.; Badger, C.; Bae, S.; Bagnasco, S.; Baiotti, L.; Bajpai, R.; Baka, T.; Baker, A. ?m.; Baker, K. ?a.; Baker, T.; Baldi, G.; Baldicchi, N.; Ball, M.; Ballardin, G.; Ballmer, S. ?w.; Banagiri, S.; Banerjee, B.; Bankar, D.; Baptiste, T. ?m.; Baral, P.; Baratti, M.; Barayoga, J. ?c.; Barish, B. ?c.; Barker, D.; Barman, N.; Barneo, P.; Barone, F.; Barr, B.; Barsotti, L.; Barsuglia, M.; Barta, D.; Bartoletti, A. ?m.; Barton, M. ?a.; Bartos, I.; Basalaev, A.; Bassiri, R.; Basti, A.; Bawaj, M.; Baxi, P.; Bayley, J. ?c.; Baylor, A. ?c.; Baynard, P. ?a.; Bazzan, M.; Bedakihale, V. ?m.; Beirnaert, F.; Bejger, M.; Belardinelli, D.; Bell, A. ?s.; Bellie, D. ?s.; Bellizzi, L.; Benoit, W.; Bentara, I.; Bentley, J. ?d.; Ben Yaala, M.; Bera, S.; Bergamin, F.; Berger, B. ?k.; Bernuzzi, S.; Beroiz, M.; Bersanetti, D.; Bertheas, T.; Bertolini, A.; Betzwieser, J.; Beveridge, D.; Bevilacqua, G.; Bevins, N.; Bhandare, R.; Bhatt, R.; Bhattacharjee, D.; Bhattacharyya, S.; Bhaumik, S.; - 2026 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Deep Search for Joint Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-energy Neutrinos with IceCube during the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo (Abbasi, R.; Ackermann, M.; Adams, J.; Agarwalla, S. K.; Aguilar, J. A.; Ahlers, M.; Alameddine, J. M.; Ali, S.; Amin, N. M.; Andeen, K.; Argüelles, C.; Ashida, Y.; Athanasiadou, S.; Axani, S. N.; Babu, R.; Bai, X.; Baines-Holmes, J.; Balagopal V., A.; Barwick, S. W.; Bash, S.; Basu, V.; Bay, R.; Beatty, J. J.; Becker Tjus, J.; Behrens, P.; Beise, J.; Bellenghi, C.; Benkel, S.; Benzvi, S.; Berley, D.; Bernardini, E.; Besson, D. Z.; Blaufuss, E.; Bloom, L.; Blot, S.; Bodo, I.; Bontempo, F.; Book Motzkin, J. Y.; Boscolo Meneguolo, C.; Böser, S.; Botner, O.; Böttcher, J.; Braun, J.; Brinson, B.; Brisson-Tsavoussis, Z.; Burley, R. T.; Butterfield, D.; Campana, M. A.; Carloni, K.; Carpio, J.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Chau, N.; Chen, Z.; Chirkin, D.; Choi, S.; Clark, B. A.; Coleman, A.; Coleman, P.; Collin, G. H.; Coloma Borja, D. A.; Connolly, A.; Conrad, J. M.; Countryman, S. T.; Cowen, D. F.; De Clercq, C.; Delaunay, J. J.; Delgado, D.; Delmeulle, T.; Deng, S.; Desiati, P.; De Vries, K. D.; De Wasseige, G.; Deyoung, T.; Díaz-Vélez, J. C.; Dikerby, S.; Ding, T.; Dittmer, M.; Domi, A.; Draper, L.; Dueser, L.; Durnford, D.; Dutta, K.; Duvernois, M. A.; Ehrhardt, T.; Eidenschink, L.; Eimer, A.; Eldridge, C.; Eller, P.; Ellinger, E.; Elsässer, D.; Engel, R.; Erpenbeck, H.; Esmail, W.; Eulig, S.; Evans, J.; Evenson, P. A.; Fan, K. L.; Fang, K.; Farrag, K.; Fazely, A. R.; Fedynitch, A.; Feigl, N.; Finley, C.; Fischer, L.; Fox, D.; Franckowiak, A.; Fukami, S.; Fürst, P.; Gallagher, J.; Ganster, E.; Garcia, A.; Garcia, M.; Garg, G.; Genton, E.; Gerhardt, L.; Ghadimi, A.; Glüsenkamp, T.; Gonzalez, J. G.; Goswami, S.; Granados, A.; Grant, D.; Gray, S. J.; Griffin, S.; Griswold, S.; Groth, K. M.; Guevel, D.; Günther, C.; Gutjahr, P.; Ha, C.; Haack, C.; Hallgren, A.; Halve, L.; Halzen, F.; Hamacher, L.; Ha Minh, M.; Handt, M.; Hanson, K.; Hardin, J.; Harnisch, A. A.; Hatch, P.; Haungs, A.; Häussler, J.; Helbing, K.; Hellrung, J.; Henke, B.; Hennig, L.; Henningsen, F.; Heuermann, L.; Hewet - 2026 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave transients in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run (Abac, A. ?g.; Abouelfettouh, I.; Acernese, F.; Ackley, K.; Adamcewicz, C.; Adhicary, S.; Adhikari, D.; Adhikari, N.; Adhikari, R. ?x.; Adkins, V. ?k.; Afroz, S.; Agapito, A.; Agarwal, D.; Agathos, M.; Aggarwal, N.; Aggarwal, S.; Aguiar, O. ?d.; Ahrend, I. -L.; Aiello, L.; Ain, A.; Ajith, P.; Akutsu, T.; Albanesi, S.; Ali, W.; Al-Kershi, S.; Alléné, C.; Allocca, A.; Al-Shammari, S.; Altin, P. ?a.; Alvarez-Lopez, S.; Amar, W.; Amarasinghe, O.; Amato, A.; Amicucci, F.; Amra, C.; Ananyeva, A.; Anderson, S. ?b.; Anderson, W. ?g.; Andia, M.; Ando, M.; Andrés-Carcasona, M.; Andric, T.; Anglin, J.; Ansoldi, S.; Antelis, J. ?m.; Antier, S.; Aoumi, M.; Appavuravther, E. ?z.; Appert, S.; Apple, S. ?k.; Arai, K.; Araya, A.; Araya, M. ?c.; Sedda, M. Arca; Areeda, J. ?s.; Aritomi, N.; Armato, F.; Armstrong, S.; Arnaud, N.; Arogeti, M.; Aronson, S. ?m.; Arun, K. ?g.; Ashton, G.; Aso, Y.; Asprea, L.; Assiduo, M.; Melo, S. Assis De Souza; Aston, S. ?m.; Astone, P.; Attadio, F.; Aubin, F.; Aultoneal, K.; Avallone, G.; Avila, E. ?a.; Babak, S.; Badger, C.; Bae, S.; Bagnasco, S.; Baiotti, L.; Bajpai, R.; Baka, T.; Baker, A. ?m.; Baker, K. ?a.; Baker, T.; Baldi, G.; Baldicchi, N.; Ball, M.; Ballardin, G.; Ballmer, S. ?w.; Banagiri, S.; Banerjee, B.; Bankar, D.; Baptiste, T. ?m.; Baral, P.; Baratti, M.; Barayoga, J. ?c.; Barish, B. ?c.; Barker, D.; Barman, N.; Barneo, P.; Barone, F.; Barr, B.; Barsotti, L.; Barsuglia, M.; Barta, D.; Bartoletti, A. ?m.; Barton, M. ?a.; Bartos, I.; Basalaev, A.; Bassiri, R.; Basti, A.; Bawaj, M.; Baxi, P.; Bayley, J. ?c.; Baylor, A. ?c.; Baynard, P. ?a.; Bazzan, M.; Bedakihale, V. ?m.; Beirnaert, F.; Bejger, M.; Belardinelli, D.; Bell, A. ?s.; Bellie, D. ?s.; Bellizzi, L.; Benoit, W.; Bentara, I.; Bentley, J. ?d.; Yaala, M. Ben; Bera, S.; Bergamin, F.; Berger, B. ?k.; Bernuzzi, S.; Beroiz, M.; Bersanetti, D.; Bertheas, T.; Bertolini, A.; Betzwieser, J.; Beveridge, D.; Bevilacqua, G.; Bevins, N.; Bhandare, R.; Bhatt, R.; Bhattacharjee, D.; Bhattacharyya, S. - 2026 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Dissipation engineering of fermionic long-range order beyond the Lindblad limit (Neri, Silvia; Damanet, François; Daley, Andrew J.; Chiofalo, Maria Luisa; Yago Malo, Jorge - 2026 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Memory preservation and cooperative shielding in complex quantum networks (Ausilio, Simone; Borgonovi, Fausto; Luca Celardo, Giuseppe; Yago Malo, Jorge; Chiofalo, Maria Luisa - 2026 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry: summary of the second workshop (Abdalla, Adam; Abe, Mahiro; Abend, Sven; Abidi, Mouine; Aidelsburger, Monika; Alibabaei, Ashkan; Allard, Baptiste; Antoniadis, John; Arduini, Gianluigi; Augst, Nadja; Balamatsias, Philippos; Balaž, Antun; Banks, Hannah; Barcklay, Rachel L.; Barone, Michele; Barsanti, Michele; Bason, ; Mark, G.; Bassi, Angelo; Bayle, Jean-Baptiste; Baynham, Charles F. A.; Beaufils, Quentin; Beldjoudi, Sélyan; Belic, Aleksandar; Bennetts, Shayne; Bernabeu, Jose; Bertoldi, Andrea; Bigard, Clara; Bigelow, N. P.; Bingham, Robert; Blas, Diego; Bobrick, Alexey; Boehringer, Samuel; Bogojevic, Aleksandar; Bongs, Kai; Bortoletto, Daniela; Bouyer, Philippe; Brand, Christian; Buchmueller, Oliver; Buica, Gabriela; Calatroni, Sergio; Calmels, Léo; Canizares, Priscilla; Canuel, Benjamin; Caramete, Ana; Caramete, Laurentiu-Ioan; Carlesso, Matteo; Carlton, John; Carman, Samuel P.; Carroll, Andrew; Casariego, Mateo; Chairetis, Minoas; Charmandaris, Vassilis; Chauhan, Upasna; Chen, Jiajun; Chiofalo, MARIA