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Curriculum Vitae

Name: Stefano Scopel

Date of birth: August 1, 1967

Place of birth: Sanremo (Imperia), Italy

Citizenship: Italian

Spoken languages: Italian, English, Spanish

E–mail: scopel@sogang.ac.kr

Degree in Physics: University of Torino, July 4, 1991, 110/110 magnacum laude and honorable mention. Title of the thesis: “Dark Matter DirectDetection”. Supervisor: Prof. A. Bottino, University of Torino.

Certificate of attendance and fellowship: Annual Course of “Ad-vanced Studies in Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics and Astrophysics”, Uni-versity of Torino, 1992.

Ph.D in Physics: Ph. D. in Physics at the University of Genoa, Italy(1994-1996). Research field: Analysis of supersymmetric relic particles asdark matter candidates. Title of the thesis: “Detection of SupersimmetricDark Matter”. Supervisors: Prof. G. Ridolfi, University of Genoa and Prof.A. Bottino, University of Torino.

Post-Doc: Post-Doc at the University of Saragossa, Spain (march 1997-august 1997) with a fellowship by the Italian foundation “Fondazione Angelodella Riccia” (Firenze, Italy). Research fields: underground dark mattersearches and supersymmetric dark matter candidates.

Post-Doc: Post-Doc at the University of Saragossa, Spain (September1997-august 1999) with a fellowship by the INFN (Italian National Instituteof Nuclear Physics). Research fields: underground dark matter searches,supersymmetric dark matter, axion searches.

Post-Doc: Post-Doc at the University of Saragossa, Spain (September1999-march 2000) with a fellowship by the European Union Commission(European project: ERB-FMEX-CT98-0167) on low–background cryogenicdetectors, searches on dark matter and double–beta decay.

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Post-Doc: Post-Doc at the University of Torino, Italy (April 2000-march2002) with a fellowship by the University of Torino on “ Astroparticle Physics:Study of dark matter particle candidates”. Research field: supersymmetricdark matter, axion searches.

Post-Doc: Post-Doc at the University of Torino, Italy (April 2002-march2004) with a fellowship by the University of Torino. Research field: super-symmetric dark matter, galactic dynamics.

Research contract: Department of Theoretical Physics, University ofTorino, Italy (April 2004-october 2004). Teaching: Student tutoring of ”An-alytical and Statistical Mechanics”, academic year 2004.

Research Assistant Professor: Korea Institute of Advanced Study(KIAS), Seoul, South Korea (November 2004 - October 2008).

Research Associate Professor: Seoul National University, Seoul,South Korea (November 2008 - February 2010). Teaching: semester gradu-ate course, september – december 2008 on “Selected Topics in Physics andAstroparticle Physics”; semester undergraduate course, march–june 2009,“General Physics 1”; semester undergraduate course, september–december2009, “General Physics 2”.

Faculty (Assistant Professor): Sogang University, Seoul, South Ko-rea (March 2010 - present). Teaching: semester graduate course, march– june 2010 on “Particle Physics Phenomenology”; semester undergradu-ate course, march–june 2010, “General Physics 1”; semester undergraduatecourse, september–december 2010, “General Physics 2”; “Laboratory of Gen-eral Physics II”.

Master Thesis Supervision: “Capture of Weakly Interacting MassiveParticles in the Earth and the Sun”, Seoul National University 2009-2010.Candidate: Koun Choi. Co–advised with Prof. Hyung Do Kim.

Journal referee of Physical Review D, Physical Review Letters, PhysicsLetters B and of the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics(JCAP).

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List of Publications

To the present date Stefano Scopel has published a total number of 104research articles (56 original papers and 48 contributions in scientific pro-ceedings). Most of them are listed in the Spires HEP Literature databases(http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires) where, according to the automatic on-line citation summary search system, they have generated 2508 citations; inthe same database 3 of his articles are classified as ”very well known”, and46 are classified as ”known” or ”well known” papers.

1. P. Gondolo, J. H. Huh, H. D. Kim and S. Scopel, “Dark Matter thatcan form Dark Stars”, JCAP 1007, 026 (2010) [arXiv:1004.1258 [astro-ph.CO]].

2. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Relic neutralinosand the two dark matter candidate events of the CDMS II experiment”,Phys. Rev. D 81, 107302 (2010) [arXiv:0912.4025 [hep-ph]].

