Andrea Contu
Senior Research Staff at INFN
Paùli/Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy
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Top SchoolAndrea Contu is a senior research staff scientist at INFN Cagliari with over a decade of experience leading experimental particle-physics projects, currently heading the Einstein Telescope Sardinia research unit and coordinating LHCb muon-detector efforts. He combines hands-on detector and data-analysis expertise—from convening charm-physics and rare-decay working groups at LHCb to overseeing stripping and muon systems—with strategic leadership across multi-institution collaborations. Trained at Oxford (PhD) and graduating summa cum laude from the University of Cagliari, he bridges precision instrumentation and large-scale collaboration management. Based in Sardinia, he is known for steering complex detector upgrades while fostering interdisciplinary links between gravitational-wave R&D (Einstein Telescope) and high-energy experiments, a rare cross-cutting portfolio in experimental physics.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Elementary Particle Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Elementary Particle Physics at University of OxfordMaster's degree, Physics, 110/110 cum laude, Master's degree, Physics, 110/110 cum laude at Università degli Studi di Cagliari
English, Italian
Github Skills (26)
sensor10
particle-physics9
hydra9
hpc-applications9
parallel-processing9
cuda8
high-energy-physics8
data-fitting8
numerical-integration8
parallelization8
simulation7
diffraction7
thrust7
openmp6
parallel-computing6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
MultithreadCorner/TCode
Jan 2019 - Oct 2021
Application for simulation of solid state sensor response
Contributions:5 releases, 23 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 9 months
sensorsolid-statesimulationsolidcuda
AnalysisHEP/MassMeasurement
Dec 2017 - Sep 2018
Particle mass measurement software using hydra library to accelerate data fitting and toy Monte Carlo generation.
Contributions:3 pushes in 8 months
particlepythontoymeasurementfitting
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