Davide Papini

Davide Papini is affiliated with SISSA's mathLab department as a Research Fellow. He holds a PhD (2011) and MSc (2007) in Nuclear Engineering, focusing on reactor safety and design, including work on the IRIS Small-Medium Modular Reactor and Emergency Heat Removal Systems. His research interests include thermal-hydraulic modeling, risk-informed approaches for nuclear safety, and reduced-order methods applied to nuclear reactor dynamics.

Education

• PhD, 2011: Thesis on helical coil steam generator modeling for IRIS reactors.
• MSc, 2007: Thesis on EHRS condenser design for IRIS reactors.

Professional Experience

• Post-Doc Fellow at Paul Scherrer Institute (SUI), 2011–2015.
• Joined SISSA mathLab in 2015, focusing on reduced-order methods for reactor core spatial dynamics (PhD thesis 2015).

Research Interests

His work bridges computational modeling, nuclear safety, and advanced reactor design. He has contributed to methodologies for revising evacuation measures in nuclear incidents and explored thorium fuel cycles in fast neutron reactors. Current research emphasizes mathematical modeling for complex systems through reduced-order techniques.

Labs & Affiliations

Associated with the mathLab at SISSA, specializing in computational mathematics and its applications to engineering challenges.