Francesco Sannino (born 9 February 1968) is an Italian theoretical physicist and a professor at the

University of Southern Denmark The University of Southern Denmark (, SDU) has campuses located in Southern Denmark and on Zealand. It offers a number of joint programmes in co-operation with the University of Flensburg and the University of Kiel. Contacts with regional indu ...

. He conducts research in the topics of effective field theories and their applications to strongly coupled theories such as

quantum chromodynamics In theoretical physics, quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the study of the strong interaction between quarks mediated by gluons. Quarks are fundamental particles that make up composite hadrons such as the proton, neutron and pion. QCD is a type of ...

. He also researches in beyond standard model physics and quantum field theory. After his studies at the

University of Naples The University of Naples Federico II (; , ) is a public university, public research university in Naples, Campania, Italy. Established in 1224 and named after its founder, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, it is the oldest public, s ...

, Federico II in 1992, he enrolled in PhD programmes at

Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920 ...

and University of Naples, obtaining the doctoral degree in 1997. In 1997, he obtained a research fellowship from

Yale Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges ch ...

University and in 2000 he moved to NORDITA. In 2004 he became associate professor at the

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. In 2007 he has been a paid associate at

CERN The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (; ; ), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, it is based in Meyrin, western suburb of Gene ...

while becoming full professor at the

. In 2009 the research centre CP3-Origins at

was formed under his leadership by the Danish Research Foundation. In 2010 he was awarded the

EliteForsk Prize The EliteForsk Prize (Elite Research Prize) is the most prestigious award given by the Danish Council for Independent Research, of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education (Denmark), Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science. ...

for researchers by the Danish Ministry of Science.

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Scientific publications of Francesco Sannino
on

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21st-century Italian physicists 21st-century Danish physicists Quantum physicists Syracuse University alumni Academic staff of the University of Southern Denmark Living people 1968 births Italian theoretical physicists People associated with CERN {{Italy-physicist-stub