3. E. J. Chun, J. C. Park and S. Scopel, “Dirac gaugino as leptophilicdark matter”, JCAP 02, 015 (2010),arXiv:0911.5273 [hep-ph].

4. V. Niro, A. Bottino, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Investigating lightneutralinos at neutrino telescopes”, Phys. Rev. D 80, 095019 (2009),arXiv:0909.2348 [hep-ph].

5. E. J. Chun, S. Scopel and I. Zaballa, “Gravitational reheating inquintessential inflation”, JCAP 0907, 022 (2009), arXiv:0904.0675[hep-ph].

6. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Interpreting therecent results on direct search for dark matter particles in terms of relicneutralino”, Phys. Rev. D 78, 083520 (2008), arXiv:0806.4099 [hep-ph].

7. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, ”Upper bounds onsignals due to WIMP self–annihilation: comments on the case of thesynchrotron radiation from the galactic center and the WMAP haze”,Phys. Rev. D 77, 127301 (2008), arXiv:0802.0714 [hep-ph].

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8. A. Bottino, N. Fornengo, G. Polesello and S. Scopel, “Light neu-tralinos at LHC in cosmologically-inspired scenarios: new benchmarksin the search for supersymmetry”, Phys. Rev. D 77, 115026 (2008),arXiv:0801.3334 [hep-ph].

9. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, ‘Zooming in onlight relic neutralinos by direct detection and measurements of galacticantimatter”, Phys. Rev. D 77, 015002 (2008), arXiv:0710.0553 [hep-ph].

10. E. J. Chun and S. Scopel, “Quintessential Kination and Leptogenesis”,JCAP 10 011 (2007), arXiv:0707.1544 [astro-ph].

11. J. S. Lee and S. Scopel, “The Lightest Higgs Boson and Relic Neutralinoin the MSSM with CP Violation”, Phys. Rev. D 75 (2007) 075001[arXiv:hep-ph/0701221].

12. E. J. Chun and S. Scopel, “Analysis of leptogenesis in supersymmetrictriplet seesaw model”, Phys. Rev. D 75, 023508 (2007), [arXiv:hep-ph/0609259].

13. E. J. Chun and S. Scopel, “Soft leptogenesis in Higgs triplet model,”Phys. Lett. B 636, 278 (2006),[arXiv:hep-ph/0510170].

14. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Do current WIMPdirect measurements constrain light relic neutralinos?”, Phys. Rev. D72, 083521 (2005), [arXiv:hep-ph/0508270].

15. N. Fornengo, L. Pieri and S. Scopel, “Neutralino annihilation intogamma-rays in the Milky Way and in external galaxies”, Phys. Rev. D70, 103529 (2004), [arXiv:hep-ph/0407342].

16. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Indirect signalsfrom light neutralinos in supersymmetric models without gaugino massunification”, Phys. Rev. D 70, 015005 (2004), [arXiv:hep-ph/0401186].

17. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Light neutrali-nos and WIMP direct searches”, Phys. Rev. D 69, 037302 (2004) ,[arXiv:hep-ph/0307303].

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18. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Lower bound onthe neutralino mass from new data on CMB and implications for relicneutralinos”, Phys. Rev. D 68, 043506 (2003) [arXiv:hep-ph/0304080].

19. C. Arnaboldi, F.T. Avignone, III, J. Beeman, M. Barucci, M. Bal-ata, C. Brofferio, C. Bucci, S. Cebrian, R.J. Creswick, S. Capelli,L. Carbone, O. Cremonesi, A. de Ward, E. Fiorini, H.A. Farach,G. Frossati, A. Giuliani, P. Gorla, E.E. Haller, I.G. Irastorza, R.J. Mc-Donald, A. Morales, E.B. Norman, A. Nucciotti, M. Pedretti, C. Pobes,V. Palmieri, M. Pavan, G. Pessina, S. Pirro, E. Previtali, C. Rosen-feld, S. Scopel, A.R. Smith, M. Sisti, G. Ventura, M. Vanzini [CUORECollaboration], “Physics potential and prospects for the CUORICINOand CUORE experiments”, Astrop. Phys. 20, 91 (2003), [arXiv:hep-ex/0302021].

20. N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Temporal distortion of annual modulationat low recoil energies”, Phys. Lett. B 576, 189 (2003), [arXiv:hep-ph/0301132].

21. A. Bottino, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Light relic neutralinos”, Phys.Rev. D 67, 063519 (2003) [arXiv:hep-ph/0212379].