LUISA; Ciampini, Donatella; Cimbri, Alessia; Cladé, Pierre; Coleman, Jonathon; Constantin, Florin Lucian; Contaldi, Carlo R.; Corgier, Robin; Dash, Bineet; Davies, G. J.; de Rham, Claudia; De Roeck, Albert; Derr, Daniel; Dey, Soumyodeep; Di Pumpo, Fabio; Djordjevic, Goran S.; Döbrich, Babette; Dornan, Peter; Doser, Michael; Drougakis, Giannis; Dunningham, Jacob; Duspayev, Alisher; Easo, Sajan; Eby, Joshua; Efremov, Maxim; Elertas, Gedminas; Ellis, John; Entin, Nicholas; Fairhurst, Stephen; Fanì, Mattia; Fassi, Farida; Fayet, Pierre; Felea, Daniel; Feng, Jie; Flack, Robert; Foot, Chris; Freegarde, Tim; Fuchs, Elina; Gaaloul, Naceur; Gao, Dongfeng; Gardner, Susan; Garraway, Barry M.; Garrido , ; Alzar, Carlos L.; Gauguet, Alexandre; Giese, Enno; Gill, Patrick; Giudice, Gian F.; Glasbrenner, Eric P.; Glick, Jonah; Graham, Peter W.; Granados, Eduardo; Griffin, Paul F.; Gué, Jordan; Guellati-Khelifa, Saïda; Gupta, Subhadeep; Gupta, Vishu; Hackermueller, Lucia; Haehnelt, Martin; Hakulinen, Timo; Hamme - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Women for Quantum -- Manifesto of Values (Beige, Almut; Predojevic, Ana; Metelmann, Anja; Sanpera, Anna; Macchiavello, Chiara; Koch, Christiane P.; Silberhorn, Christine; Toninelli, Costanza; Bruß, Dagmar; Ercolessi, Elisa; Paladino, Elisabetta; Ferlaino, Francesca; Ferrini, Giulia; Platero, Gloria; Fuentes, Ivette; Nemoto, Kae; Tarruell, Leticia; Bondani, Maria; Chiofalo, MARIA LUISA; Pons, Marisa; D'Angelo, Milena; Murao, Mio; Fabbri, Nicole; Verrucchi, Paola; Senellart-Mardon, Pascale; Citro, Roberta; Zambrini, Roberta; González-Férez, Rosario; Maniscalco, Sabrina; Huelga, Susana; Mehlstäubler, Tanja; Parigi, Valentina; Ahufinger, Verónica - 2024 - 5.12 Altro)
• Quantum time and the time-dilation induced interaction transfer mechanism (Cafasso, Dario; Pranzini, Nicola; Malo, Jorge Yago; Giovannetti, Vittorio; Chiofalo, Maria Luisa - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Atomic Quantum Technologies for Quantum Matter and Fundamental Physics Applications (YAGO MALO, Jorge; Lepori, Luca; Gentini, Laura; Chiofalo, MARIA LUISA - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Dissipative processes at the acoustic horizon (Chiofalo, MARIA LUISA; Grasso, Dario; Mannarelli, Massimo; Trabucco, Silvia - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Quantum spin models for numerosity perception (YAGO MALO, Jorge; Marco Cicchini, Guido; Morrone, MARIA CONCETTA; Chiofalo, MARIA LUISA - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Signatures of resonance superfluidity in a quantum Fermi gas (Chiofalo, MARIA LUISA; Kokkelmans, Sjjmf; Milstein, Jn; Holland, Mj - 2002 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Time-dependent density-functional theory for superfluids (Chiofalo, MARIA LUISA; Tosi, Mp - 2001 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Resonance superfluidity in a quantum degenerate Fermi gas (Holland, M; Kokkelmans, Sjjmf; Chiofalo, MARIA LUISA; Walser, R. - 2001 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
• Ground state of trapped interacting Bose-Einstein condensates by an explicit imaginary-time algorithm (Chiofalo, MARIA LUISA; Succi, Sauro; TOSI MARIO, P. - 2000 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)

All publications by Maria Luisa Chiofalo on ARPI, the Research Archive of the University of Pisa