Surname: Pica Ciamarra

Given Name: Massimo
Surname: Pica Ciamarra
Address Via Posillipo 176, 80123, Naples, Italy
Phone +39 081 5754709
E-mail picaciam@gmail.com
Nationality Italian
Date of birth Apri 25, 1977
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Period 01/10/2007-present
Researcher
CNISM, National Consortium for Soft Condensed Matter
Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Period 2003 – 09/2007
Post-Doc
Department of Physical Science,
University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Period 01/01/2003 - 13/11/2003
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
Visiting researcher – Fulbright scholar
Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Period 2002-2003
Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Teaching assistant – Classical Mechanics (First. Semester – lab)
Teaching assistant – Classical Mechanics (Second. Semester - lab)
Teaching assistant – Electromagnetism (First. Semester - lab)
Teaching assistant – Electromagnetism (Second. Semester - lab)
Period 2003-2009
Supervisor of undergraduate students for their Master Degree thesis (8) and of Ph.D students (2).
12/2003 Ph.D, Pure and applied Physics,
Department of Physical Sciences,
University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Supervisor: Prof. A. Coniglio.
2002-2003 Enrolled to the Ph.D. Program in Physics, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
I passed all of the exams of the first year with grade A.
2002 Fulbright pre-academic training, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California,
USA
2002 ITA Teaching Workshop for an International Teaching Assistant/Assistant Instructor position
Assessment, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
12/2000 Master Degree, Physics
University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Supervisor: Prof. G. Trautteur.
Grade: 110/110 cum laude
1994 High school degree (scientific disciplines)
Grade: 60/60.

AWARDS AND HONORS
2001 Fulbright fellowship.
OTHER INFORMATIONS
TALKS
2001 Admitted to a Ph.D course in Computer Science,
University of Aahurs, Denmark.
2001 “Young researcher” award,
University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
2008 Experienced Researcher Prize - Marie-Curie EU-Network for Dynamical Arrest
Mother tongue Italian
Other languages English French
Reading Excellent Good
Writing Excellent Basic
Oral Excellent Basic
Communication Used to interact with people from different cultural background.
Communication course: Fulbright pre-academic training, Monterey Institute of International Studies,
Monterey, California, USA)
Teaching course: ITA Teaching Workshop for an International Teaching Assistant/Assistant
Instructor position Assessment, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Organization Coordination of human resources:
Experience from supervising undergraduate students for their Master Degree thesis, and
Ph.D. students.
− Coordination of project and budget:
Used to administer research/conference founds.
IT Theory: Theory of computation, Logic, Computational Complexity
Operating systems: Linux, Windows
Programming languages: c++, c, pascal,prolog, lisp, html, php, java
Applications: Office, OpenOffice, Mathematica, Matlab, Povray, Latex, etc...
Molecular Dynamics & Monte Carlo: strong experience
Computational Fluid Mechanics: some experience
Experience with parallel computing (MPI), GRID computing.
GRE 2001
Graduate record examination
General Test: Quantitative 740/800; Analytical 690/800
Subject test in Physics: 640/990.
TOEFL 2000
Test of English as a foreign language
275/300 (computer based)
1. Dynamics Days Europe 2009, Goetting, Germany. (Scheduled September 2009).
2. Workshop on “Statistical mechanics of static granular media”, Lorentz Center, Leiden, The
Netherlands. 6/07/2009.
3. Theoretical Physics Colloquia, University of Naples, 3/07/2009.
4. Grid Computing for Materials, Naples, Italy, 3/05/2009.
5. Award talk – Arrested Matter European Marie Curie Network conference, Taormina, Italy,
26/11/2008.
6. Max Plank Institute for Dynamics and Self Organization, Goettingen, Germany,
26/09/2008.
7. Theoretical physics workshop, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Naples
Federico II, Naples, Italy, 18/06/2008.
8. 31st Workshop: Modeling Geophysical Systems by Means of Statistical Mechanics
Methods, Erice, Italy, 28/04/2008.
9. Conference on “Pattern formation in particle systems”, University of Warwick, UK,
28/02/2008.
10. Workshop on “Crystallization and Jamming in Soft Matter under Driving”, Lorentz Center,
Leiden, The Netherlands, 19/02/2008.

ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES
REFEREE
11. Theoretical physics weekly seminar, Department of Physical Sciences, University of
Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, 25/10/2007.
12. CECS, Centro de Estudios Cientificos, Valdivia, Cile, 29/08/2007.
13. Statics and Dynamics of Granular media and colloidal suspensions, Satellite conference of
Statphys23, Naples, Italy, 5/07/2007.
14. Granular Matter, “20th Canberra International Physics Summer School and Workshop on
Granular Materials”, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 4-8/12/2006.
15. Workshop on Complex Systems, Barcelona, Spain, 4-6/10/2006.
16. Dygram2006, Workshop “Granular dynamics, jamming, rheology and instabilities”.
Rennes, France, 19-23/06/2006.
17. Session of Granular Matter, Institute Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France, 2/02/2005.
18. Statphys 22, Bangalore, India, 5/07/2004.
19. Department of Physical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy,
23/10/2003.
20. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA, 14/05/2003.
1. Main organizer
with Patrick Richard (Rennes, France), Matthias Schroeter (Goettingen, Germany) and
Brian Tighe (Leiden, The Netherlands).
Workshop on the statistical mechanics of static granular media
July 6-10, 2009, Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands,
2. Co-organizer:
Statics and dynamics of granular media and colloidal suspensions,
July 4-6 2007, Naples, Italy.
3. Co-organizer:
DyGraM 2006 : Jamming, rheology and instabilities
June 19-23 2006, Rennes, France
Referee Physical Review Letters
Physical Review E
Europhysics Letters
J. Physics C: Condensed Matter
J. Physics D: Appl. Physics
European Journal of Physics
Physica A
Physics Letter A
Transportmetrica
Granular Matter
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation
ACS Petroleum Research Fund
PUBLICATIONS (reviewed only)
1. Jamming phase diagram for frictional particles
M. Pica Ciamarra, R. Pastore, M. Nicodemi and A. Coniglio
Nature, under review
2. Jamming at zero temperature, zero friction and finite applied shear stress
M. Pica Ciamarra and A. Coniglio
Phys. Rev. Lett., under review
3. Random very loose packing
M. Pica Ciamarra, A. Coniglio
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 128001 (2008).
4. Correlations and Omori Law in Spamming
M. Pica Ciamarra, A. Coniglio, L. de Arcangelis
Europhysics Letters 84, 28004 (2008).
5. Flow, Ordering and Jamming of Sheared Granular Suspensions
D. S. Grebenkov, M. Pica Ciamarra, M. Nicodemi, A. Coniglio
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 07801, (2008).
6. Comment on “Granular entropy: Explicit calculations for planar assemblies'
M. Pica Ciamarra
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 089401, (2007).
7. Granular packs under vertical tapping: Structure evolution, grain motion, and dynamical
heterogeneities
M. Pica Ciamarra, M. Nicodemi, A. Coniglio
Phys. Rev. E 75, 021303, (2007).
8. Phenomenology and theory of horizontally oscillated granular mixtures
M. Pica Ciamarra, A. Coniglio, M. Nicodemi
Eur. Phys. J. E 22, 227, (2007).

9. Shear and vibration induced order disorder transition in granular media
M. Pica Ciamarra, A. Coniglio, M. Nicodemi
Eur. Phys. J. E 24, 411, (2007).
10. Universality in city morphology ...
M. Pica Ciamarra, A. Coniglio
Advances in Complex Systems 10, 372, (2007).
11. Statistical mechanics of dense granular media
M. Pica Ciamarra, A. de Candia, A. Fierro, M. Tarzia, A. Coniglio, M. Nicodemi
Lect. Notes in Complex Systems 8, 217, (2007).
12. Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics of Dense Granular Media
Massimo Pica Ciamarra, Antonio Coniglio and Mario Nicodemi
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 158001, (2006).
13. Dynamically Induced Effective Interaction in Periodically Driven Granular Mixtures
M. Pica Ciamarra, A. Coniglio and M. Nicodemi
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 038001, (2006).
14. Granular Species Segregation under Vertical Tapping: Effects of Size, ....
M. Pica Ciamarra, M.D. De Vizia, A. Fierro, A Coniglio and M. Nicodemi
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 058001, (2006).
15. Random walk, cluster growth, and the morphology of urban conglomerations M. Pica
Ciamarra and A. Coniglio
Physica A 363, 551, (2006).
16. Species segregation and dynamical instability of horizontally vibrated granular mixtures
M. Pica Ciamarra, A. Sarracino, M. Nicodemi and A. Coniglio
Proc. Traffic and Granular Flow 2005, Springer.
17. Jamming in dense granular media
A. Coniglio, A. Fierro, A. De Candia, M. Nicodemi, M. Tarzia, M. Pica Ciamarra
Lecture Notes in Physics 688, 53, (2006).
18. Size Segregation in Granular Media Induced by Phase Transition
M. Tarzia, A. Fierro, M. Nicodemi, M. Pica Ciamarra, and A. Coniglio
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 078001, (2005).
19. Shear Instabilities in Granular Mixtures
M. Pica Ciamarra, A. Coniglio and M. Nicodemi
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 188001, (2005).
20. Shear-induced segregation of a granular mixture under horizontal oscillation
M. Pica Ciamarra, A. Coniglio and M. Nicodemi
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17, S2549, (2005).
21. Statistical mechanics of dense granular media
A. Coniglio, A. Fierro, M. Nicodemi, M. Pica Ciamarra and M. Tarzia
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17, S2557, (2005).
22. Optimizing on-ramp entries to exploit the capacity of a road
M. Pica Ciamarra
Phys. Rev. E 72, 066102, (2005).
23. Mean field theory of dense granular media
A. Coniglio, A. Fierro, M. Nicodemi, M. Pica Ciamarra and M. Tarzia
Proc. Powders and Grains 2005, Taylor & Francis 1, 381, (2005).
24. Shear induced instability and segregation of a granular mixture
M. Pica Ciamarra, M. Nicodemi and A. Coniglio
Proc. Powders and Grains 2005, Taylor & Francis 2, 779, (2005).
25. On Edwards' theory of powders
A. Coniglio, A. de Candia, A. Fierro, M. Nicodemi, M. Pica Ciamarra and M. Tarzia
Physica A 339, 1, (2004).
26. Dynamics of Drag and Force Distributions for Projectile Impact in a Granular Medium
M. Pica Ciamarra, A.H. Lara, A.T. Lee, D.I. Goldman, I. Vishik and H.L. Swinney
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 194301, (2004).
27. Monodisperse model suitable to study the glass transition
M. Pica Ciamarra, M. Tarzia, A. de Candia, and A. Coniglio
Phys. Rev. E 68, 066111, (2003).
28. Lattice glass model with no tendency to crystallize
M. Pica Ciamarra, M. Tarzia, A. de Candia, and A. Coniglio
Phys. Rev. E 67, 057105, (2003).
29. Quantum Reversibility and a new model of Quantum Automaton
M. Pica Ciamarra
Lec. Not. in Comp. Sci. 2138, 376, (2001).