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Andrea Casolari

Researcher at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Quick facts

Date of birth

1988-09-30

Nationality

Italy

City

Prague

Curriculum vitae

Personal information

Mobile: +39 3464931937

email: casolariipp.cas.cz

Work experience

Dates: 2017-2023

Occupation or position held: Researcher at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) Main activities and responsibilities: study magnetohydrodinamic (MHD) instabilities, runaway electrons (RE) and their interaction with MHD perturbations, electron-cyclotron resonant heating (ECRH) of plasma, transport properties of plasma under the effect of additional heating, analysis of experimental data

Name and address of employer: Institute of Plasma Physics of the CAS, Za Slovankou 1782/3, 18200 Prague

Type of business or sector: Research in physics

Activities carried out: Investigation of magnetic island growth and rotation through analytical models

Study of transport of runaway (relativistic) electrons in presence of magnetic islands

Study of interaction between runaway electrons and electromagnetic waves

Development of an additional heating system based on high frequency (electron cyclotron) waves Study of transport properties of plasma under the effect of electron cyclotron wave heating

Education and training

Dates: 2007-2010

Title of qualification awarded: Bachelor degree in physics

Name of organisation providing education and training: Università di Pisa, Lungarno Antonio Pacinotti, 43, 56126 Pisa, PI

Dates: 2010-2013

Title of qualification awarded: Master degree in physics, specialization in plasma physics

Name of organisation providing education and training: Università di Pisa, Lungarno Antonio Pacinotti, 43, 56126 Pisa, PI

Dates: 2013-2017

Title of qualification awarded: PhD in physics

Name of organisation providing education and training: Università di Pisa, Lungarno Antonio Pacinotti, 43, 56126 Pisa, PI

Dates: 2014-2016

Type of experience: Internship for PhD thesis

Name of host organisation: ENEA, Fusion and Nuclear Safety Department, via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044, Frascati, Italy

Language

Mother tongue: Italian

Language	Listening	Reading	Spoken interaction	Spoken production
English	C1	C2	C1	C2
French	B1	B1	A2	A2
Czech	A1	A1	A1	A1

Social skills and competences

I am capable of collaborating with other professionists on carrying out a project; I have experience in leading a small team to accomplish a specific task; I am able to relate to companies that produce high- tech components for research

Technical skills and competences

Excellent knowledge of mathematics and physics. I master the following specific subjects in physics: fluidodynamics, electromagnetism, statistical mechanics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics, nuclear physics. I have an excellent knowledge of the methods of Hamiltonian theory, solution of differential equations, real and complex analysis, analytical and numerical methods

Computer skills and competences

Good knowledge of the Linux and Windows operating systems and the package of the Microsoft Office tools. Good knowledge of the following programming languages/environments: C, Matlab, Python, Fortran. Good knowledge of the most common algorithms for numerical calculus

Other skills and competences

I am able to communicate complex contents in a clear and understandable way thanks to my experience in communicating scientific results in conferences and meetings; I am able to solve complex problems in consequence of my education as a physicist

Selected publications

1. "Analysis of the chaotic behavior of the lower hybrid wave propagation in magnetized plasma by Hamiltonian theory", A. Casolari, A. Cardinali, Entropy 18, 175 (2016)
2. "Diagnostic application of magnetic island rotation in JET", P. Buratti et al., Nuclear Fusion 56, 076004 (2016)
3. "Numerical investication of tearing mode amplitude oscillations", A. Casolari, G. Pucella, Il nuovo cimento 40 C (2017)
4. "A four-field gyrofluid model with neoclassical effects for the study of the rotation velocity of magnetic islands in tokamaks", A. Casolari, Physics of Plasmas 25, 082514 (2018)
5. "Runaway electron experiments at COMPASS in support of the EUROfusion ITER physics research". J. Mlynar et al., Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 61, 014010 (2019)
6. "Runaway electron beam stability and decay in COMPASS", O. Ficker et al., Nuclear Fusion 59, 096036 (2019)
7. "Constraints on the conceptual design of diagnostics for the high magnetic field COMPASS-U tokamak with hot walls", V. Weinzettl et al., Fusion Engineering and design 146, 113501 (2019)
8. "Study of stability and rotation of a chain of saturated, freely-rotating magnetic islands in tokamaks", A. Casolari et al., Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 63, 074004 (2021)
9. "Preliminary design of the COMPASS Upgrade tokamak", P. Vodracek et al., Fusion Engineering and design 169, 112490 (2021)

International conferences

1. "Study of lower hybrid wave propagation in ionized gas by Hamiltonian theory", A. Casolari, A. Cardinali, AIP Conference Proceedings 1580 (2014)
2. "MHD limit cycles on FTU", A. Casolari et al, 102° Congresso Nazionale della Società italiana di Fisica, Padova (2016)
3. "Performance predictions for the COMPASS upgrade tokamak", J. Urban, A. Casolari et al, 45th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics (2018)
4. "Preliminary concept of electron cyclotron resonance heating for the COMPASS-U tokamak", M. Farnik, A. Casolari et al, 46th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics (2019)
5. "Study of runaway electron transport with the fractional diffusion model and comparison with experiments on COMPASS", A. Casolari et al., 46th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics (2019)
6. "Whistler wave destabilization by a runaway electron beam in COMPASS", A. Casolari et al, 48th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics (2022)

Full list of publications

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5074-402X