Cerri Silvio

Short Bio

After obtaining the B.Sc. degree (“Laurea Triennale") in Physics in 2009 and M.Sc. degree (“Laurea Magistrale”) in Astrophysics in 2012, both from the University of Pisa, I conducted my doctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching bei München and obtained my Ph.D. degree (“Dr. rer. nat.”) in 2015 from the University of Ulm.

I have been a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University (2017-2021), following a postdoctoral position in the Department of Physics at the University of Pisa (2016-2017) and a short ("transitional") postdoc at IPP in Garching (2015-2016).

Since October 2021, I have been recruited as permanent research staff at CNRS (Section 17: "Système solaire et univers lointain"), joining the Laboratoire J.-L. Lagrange within the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur in Nice.

In 2023 I have obtained National Scientific Habilitation ("Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale", or ASN) as 2nd-level University Professor ("Professore Associato", or "Professore di seconda fascia") from the Italian Ministry of University and Research in both Theoretical Physics of Matter ("Fisica Teorica della Materia", or "02/B2") and Astrophysics ("Astronomia, Astrofisica, Fisica della Terra e dei Pianeti", or "02/C1"). [validity: 2023-2034]

Research Interests

MHD and kinetic plasma turbulence, cosmic-ray transport in the Galaxy, wind-magnetosphere interaction, turbulence in stratified geophysical fluids