22. N. Fornengo, A. Riotto and S. Scopel, “Supersymmetric dark mat-ter and the reheating temperature of the universe”, Phys. Rev. D 67,023514 (2003) [arXiv:hep-ph/0208072].

23. A. Bottino, G. Fiorentini, N. Fornengo, B. Ricci, S. Scopel andF. L. Villante, “Does solar physics provide constraints to weakly inter-acting massive particles?”, Phys. Rev. D 66, 053005 (2002) [arXiv:hep-ph/0206211].

24. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Size of theneutralino–nucleon cross–section in the light of a new determinationof the pion–nucleon sigma term”, Astropart. Phys. 18, 205 (2002)[arXiv:hep-ph/0111229].

25. P. Belli, R. Cerulli, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Effect of the galactichalo modeling on the DAMA/NaI annual modulation result: An ex-tended analysis of the data for WIMPs with a purely spin-independentcoupling”, Phys. Rev. D 66, 043503 (2002) [arXiv:hep-ph/0203242].

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26. A. Morales, F. T. Avignone III, R. L. Brodzinski, S. Cebrian,E. Garcia, D. Gonzalez, I. G. Irastorza, H. S. Miley, J. Morales,A. Ortiz de Solorzano, J. Puimedon, J. H. Reeves, M. L. Sarsa,S. Scopel, J. A. Villar [COSME Collaboration], “Particle dark mat-ter and solar axion searches with a small germanium detector at theCanfranc underground laboratory”, Astropart. Phys. 16, 325 (2002)[arXiv:hep-ex/0101037].

27. R. Bernabei, P. Belli, R. Cerulli, F. Montecchia, F. Nozzoli, A.Incicchitti, D. Prosperi, C. J. Dai, H. L. He, H. H. Kuang, J. M.Ma, S. Scopel, “Search For Solar Axions By Primakoff Effect In NaiCrystals”, Phys. Lett. B 515, 6 (2001).

28. A. Bottino, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Implications of a possible 115-GeV supersymmetric Higgs boson on detection and cosmological abun-dance of relic neutralinos”, Nucl. Phys. B 608, 461 (2001) [arXiv:hep-ph/0012377].

29. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Probing the su-persymmetric parameter space by WIMP direct detection”, Phys. Rev.D 63, 125003 (2001) [arXiv:hep-ph/0010203].

30. S. Cebrian, N. Coron, G. Dambier, E. Garcia, D. Gonzalez, I. G. Iras-torza, J. Leblanc, P. de Marcillac, A. Morales, J. Morales, A. Ortiz deSolorzano, A. Peruzzi, J. Puimedon, M. L. Sarsa, S. Scopel, J. A. Villar,“First results of the ROSEBUD dark matter experiment”, Astropart.Phys. 15, 79 (2001) [arXiv:astro-ph/0004292].

31. A. Morales, C. E. Aalseth, F. T. Avignone III, R. L. Brodzinski,S. Cebrian, E. Garcia, D. Gonzalez, W. K. Hensley, I. G. Irastorza,I. V. Kirpichnikov, A. A. Klimenko, H. S. Miley, J. Morales, A.Ortiz de Solorzano, S. B. Osetrov, V. S. Pogosov, J. Puimedon, J. H.Reeves, M. L. Sarsa, S. Scopel, A. A. Smolnikov, A. G. Tamanian,A. A. Vasenko, S. I. Vasilev, J. A. Villar [IGEX Collaboration], “Newconstraints on WIMPs from the Canfranc IGEX dark matter search”,Phys. Lett. B 489, 268 (2000) [arXiv:hep-ex/0002053].

32. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Further in-vestigation of a relic neutralino as a possible origin of an annual-

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modulation effect in WIMP direct search”, Phys. Rev. D 62, 056006(2000) [arXiv:hep-ph/0001309].

33. S. Cebrian, N. Coron, G. Dambier, E. Garcia, D. Gonzalez, I. G.Irastorza, J. Leblanc, P. de Marcillac, A. Morales, J. Morales,A. Ortiz de Solorzano, A. Peruzzi, J. Puimedon, M. L. Sarsa,S. Scopel, J. A. Villar, “Status Of The Rosebud Dark Matter SearchExperiment”, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 444, 315 (2000).

