Flaminio Raffaele
"Gravitational Wave Detectors: Status of the Art and Perspectives"

Position

Professor and Director of the GWPO
NAOJ and University of Tokyo , Mitaka, Japan

Professional experience

since 9/2013:

Professor and Director of the GWPO NAOJ and University of Tokyo , Mitaka, Japan

2008 - 2013:

Director CNRS/LMA, Villeurbanne

2004 - 2007:

Vice-director EGO, Pisa

1999 - 2004:

First class researcher CNRS/LAPP, Annecy

1995 - 1999:

Second class researcher CNRS/LAPP, Annecy

1995:

Postdoc CNRS/LAPP, Annecy

1992 - 1993:

Visitor CNRS/LAPP, Annecy

 

Professional experience

1991 - 1994:

Dottorato di Ricerca (PhD thesis) University of Pisa

1990 - 1991:

Laurea in Fisica (Master thesis) University of Pisa

Publications and presentations

• Author of 251 publications or conference proceedings
• Presentation at 44 conferences or international workshops

Research activities

• Development of the gravitational wave detector KAGRA
• Realization of the mirrors of Advanced Virgo and Advanced LIGO
• R&D for the realization of the optical filters for Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)
• Study of the mirror thermal noise for the Einstein Telescope
• Co-chairman of the LIGO-Virgo review committee of the burst data analysis group
• Preparation of the Advanced Virgo project
• Preparation and realization of the Virgo+ project
• Virgo commissioning coordinator
• Coordination of the commissioning of the Virgo central interferometer
• Installation and test at the site of the Virgo detection system
• Study, construction and test at LAPP of the Virgo detection system
• Development of the Virgo simulation
• Study and simulation of the Virgo control system
• R&D on the Virgo seismic isolation system
• Development of the suspensions for the gravitational wave detector Virgo

Teaching activities and students supervision

• Teaching of General Relativity and Gravitational Waves at the University of Tokyo (2014-)
• Teaching of the Optics course at undergraduate level (Lyon University, 2011-12)
• Teaching of the Relativity course at undergraduate level (Lyon University, since 2009-10-11)
• Teaching of ‘Nanophotonics’ at master level (Lyon University, 2009-10)
• Teaching of ‘Elaboration and optical characterization of components’ at master level (Lyon University, 2011-12)
• Contribution to teaching of ‘Structural analysis techniques’ at master level (Lyon University, 2011-12)
• Supervision of ten students at master level
• Supervisor of four PhD students at University of Savoy, University of Lyon and University of Tokyo
• Co-supervisor of two PhD thesis at the University of Savoy

Research administration activities

• Director of the Gravitational Wave Project Office of NAOJ and member of the KAGRA executive office (since 2013)
• Director of the Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (2008-13)
• Member of the steering committees of the projects Virgo, ET and LSST-France (2008-13)
• Direction of the EGO consortium as vice-director (2004-07)
• Management of the Gravitational wave R&D program financed by EGO (2005-07)
• Coordination of the European network ILIAS-GWA financed by the EU/FP6 (2004-08)
• Coordination of the Virgo commissioning (2003-04)
• Coordination of the commissioning of the Virgo central interferometer (2001-02)
• Head of the Virgo team at LAPP (2000)
• Member of the KAGRA review committee (2011-12)
• Member of the Inter-departmental committee of CNRS for gravitational waves (2004-07)
• Member of the LIGO review committee (1995 and 2003)
• Member of the scientific committee of the ‘Rencontres de Moriond’ (1999-2003-2007)
• Member of the organizing committee of the Gravitational Wave Advanced Detector Workshop (2009-10-11-12)