Gian Michele Innocenti

Gian Michele Innocenti is an Assistant Professor of Physics at MIT's Physics Department, affiliated with the Laboratory for Nuclear Science. His research focuses on characterizing Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) matter through ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). He leads experimental programs exploring jet substructure modification in the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) and gluon saturation in low-x nuclei.

Institutional Affiliations:

• MIT Physics Department (2024–present)
• CERN Staff Research Physicist (2018–2023)
• Postdoc at MIT under Prof. Lee (2014–2018)

Research Interests:

• Developing jet-substructure observables for QGP studies
• Ultra-peripheral collision gamma-nucleus scattering
• CMOS tracker detector development for ePIC at Electron-Ion Collider (EIC)
• Heavy-flavor production dynamics in heavy-ion collisions

Experimental Leadership:

• ALICE Collaboration (LHC)
• ePIC Experiment Hardware Lead

Grant & Collaboration Activities:

• Leading detector R&D for next-gen heavy-ion experiments
• Data analysis strategies for precision QCD measurements