34. C. E. Aalseth, F. T. Avignone, R. L. Brodzinski, W. K. Hensley,H. S. Miley, J. H. Reeves, I. V. Kirpichnikov, A. S. Starostin, A. A.Vasenko, A. A. Klimenko, S. B. Osetrov, A. A. Smolnikov, S. I.Vasilev, V. S. Pogosov, A. G. Tamanian, S. Cebrian, D. Gonza-les, E. Garcia, I. G. Irastorza, A. Morales, J. Morales, A. Ortizde Solorzano, J. Puimedon, M. L. Sarsa, S. Scopel, S. I. Vasilev,J. A. Villar, “Recent Results Of The Igex Ge-76 Double-Beta DecayExperiment”, Phys. Atom. Nucl. 63, 1225 (2000) [Yad. Fiz. 63, 1299(2000)].

35. C. E. Aalseth, F. T. Avignone, R. L. Brodzinski, W. K. Hensley,H. S. Miley, J. H. Reeves, S. Cebrian, D. Gonzales, E. Garcia,I. G. Irastorza, A. Morales, J. Morales, A. Ortiz de Solorzano, J.Puimedon, M. L. Sarsa, S. Scopel, J. A. Villar, I. V. Kirpichnikov,A. S. Starostin, A. A. Vasenko, A. A. Klimenko, S. B. Osetrov,A. A. Smolnikov, S. I. Vasilev, “New Results Of The Wimp SearchWith The First Igex Ge Detectors”, Phys. Atom. Nucl. 63, 1268 (2000)[Yad. Fiz. 63, 1341 (2000)].

36. S. Cebrian, E. Garcia, D. Gonzalez, I. G. Irastorza, A. Morales,J. Morales, A. Ortiz, A. Peruzzi, J. Puimedon, M. L. Sarsa, S.Scopel, J. A. Villar, “Cold Dark Matter Searches At The CanfrancUnderground Laboratory” New J. Phys. 2, 13 (2000).

37. S. Cebrian, E. Garcia, D. Gonzalez, I. G. Irastorza, A. Morales,J. Morales, A. Ortiz de Solorzano, A. Peruzzi, J. Puimedon,M. L. Sarsa, S. Scopel, J. A. ‘Villar, “Sensitivity plots for WIMPdirect detection using the annual modulation signature”, Astropart.Phys. 14, 339 (2001) [arXiv:hep-ph/9912394].

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38. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Implicationsfor relic neutralinos of the theoretical uncertainties in the neutralinonucleon cross-section”, Astropart. Phys. 13, 215 (2000) [arXiv:hep-ph/9909228].

39. P. Belli, R. Bernabei, A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo, D. Prosperiand S. Scopel, “Extending the DAMA annual-modulation region byinclusion of the uncertainties in astrophysical velocities”, Phys. Rev. D61, 023512 (2000) [arXiv:hep-ph/9903501].

40. S. Cebrian, N. Coron, G. Dambier, E. Garcia, D. Gonzalez, I. G.Irastorza, J. Leblanc, P. de Marcillac, A. Morales, J. Morales,A. Ortiz de Solorzano, J. Puimedon, A. Salinas, M. L. Sarsa, S.Scopel, J. A. Villar, “Performances And Prospects Of The ’Rosebud’Dark Matter Search Experiment”, Astropart. Phys. 10, 361 (1999).

41. S. Cebrian, E. Garcia, D. Gonzalez, I. G. Irastorza, A. Morales,J. Morales, A. Ortiz de Solorzano, J. Puimedon, A. Salinas, M. L.Sarsa, S. Scopel, J. A. Villar, “Prospects of solar axion searcheswith crystal detectors”, Astropart. Phys. 10, 397 (1999) [arXiv:astro-ph/9811359].

42. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Combining thedata of annual modulation effect in WIMP direct detection with mea-surements of WIMP indirect searches”, Astropart. Phys. 10, 203 (1999)[arXiv:hep-ph/9809239].

43. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Neutralino prop-erties in the light of a further indication of an annual modulation effectin WIMP direct search”, Phys. Rev. D 59, 095003 (1999) [arXiv:hep-ph/9808456].

44. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Compatibility ofthe new DAMA/NaI data on an annual modulation effect in WIMPdirect search with a relic neutralino in supergravity schemes”, Phys.Rev. D 59, 095004 (1999) [arXiv:hep-ph/9808459].

