Stefania Antonia Spagnolo is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Physics "Ennio De Giorgi" at the University of Salento and a researcher at INFN Lecce. She has been actively involved in major high-energy physics experiments including KLOE at DAFNE, OPAL at LEP, and ATLAS at the LHC. Her educational background includes a Physics Degree from Lecce University in December 1993, followed by a PhD from Lecce University from October 1994 to June 1998, focusing on the KLOE drift chamber and hadronic cross section measurements at DAFNE. Dr. Spagnolo's research spans multiple areas of experimental particle physics with particular emphasis on precision measurements of Standard Model processes and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. Her work includes studies of gauge boson couplings, Higgs boson physics, heavy flavor production, and detector development. She has made significant contributions to the understanding of muon g-2, fermion pair production, and anomalous gauge couplings. Her detector expertise includes silicon pixel trackers, RPC systems, diamond detectors, and drift tracking systems used in high-energy physics experiments. Her recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on Higgs boson physics, top quark measurements, and searches for new phenomena at the LHC. The research spans both precision Standard Model measurements and explorations of potential new physics, with particular attention to rare processes and precision measurements that could reveal deviations from theoretical predictions. Dr. Spagnolo has been actively involved in supervising students and early-career researchers, contributing to the training of the next generation of particle physicists. Her teaching activities include courses in General Physics, Experimental Physics, and specialized courses in Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics. She has been instrumental in the development and operation of the ATLAS muon spectrometer, particularly in software development for offline reconstruction and calibration. Her work on the RPC system for the muon trigger has been critical for ATLAS physics analyses requiring muon identification.






