Davide Melini | HiggsTools

Introduction:

I was born in Genoa, Italy, on 20th February 1990. After secondary school at Liceo Scientifico Marconi, in Chiavari, I began studying physics at Universita` di Genova. Here I obtained both my Bachelor (in 2012) and my Master (in 2014) degrees. During the Masters I wrote my thesis at NIKHEF in Amsterdam, under the supervision of Eric Laenen and Giovanni Ridolfi. At the university I understood that particle physics phenomenology, in particular Higgs-phenomenology, was the subject I was more interested in.

I am listed as an ATLAS author since 22nd January 2016

Thanks to the HiggsTools ITN I can continue studying such subjects in an international and well organized framework. To me it means being a part of a project trying to push the limits of our knowledge frontiers.

The HiggsTools project also gives me the possibility to travel a lot, which is one of the things, alongside sports and music, which I like most.

Scientific publications:

1712.08891	Evidence for the associated production of the Higgs boson and a top quark pair with the ATLAS detector	ATLAS Collaboration	ESR2, ESR6, ESR7, ESR16, ESR18, ESR19b, ESR21	ALU-FR, DFTTO, FOM, IFJ-PAN, UDUR, UGR	WP1: Interpretation of Data	M1.1.3 Extending the mass range and coupling range in different Higgs boson search channels
1712.08895	Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson produced in association with top quarks and decaying into a $b\bar b$ pair in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$= 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector	ATLAS Collaboration	ESR2, ESR6, ESR7, ESR16, ESR18, ESR19b, ESR21	ALU-FR, DFTTO, FOM, IFJ-PAN, UDUR, UGR	WP1: Interpretation of Data	M1.1.3 Extending the mass range and coupling range in different Higgs boson search channels
1711.09875	The HiggsTools Handbook: Concepts and observables for deciphering the Nature of the Higgs Sector	M. Boggia, J. M. Cruz-Martinez, H. Frellesvig, N. Glover, R. Gomez-Ambrosio, G. Gonella, Y. Haddad, A. Ilnicka, S. Jones, Z. Kassabov, F. Krauss, T. Megy, D. Melini, D. Napoletano, G. Passarino, S. Patel, M. Rodriguez-Vazquez, T. Wolf	ESR1, ESR3, ESR4, ESR5, ESR6, ESR7, ESR8, ESR9, ESR11, ESR12, ESR13, ESR14, ESR16, ESR20, ESR21	ALU-FR, CNRS, DESY, DFTTO, ETH, FOM, NCSR-D, UDUR, UGR	WP2: Predictions and simulations of signal and background WP3: Tools WP1: Interpretation of Data	M1.1.1 Extraction of model-independent results for cross sections times branching ratios in different Higgs search channels M1.1.2 Extraction of model-independent results on the VV to VV cross section M1.1.3 Extending the mass range and coupling range in different Higgs boson search channels M1.2.1 Extraction of constraints on Higgs couplings from fits to all available data; discussion of model dependence M1.2.2 Extraction of information on Higgs spin and CP properties M1.3.1 Constraints on physics beyond the SM, distinction between different models M1.4.1 Review of the current state and future directions in Higgs boson physics M2.1.1 Specialised codes for the SM-like Higgs boson scenario M2.1.2 Better control of theoretical uncertainties for the SM-like Higgs boson scenario M2.2.1 Precision calculations for vector boson scattering M2.2.2 Precision calculations of non-standard Higgs boson scenarios M2.2.3 Standardised description for non-standard Higgs boson interactions M2.2.4 Interpretation of experimental data in the light of M2.2.3 M2.3.1 Validation of key Higgs background processes and evaluation of uncertainties derived from extrapolating them to signal regions M2.3.2 Better control of theoretical uncertainties M2.3.3 Specialised codes for low multiplicity background processes
1704.00540	Extracting the top-quark running mass using tt +1-jet events produced at the Large Hadron Collider	J. Fuster, A. Irles, D. Melini, P. Uwer, M. Vos	ESR21	UGR	WP2: Predictions and simulations of signal and background	M2.3.2 Better control of theoretical uncertainties

Higgstools Events:

	Location	Date
HiggsTools Final Network Meeting	IPPP	Monday, September 11, 2017 to Friday, September 15, 2017
Third Annual Meeting and Young Editors School 2017	Torino, Italy	Monday, May 15, 2017 to Saturday, May 20, 2017
HiggsTools Third Young Researchers Meeting	Zeuthen, Germany	Tuesday, October 11, 2016 to Friday, October 14, 2016
HiggsTools Second Annual Meeting	Granada, Spain	Tuesday, April 12, 2016 to Friday, April 15, 2016
HiggsTools Second Young Researchers Meeting	Universite Libre de Bruxelles	Wednesday, October 21, 2015 to Friday, October 23, 2015
HiggsTools Mid Term Review	Helmholtz Association, Brussels	Tuesday, October 20, 2015
HiggsTools First Annual Meeting	Freiburg, Germany	Wednesday, April 15, 2015 to Friday, April 17, 2015
HiggsTools Annual Summer School 2015	Pré Saint-Didier, Italy	Sunday, June 28, 2015 to Saturday, July 04, 2015
HiggsTools First Young Researchers Meeting	Lumley Castle, United Kingdom	Monday, February 16, 2015 to Friday, February 20, 2015

Secondments:

	Host Institution	Start	End
Academic	IFIC	Wednesday, October 01, 2014	Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Private	Shell R&D	Thursday, June 01, 2017	Thursday, August 31, 2017

Other Events:

	Location	Date
Higgs Coupling 2015	Lumley Castle, United Kingdom	Monday, October 12, 2015 - 08:00 to Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 18:00
Taller de Altas Energias 2015	Benasque, Spain	Sunday, September 20, 2015 - 08:00 to Friday, October 2, 2015 - 18:00
ATLAS Shift Training	CERN	Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:00 to 18:00