45. F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Effects of galactic dark halorotation on WIMP direct detection”, Astropart. Phys. 9, 247 (1998)[arXiv:hep-ph/9803295].

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46. K. Zioutas, C. E. Aalseth, D. Abriola, F. T. Avignone III, R. L.Brodzinski, J. I. Collar, R. Creswick, D. E. Di Gregorio, H. Farach,A. O. Gattone, C. K. Guerard, F. Hasenbalg, M. Hasinoff, H.Huck, A. Liolios, H. S. Miley, A. Morales, J. Morales, D. Nikas,S. Nussinov, A. Ortiz, E. Savvidis, S. Scopel, P. Sievers, J. A.Villar, L. Walckiers, “A decommissioned LHC model magnet as anaxion telescope”, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 425, 482 (1999) [arXiv:astro-ph/9801176].

47. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Pinning downneutralino properties from a possible modulation signal in WIMP directsearch”, Phys. Lett. B 423, 109 (1998) [arXiv:hep-ph/9709292].

48. A. Bottino, F. Donato, G. Mignola, S. Scopel, P. Belli and A. Incic-chitti, “Exploring the supersymmetric parameter space by direct searchfor WIMPs”, Phys. Lett. B 402, 113 (1997) [arXiv:hep-ph/9612451].

49. A. Bottino, N. Fornengo, G. Mignola, M. Olechowski and S. Scopel,“Perspectives for detection of a higgsino-like relic neutralino”, As-tropart. Phys. 6, 395 (1997) [arXiv:astro-ph/9611030].

50. A. Bottino, G. Mignola, M. Olechowski and S. Scopel, “Relic neutrali-nos in a best-fitted MSSM”, Phys. Lett. B 380, 308 (1996) [arXiv:hep-ph/9604379].

51. V. Berezinsky, A. Bottino, J. R. Ellis, N. Fornengo, G. Mignola andS. Scopel, “Searching for relic neutralinos using neutrino telescopes”,Astropart. Phys. 5, 333 (1996) [arXiv:hep-ph/9603342].

52. V. Berezinsky, A. Bottino, J. R. Ellis, N. Fornengo, G. Mignolaand S. Scopel, “Neutralino dark matter in supersymmetric modelswith nonuniversal scalar mass terms”, Astropart. Phys. 5, 1 (1996)[arXiv:hep-ph/9508249].

53. A. Bottino, V. de Alfaro, N. Fornengo, S. Mignola and S. Scopel, “Onthe neutralino as dark matter candidate. 2. Direct detection”, As-tropart. Phys. 2, 77 (1994) [arXiv:hep-ph/9309219].

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54. A. Bottino, V. de Alfaro, N. Fornengo, G. Mignola, S. Scopel,C. Bacci P. Belli, R. Bernabei, E. Gaillard, G. Gerbier, Hao-huai Kuang, A. Incicchitti, J. Mallet, R. Marcovaldi, L. Mosca, D.Prosperi, C. Tao, Yi-gang Xie, “Search for neutralino dark matterwith NaI detectors”, Phys. Lett. B 295, 330 (1992).

55. A. Bottino, V. de Alfaro, N. Fornengo, G. Mignola and S. Scopel, “ANew investigation about neutralino dark matter: Relic density anddetection rates”, Astropart. Phys. 1, 61 (1992).

56. A. Bottino, V. de Alfaro, N. Fornengo, A. Morales, J. Puimedon andS. Scopel, “Direct versus indirect searches for neutralino dark matter”,Mod. Phys. Lett. A 7, 733 (1992).

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List of conference proceedings

1. S. Scopel, “Neutralino dark matter in light of DAMA, PAMELA andFERMI-Lat”, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Sym-metries in Subatomic Physics, Taipei, Taiwan, 2-5 June 2009, Nucl.Phys. A 844, 240C (2010).

2. S. Scopel, “Gravitational Reheating In Quintessential Inflation”, Pro-ceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Topics in As-troparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP2009), Gran Sasso, As-sergi, Italy, 1-5 July 2009 J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 203, 012052 (2010).

3. E. J. Chun and S. Scopel, “Quintessential kination and leptogene-sis”, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Flavor Physics(ICFP), Beijing, China, 2428 September 2007; Editors: Chun Liu andTian-Jun Li, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 23, 3399 (2008).

