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Alessandro Pisa

Full stack developer

A very tough scientific background, my powers unleashed after I met Linux and the Open Source.

Skills

Agile Project Management AJAX Apache Atom Bash CMS CSS Debian Eclipse Git HAProxy HTML JavaScript jQuery JSON Kaizen Kanban Linux System Administration Load Balancing Munin Network Monitoring Tools Node.js OOP Open Source Optimizing Performance Plone PostgreSQL Programming Python Software Development SQL SQLAlchemy Subversion Ubuntu Unix Varnish Web Applications Web Caching Web Development Web Services XHTML XML Zope
  • Coding
  • Linux sysadmin
  • Management
  • Web

Education

PhD in Physics

Obtained at the Ferrara University, Italy. Title of the thesis: "Hard X-ray optics development: feasibility study of a Laue Lens".

Degree "Laurea" in Physics

specialization Solid State Physics, obtained at the Ferrara University, Italy. Title of the thesis: "Magnetic interactions in metallic granular systems". Marks: 110/110 cum laude.

Work Experience

  • RedTurtle Technology

    Full stack developer (since 2008)

    Backend and frontend development (Plone CMS), deploy management (buildout, fabric), system administration and monitoring (munin, check_mk), project management, training

  • Unibo

    Scientific secretariat (2008)

  • Unife

    Researcher (2002-2008)

When I was a scientist

  • Development of X-ray focusing optics
  • Experimental activity at the X-ray facility
  • Software development for focusing optics study
  • Software development for data analysis
  • Administration of the group Linux boxes
  • Webmaster of the group website

Scientific publications

  • "Geometrical properties of the X-ray diffraction applied to Laue lenses" A. Pisa, NIM A 580 (2007), 1565-1570 [link]
  • "Gamma-ray lens development status for a European Gamma-Ray Imager" F. Frontera, A. Pisa, V. Carassiti, F. Evangelisti, G. Loffredo, D. Pellicciotta, K. H. Andersen, P. Courtois, L. Amati, E. Caroli, T. Franceschini, G. Landini, S. Silvestri and J. B. Stephen Proc. SPIE 6266 (2006) 64 (astro-ph/0611489)
  • "Laue lens development for hard X-rays (>60 keV)" Pellicciotta, F. Frontera, G. Loffredo, A. Pisa, K. Andersen, P. Courtois, B. Hamelin, V. Carassiti, M. Melchiorri, S. Squerzanti. IEEE Trans.Nucl.Sci. 53 (2006) 253-258 (astro-ph/0511490)
  • "Polarisation measurements with a CdTe pixel array detector for Laue hard X-ray focusing telescopes" E. Caroli, R. M. C. da Silva, A. Pisa, J. B. Stephen, F. Frontera, M. T. D. Castanheira and S. del Sordo Exp. Astron., 20 (2005), 1-3 / December (astro-ph/0605649)
  • "A focal plane detector design for a wide-band Laue-lens telescope" E. Caroli, N. Auricchio, L. Amati, Y. Bezsmolnyy, C. Budtz-Jorgensen, R. M. C. da Silva, F. Frontera, A. Pisa, S. Del Sordo, J. B. Stephen and G. Ventura Exp. Astron. 20 (2005), 1-3 / December (astro-ph/0605495)
  • "The Ferrara hard X-ray facility for testing/calibrating hard X-ray focusing telescopes" G. Loffredo, F. Frontera, D. Pellicciotta, A. Pisa, V. Carassiti, S. Chiozzi, F. Evangelisti, L. Landi, M. Melchiorri and S. Squerzanti Exp. Astron. 20 (2005), 1-3 / December
  • "Optical properties of Laue lenses for hard X-rays (>60 keV)" A. Pisa, F. Frontera, G. Loffredo, D. Pellicciotta and N. Auricchio Exp. Astron. 20 (2005), 1-3 / December
  • "Exploring the Hard X-/soft gamma-ray Continuum Spectra with Laue Lenses" F. Frontera, A. Pisa, P. De Chiara, G. Loffredo, D. Pellicciotta, V. Carassiti, F. Evangelisti, K. Andersen, P. Courtois, B. Hamelin, L. Amati, N. Auricchio, L. Bassani, E. Caroli, G. Landini, M. Orlandini, J. B. Stephen, A. Comastri, J. Knodlseder and P. von Ballmoos Proc. of the 39th ESLAB Symosium, 323-326 (astro-ph/0507175)
  • "Development status of a Laue lens for high energy x-rays (>60 keV)" A. Pisa, F. Frontera, P. De Chiara, G. Loffredo, D. Pellicciotta, V. Carassiti, F. Evangelisti, K. Andersen, P. Courtois, B. Hamelin, L. Amati, G. Landini, T. Franceschini, S. Silvestri SPIE Proc. 5900 (2005) 350-359
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