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Contact Information

Name Paolo Lazzaroni
Professional Title Research Fellow @ Università degli Studi di Bergamo.
Email paolo.lazzaroni(at)unibg.it

Experience

  • 2025 - Present

    Bergamo, Italy

    Research Fellow (type A)
    Università degli Studi di Bergamo
    Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Scientific-Disciplinary Sector ING-INF/01 - Electronics
    • Keywords: Analog integrated circuits, Front-end electronics, ASIC design, FPGA design, ASIC characterisation
  • 2024 - 2025

    Pavia, Italy

    Senior Technological Researcher - Level 2
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia
    Integration and calibration of the Si(Li) tracker of the GAPS experiment
    • Supervisor: Massimo Manghisoni
    • Keywords: ASIC design, PCB design, FPGA design, data analysis, ASIC characterisation
  • 2023 - 2024

    New York, US

    Staff Associate II
    Columbia University
    Construction and testing of the GFP, the GAPS Functional prototype, as part of the GAPS experiment
    • Supervisor: Chuck Hailey
    • Keywords: GAPS, Si(Li) tracker, front-end electronics, dark matter search
  • 2023 - 2024

    Pavia, Italy

    Junior Technological Researcher - Level 1
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia
    Characterization of integrated circuits and modules developed for hybrid pixel readout at the CMS Inner Tracker
    • Supervisor: Gianluca Traversi
    • Keywords: ASIC design, PCB design, FPGA design, data analysis, ASIC characterisation

Education

  • 2020 - 2024

    Bergamo, Italy

    PhD
    Università degli Studi di Bergamo
    Microelectronics for High Energy Physics
    • Thesis: Design of a pixel readout processor for nano-meter resolution x-ray ptychography
    • Advisor: Massimo Manghisoni, Lodovico Ratti
    • Keywords: Radiation detection, front-end electronics, low noise, x-ray ptychography, ASIC design, PCB design, FPGA design
    • Grade: Excellent
  • 2018 - 2020

    Bergamo, Italy

    Master
    Università degli Studi di Bergamo
    Computer Engineering (Mechatronics) LM-32
    • Thesis: Characterization of a Modular System for the Realisation of the Si(Li) Tracker of GAPS experiment
    • Advisor: Massimo Manghisoni, Elisa Riceputi, Mauro Sonzogni
    • Keywords: GAPS, Front-end electronics, ASIC design, data analysis
    • Grade: 110/110 cum laude
  • 2015 - 2018

    Bergamo, Italy

    Bachelor
    Università degli Studi di Bergamo
    Computer Engineering LM-8
    • Thesis: Analysis of Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Control in OpenAI Gym Simulated Environment
    • Advisor: Fabio Previdi, Mirko Mazzoleni
    • Keywords: Machine learning, reinforcement learning, control, OpenAI Gym
    • Grade: 107/110
  • 2010 - 2015

    Trescore B., Italy

    Technical
    Istituto di Istruzione Superiore "Lorenzo Lotto"
    Accounting & IT for Enterprise
    • Grade: 100/100

Awards

  • 2023
    Bosch SensorTec "Making SensorTec!" challenge winner
    Bosch SensorTec

    First prize awarded to the University of Bergamo uLab team for the development of an intelligent IoT infrastructure for boiler monitoring, alert managing and data analysis. The team was invited to present the work both at Bosch SensorTec (BST) in Milan, Italy, and at the BST headquarters in Reutlingen, Germany.

  • 2022
    PRIME 2022 Bronze Leaf Certificate
    PRIME 2022

    Certificate awarded to the paper “FALCON readout channel for x-ray ptychography applications” as one of the top 30% paper of the PRIME 2022 conference.

Memberships

Projects

  • 2025 - Present
    AlpRay

    Design of a high-dynamic-range pixel to be used in a hybrid pixel detector in 110 nm CMOS technology.

  • 2023 - Present
    CMS

    Characterization of integrated circuits and modules developed for hybrid pixel readout at the CMS inner tracker.

    • Collaboration: CMS at CERN
    • Keywords: CMS, ASIC characterisation
  • 2021 - Present
    DSSC

    Testing and verification of the performance of the DEPFET sensors and ASICs.

    • Collaboration: EuXFEL, DESY, and INFN (Milano and Pavia)
    • Keywords: DSSC, XFEL, ASIC characterisation, sensor characterisation
  • 2020 - Present
    GAPS

    Characterisation of the Si(Li) tracker of the experiment and design of the second-flight prototype in 65 nm CMOS technology.

    • Collaboration: GAPS
    • Keywords: GAPS, Front-end electronics, ASIC design, data analysis, software engineering
  • 2020 - Present
    FALCON

    Design of a pixel readout processor for nano-meter resolution x-ray ptychography in 65 nm CMOS technology.

    • Collaboration: ANL, UniPV, and UniBG
    • Keywords: Radiation detection, front-end electronics, low noise, x-ray ptychography, ASIC design, PCB design, FPGA design

Languages

Italian : Mother tongue
English : Fluent (C1)
French : Intermediate (B2)
Russian : Intermediate (B2)
Japanese : Beginner (A2)
Spanish : Beginner (A2)
German : Beginner (A1)