4. S. Scopel, “Light Relic Neutralinos in Dark Matter direct and indi-rect searches and at the Large Hadron Collider”, Proceedings of The16th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unification ofFundamental Interactions (SUSY2008), Seoul, Korea,16–21 June 2008,AIP Conference Proceedings 1078, Edited by D. H. Hong and P. Ko.

5. S. Scopel, “Leptogenesis amd quintessential kination”, Proceedings ofthe 2007 International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astro-physics (CosPA2007), Taipei, Taiwan, 13-15 November 2007, Mod.Phys. Lett. A23, No. 17-20, 1624 (2008).

6. S. Scopel, “Particle Dark Matter Candidates”, Proceedings of the TenthInternational Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and UndergroundPhysics (TAUP2007), Sendai, Japan, 11-15 September 2007, J. Phys.Conf. Ser. 120, 042003 (2008).

7. E. J. Chun and S. Scopel, “Quintessential kination and leptogenesis”,Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Topics in As-troparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP2007), Sendai, Japan, 11-15 September 2007, J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 120, 022008 (2008).

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8. S. Scopel and J. Sik Lee, ‘ ‘The Lightest Higgs Boson and Relic Neu-tralino in the MSSM with CP Violation”, Proceedings of The 15th Inter-national Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unification of Funda-mental Interactions (SUSY2007), Karlsruhe, Germany, July 26-August1 2007, Published by the University of Karlsruhe in collaboration withTribun EU s.r.o. First Edition, Brno 2008, Edited by Wim de Boerand Iris Gebauer.

9. S. Scopel, “Leptogenesis in Higgs triplet model”, Proceedings of the2nd International Conference on The Dark Side of the Universe(DSU2006), Madrid, Spain, June 20-24 2006, AIP Conference Pro-ceedings, Volume 878, Edited by Carlos Munoz and Gustavo Yepes.

10. S. Scopel, “Low scale Higgs triplet soft leptogenesis”, Proceedings ofthe 9th International Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Under-ground Physics (TAUP 2005), Zaragoza, Spain, September 10-14 2005,J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 39, 12 (2006).

11. S. Scopel, “Neutralino Dark Matter: Update on Direct and IndirectDetection”, Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Par-ticles, Strings and Cosmology (PASCOS 2005), Gyeongju, Korea, 30May–4 June 2005, Edited by K. Choi, J. E. Kim and D. Son.

12. S. Scopel, “Direct and Indirect Search of Light Neutralinos”, Proceed-ings of the 5th Symposium on “Sources and Detection of Dark Matterand Dark Energy in the Universe”, Marina del Rey, California, USA,February 18–20 2004, Edited by D. B. Cline, New Astron. Rev. 49(2005) 23.

13. N. Fornengo, A. Bottino, F. Donato and S. Scopel, “Neutralino darkmatter and gaugino non-universality”, proceedings of the 8th Interna-tional Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics(TAUP 2003), Seattle, Washington, USA, September 5-9 2003, Nucl.Phys. Proc. Suppl. 138, 28 (2005).

14. S. Scopel, “Light Relic Neutralinos”, Proceedings of the Fourth Te-gernsee International Conference on Particle Physics Beyond the Stan-dard Model (BEYOND 2003), Castle Ringberg, Tegernsee, Germany,June 9–14 2003, Edited by H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, Springer.

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15. S. Scopel, “Light Relic Neutralinos”, International Workshop on As-troparticle and High Energy Physics (AHEP-2003), Valencia, Spain,October 14 - 18, published on JHEP, http://jhep.sissa.it/, Edited byM. Hirsch, M. Maltoni, S. Pastor and J.W.F. Valle.

16. S. Scopel, “Neutralino as a Dark Matter Candidate”, 4th InternationalWorkshop on the Identification of Dark Matter (IDM2002), York, Eng-land, 2 - 6 Sep 2002, Edited by Neil J. C. Spooner and V. Kudryavtsev,World Scientific.

17. S. Scopel, “Dark Matter and Supersymmetry”, Proceedings of the In-ternational Conference ”Thinking, Observing and Mining the Universe,Sorrento, Italy, September 22–27 2003, Edited by G. Mele and G.Longo, World Scientific.

18. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Non-Baryonic DarkMatter”, 30th International Meeting On Fundamental Physics (IMFP2002), Jaca, Spain, 28 Jan - 1 Feb 2002, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 114(2003) 27.

19. S. Scopel, “Relic Neutralinos”, 7th International Workshop on Topicsin Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 2001), Assergi, Italy,8-12 Sep 2001, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 110, 76 (2002).

20. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “SupersymmetricDark Matter”, First International Conference on ”Particle and Fun-damental Physics in Space (SPACE PART)”, La Biodola, Isola d’Elba(Italy), May 2002, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 113, 50 (2002) [arXiv:hep-ph/0208273].

21. A. Bottino, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Relic Neutralinos”, COSMO-01, Rovaniemi, Finland, August 29 - September 4, 2001, arXiv:hep-ph/0112238.

22. S. Scopel, “Particle Candidates for Dark Matter”, Proceedings of the13th Rencontres de Blois, ”Frontiers of the Universe”, Blois, LoireValley, France, June 17–23 2001, Edited by L. Celnikier and J. TranVan, The Gioi Publishers, Vietnam.

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23. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Particle candidatesfor dark matter: a case for (dominant or subdominant) relic neutrali-nos”, ”Results and Perspectives in Particle Physics”, Les Rencontresde Physique de la Vallee d’Aoste, La Thuile, March 2001, arXiv:hep-ph/0105233.

24. I. G. Irastorza et al. [COSME-IGEX Joint Collaboration], “Recent re-sults from the Canfranc dark matter search with germanium detectors”,Third International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter,York, England, 18-22 September 2000, arXiv:hep-ph/0011318.

25. S. Cebrian et al., “First Results Of The Igex Dark Matter ExperimentAt The Canfranc Underground Laboratory”, EURESCO Conferenceon Frontiers in Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, San Feliu deGuixols, Spain, 30 Sep - 5 Oct 2000, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 95,229 (2001).

26. S. Scopel, “Neutralino dark matter and direct WIMP searches,” 3rd In-ternational Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter (IDM2000),York, England, 18-22 Sep 2000.

27. S. Cebrian et al., “Status report on the ROSEBUD dark matter ex-periment,” 3rd International Workshop on the Identification of DarkMatter (IDM2000), York, England, 18-22 Sep 2000.

28. S. Scopel, “WIMP direct searches and relic neutralinos”, Conference onCosmology and Particle Physics (CAPP 2000), Verbier, Switzerland,17-28 Jul 2000.

29. A. Alessandrello et al., “The First Step Toward Cuore: Cuoricino, AThermal Detector Array To Search For Rare Events”, 6th InternationalWorkshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP99), Paris, France, 6-10 Sep 1999, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 87, 78(2000).

30. D. Gonzalez et al., “Current Igex Results For Neutrinoless Double-BetaDecay Of Ge-76”, 6th International Workshop on Topics in Astropar-ticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 99), Paris, France, 6-10 Sep1999, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 87, 278 (2000).

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31. S. Cebrian et al., “Status Of The Rosebud Dark Matter ExperimentIn 1999”, 6th International Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle andUnderground Physics (TAUP 99), Paris, France, 6-10 Sep 1999, Nucl.Phys. Proc. Suppl. 87, 500 (2000).

32. I. G. Irastorza et al., “Prospects for solar axions searches with crys-tals via Bragg scattering”, 6th International Workshop on Topics inAstroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 99), Paris, France, 6-10 Sep 1999, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 87, 102 (2000) [arXiv:astro-ph/9912491].

33. S. Scopel et al., “Sensitivity plots for WIMP modulation searches”, 6thInternational Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and UndergroundPhysics (TAUP 99), Paris, France, 6-10 Sep 1999, Nucl. Phys. Proc.Suppl. 87, 111 (2000) [arXiv:hep-ph/9912522].

34. C. Bobin et al., “Towards Measurements Of Recoils Below 4-Kev WithThe Rosebud Experiment”, 5th International Workshop on Topics inAstroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 97), Gran Sasso, Italy,7-11 Sep 1997, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 70, 90 (1999).

35. I. G. Irastorza et al., “Prospects for solar axions searches with crystalsvia Bragg scattering”, 26th International Winter Meeting on Funda-mental Physics, Isla de la Toxa, Galicia, Spain, 1-5 Jun 1998.

36. S. Scopel et al., “Theoretical expectations and experimental prospectsfor solar axions searches with crystal detectors”, 2nd InternationalWorkshop on the Identification of Dark Matter (IDM98), Buxton, Eng-land, 7-11 September 1998, arXiv:astro-ph/9810308.

37. A. Alessandrello et al., “CUORE: A cryogenic underground observatoryfor rare events,” 2nd International Workshop on the Identification ofDark Matter (IDM 98), Buxton, England, 7-11 Sep 1998.

