Curriculum Vitae
Contact
Email: giliberti@itp.uni-frankfurt.de
Affiliation: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt
Max-von-Laue-Straße 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Office: Room 02.229
Positions
Postdoctoral researcher
Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Theoretical Physics. Member of the CRC-TR211 collaboration (DFG-funded).
Research Unit leader
Frankfurt-ET, Einstein Telescope collaboration. Leading the local Research Unit; member of the Collaboration Board.
Education
Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy
Università degli Studi di Firenze. Thesis defended March 2026, with Doctor Europaeus certification.
Doctoral thesis: "Numerical Methods for High Energy Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics".
Advisor: Aldo Lorenzo Cotrone.
M.Sc. in Theoretical Physics
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Scienze Fisiche e Astrofisiche – Fisica Teorica. Graduated December 2022 with 110/110 cum laude.
Thesis: "Numerical Study of Bubble Dynamics in Holographic False Vacuum Decay".
Advisor: Aldo Lorenzo Cotrone. Co-advisors: Francesco Bigazzi, Bruno Degli Esposti.
B.Sc. in Physics and Astrophysics
Università degli Studi di Firenze. Graduated October 2019 with 107/110.
Thesis: "Effective One-Body Theory in General Relativity".
Advisor: Domenico Seminara.
Publications
See the publications page (updated automatically from INSPIRE-HEP).
Software
NSFOPT.jl
Julia code for GW signals from first-order phase-transition bubbles in neutron stars. GitHub repository.
2DSplineOptim
MATLAB library for numerical optimization with splines for fixed- and free-boundary problems. In preparation.
Robinhood.jl
Julia package to compute Wilson loop expectation values in quiver theories. Zenodo record.
Fellowships & scholarships
Marco Ademollo Fellowship for Theoretical Physics
Università degli Studi di Firenze — Project PAGVARIDIPA.
NextGenerationEU — NRRP Ph.D. fellowship
Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan, M4C2 CN1 Spoke 2 — Research Programme CN00000013, "National Centre for HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing", CUP B83C22002830001.
Selected talks, posters and visits
2026
- Outreach event "Italian Science Slam", Galileo Galilei Science & Space Festival, Frankfurt.
2025
- Visit and seminar, ITP Frankfurt.
- Visit and seminar, HIP Helsinki.
- Poster "Simulating bubbles in a holographic QCD-like phase diagram", ICHA4, Baku — best poster award.
- Talk "Numerical solution of holographic observables in quiver theories", AANL Yerevan.
- Outreach event "FameLab selections", Ferrara — audience award.
- Poster "Simulating bubbles in a holographic QCD-like phase diagram", «Supercalcolo, Data Science e AI», Firenze — best poster award.
- Talk "Numerical Methods for Holography", New Frontiers in Theoretical Physics XXXVIII, Cortona.
2024
- Outreach talk "Supercomputing and Big Data: new technology for new research horizons", Festival della Scienza, Genova.
- Poster "Simulating the HQCD phase diagram", COST Action 22113 kick-off meeting, Padova.
- Outreach talk "Why do we need a supercomputer to study boiling water?", workshop «L'Università di Firenze al passo con il futuro del supercalcolo e dei big data», Firenze.
2023
- Poster "Holographic vacuum decay: a numerical study", HPC Summer School, Pavia.
- Visit, ICCUB Barcelona.
- Fire talk, New Frontiers in Theoretical Physics XXXVII, Cortona.
Teaching & service
Tutor
Goethe University Frankfurt. Tutoring bachelor and master students for the course "Introduction to Galaxies and Large Scale Structure".
Teaching assistant in physics
Università degli Studi di Firenze. Tutoring physics, optics and computer-science bachelor students in mechanics, electrodynamics and quantum physics.
Journal club moderator
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Strings in Florence group. Scheduling the weekly journal club, inviting external speakers, and organizing discussion and dissertation activities.
Teaching assistant in physics
Università degli Studi di Firenze. Tutoring engineering bachelor students in mechanics and electrodynamics.
Substitute teacher of mathematics and physics
Liceo Scientifico Leonardo da Vinci, Firenze. Teaching high-school mathematics and physics.
Computer tutor
Università degli Studi di Firenze. Supporting students and professors with the newly installed classroom computers (AV, networking, video calls).
Museum guide
Museum of Mathematics Il Giardino di Archimede, Firenze. Leading Italian and international school groups (ages 10–18) through the physics and mathematics exhibitions.
Skills
- Languages: Italian (native), English (fluent), German, Spanish and Japanese (learning).
- Programming: MATLAB, Julia, Mathematica, C, C++, Python, LaTeX, Git.
- HPC: SLURM workload manager, Leonardo (CINECA), machine learning for scientific applications.
- Other: Scout group leader in the AGESCI scouting movement (volunteer).