Francesco Pederiva

Francesco Pederiva is a Full Professor of Physics at the University of Trento, specializing in theoretical physics with a focus on quantum many-body systems and computational methods. He leads the Laboratorio Interdisciplinare di Scienza Computazionale (UNITN/FBK) and directs the INFN TIFPA (Trento Institute of Fundamental Physics and Applications). His academic career includes roles as Associate Professor (2010–2020), Researcher (2001–2010), and postdoctoral positions at Cornell University (1997–1999).

Education: PhD in Condensed Matter Theory from S.I.S.S.A. Trieste (1994), MSc (1992), and BSc (1991) from the University of Trento.

Research interests include quantum Monte Carlo methods, nuclear structure, neutron matter, and quantum computing applications in physics. He explores hypernuclei, nuclear forces from QCD, and quantum algorithms for nuclear reactions. Recent work addresses quantum annealing for frustrated systems, qubit readout enhancement, and neural network quantum states for pairing models.

He has published extensively on topics like quantum computing protocols, equation of state calculations for dense matter, and applications to nuclear astrophysics. His contributions include advancing quantum-classical coprocessing and optimizing control strategies for parametric Hamiltonians.

He collaborates with institutions like Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and leads projects such as AuroraScience, focusing on high-performance computing and free-energy calculations for complex systems.