Gaétan Facchinetti

Academic positions

• 2023 - 2026 : Service the physique théorique at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
  1. FNRS postdoctoral researcher (chargé de recherches FNRS)
  2. Lecturer and assistant for graduate level courses and PhD schools
  3. Member of the seminar and workshop organization staff
  4. Evaluation and supervision of Master's thesis
  5. Peer reviewer for Physical Review D and JCAP

• 2021 - 2023 : Service the physique théorique at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
  1. Postdoctoral researcher grant: Cosmology imprints of/on particle physics models

Education

• 2018 - 2021 : Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier and Université de Montpellier, France
  1. Ph.D student in theoretical physics: Dark Matter, Cosmology, Particle Physics, Astrophycis, Gravitational dynamics
  2. Title: Analytical study or particle dark matter structuring on small scales and impact on dark matter searches.
  3. Supervised by Dr. Julien Lavalle, defended on July 5, 2021 in front of Shin’ichiro Ando, Pasquale Serpico, Céline Boehm, Marco Cirelli, Jorge Pañarrubia, Pierre Salati and Tracy Slatyer
• 2017 - 2018 : Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan and Université Pierre et Marie Curie , France
  1. Master's degree in theoretical physics: Internationak center for fundamental physics (15.3/20)
  2. Quantum field theory, gauge theory of electroweak interactions, quantum chromodynamics, renormalisation, invariances and group theory, general relativity, cosmology, statistical field theory, statistical physics: advanced and new applications
• 2015 - 2017 : Université Paris-Saclay and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan and Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
  1. Master's degree in applied mathematics: Analysis, Model and Simulation (17.3/20)
  2. Analysis of partial different equations, finite element and volume method, electromagnetism from a mathematician point of view, parallel computing, introduction to particle physics, advanced hydrodynamics, path integrals, statistical quantum physics.
• 2014 - 2015 : Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
  1. Bachelor's degree in physics: Theory, Experiment, Model (16.9/20)
  2. Quantum mechanics, special relativity, advanced electromagnetism, statistical physics, numerical physics
• 2014 - 2015 : Lycée privé Sainte Geneviève, Versailles, France
  1. Classe préparatoire: a two year intensive formation in mathematics and physics

Additional Skills

Work Experience (research)

• April - June 2018 : Internship at the Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier
  1. Université de Montpellier, France
  2. Investigated the chemical and kinetic decoupling of dark matter and the formation of the first structures in the Universe
• March - July 2017 : Internship at the Laboratoire de Physique théorique de la Matière Condensée
  1. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
  2. Numerically studied the « BMW » equations of the non perturbative renormalisation group
• April - August 2016 : Internship in the department of mathematical sciences
  1. University of Southampton, England
  2. Studied the collective behavior of atomic dipoles in a 2D lattice
• May - June 2015 : Internship at the Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Energies
  1. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
  2. Simulated a small model of Time Projection Chamber for the DarkSide experiment

Work Experience (lecturing and tutoring)

• 2022-2023 : Teaching Assistant at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
  1. Tutor: quantum field theory for 1^st year graduate students (master level)
• 2022 : Teaching Assistant at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
  1. Tutor: electromagnetism and special relativity for 2^nd year undergraduate students (bachelor level)
• 2020 - 2021 : Teaching Assistant at Université de Montpellier, France
  1. Lecturer: optics/human vision for 2^nd year undergraduate student (bachelor level)
• 2018 - 2019 : Teaching Assistant at Université de Montpellier , France
  1. Tutor: general physics for 1^st year undergraduate students (bachelor level)
• October - December 2015 : Teaching Assistant at Lycée Henri IV (High school), France
  1. Internship as physics teacher for high-school students

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Administrative responsabilities

• 2022 - 2024 : Service the physique théorique at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
  1. Seminar organizer
• 2019 - 2020 : Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, France
  1. Elected member of the laboratory administrative board, in charge of the non permanent staff

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Participation to international schools

• 2019 : Max-Planck-Institute für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
  1. ISAPP summer school, The Dark Side of the Universe
• 2019 : Galileo Galilei institute for Theoretical Physics, Firenze, Italy
  1. GGI lectures on the theory of fundamental interactions

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Publication list

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Seminars and conference talks

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