38. I. G. Irastorza et al., “Prospects for solar axions searches with crystalsvia Bragg scattering,” 26th International Winter Meeting on Funda-mental Physics, Illa da Toxa, Galicia, Spain, 1-5 Jun 1998.

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39. C. E. Aalseth et al., “Search for axions or axion-like particles,” Confer-ence on Advances in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas, Thessaloniki,Greece, 8-12 Jul 1997.

40. S. Scopel, “Neutralino Properties From A Possible Modulation SignalIn Wimp Direct Search,” COSMO97: 1st International Workshop onParticle Physics and the Early Universe, Ambleside, England, 15-19Sep 1997.

41. S. Scopel, “Theoretical Expectations for Detection of Neutralino DarkMatter”, Dark Matter in Astro– and Particle Physics (DARK’96), Hei-delberg, Germany, 16–20 september 1996.

42. A. Bottino, F. Donato, N. Fornengo and S. Scopel, “Theoretical expec-tations for direct detection of susy dark matter”, 2nd Workshop on theDark Side of the Universe, Rome, Italy, 13–14 september 1995.

43. A. Bottino, C. Favero, N. Fornengo, G. Mignola and S. Scopel, “Relicneutralinos,” International Workshop on Neutrinoless Double Beta De-cay and Related Topics, Trento, Italy, 24 Apr - 5 May 1995.

44. G. Mignola, V. Berezinsky, A. Bottino, J. R. Ellis, N. Fornengo andS. Scopel, “Signals From Relic Neutralinos”, 4th International Work-shop on Theoretical and Phenomenological Aspects of UndergroundPhysics (TAUP 95), Toledo, Spain, 17-21 Sep 1995, Nucl. Phys. Proc.Suppl. 48, 50 (1996).

45. A. Bottino, N. Fornengo, G. Mignola and S. Scopel, “Searching forrelic neutralinos”, ”Physics from Planck Scale to Electroweak Scale”,Warsaw, September 1994, arXiv:hep-ph/9412290.

46. A. Bottino, N. Fornengo, G. Mignola and S. Scopel, “Neutralinos asdark matter candidates”, 6th International Workshop on: ”NeutrinoTelescopes”, Venice 1994, arXiv:hep-ph/9405417.

47. A. Bottino, V. de Alfaro, N. Fornengo, G. Mignola and S. Scopel,“Neutralino As A Candidate For Cold Dark Matter”, 15th Interna-tional Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics (Neutrino’92), Granada, Spain, 7-12 Jun 1992, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 31,359 (1993).

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48. A. Bottino, V. de Alfaro, N. Fornengo, A. Morales, J. Puimedon andS. Scopel, “Analysis Of Direct Searches For Neutralino Dark Matter”,2nd International Workshop on Theoretical and Phenomenological As-pects of Underground Physics (TAUP 91), Toledo, Spain, 9-13 Sep1991, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 28A, 314 (1992).

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Schools and conferences

1. “The Dark Side of The Universe”, Rome, Italy, 23–25 june 1993.

2. “XXIXth Rencontre de Moriond - Particle Astrophysics, AtomicPhysics and Gravitation, Villar sur Ollon, Switzerland, 22–29 january1994.

3. “IV National Seminar on Theoretical Physics”, Parma, Italy, 5–16september 1994.

4. “Workshop on Cosmology and Particle Physics”, Warsaw, Poland, 19–22 april 1995.

5. “TAN–Network summer school”, Vigso, Denmark, 14–17 august 1995.

6. “4th International Workshop on Theoretical and PhenomenologicalAspects of Underground Physics (TAUP 95)”, Toledo, Spain, 17–21september 1995.

7. “2nd Workshop on The Dark side of the Universe: experimental effortsand theoretical framework”, Rome, November 13–14, 1995.

8. “Dark Matter in Astro– and Particle Physics (DARK’96)”, Heidelberg,Germany, 16–20 september 1996.

9. “COSMO97: 1st International Workshop on Particle Physics and theEarly Universe”, Ambleside, England, 15–19 september 1997.

10. “2nd International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter(IDM98), Buxton, England”, 7–11 september 1998.

11. “26th International Winter Meeting on Fundamental Physics”, Isla dela Toxa, Galicia, Spain, 1–5 june 1998.

12. “6th International Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Under-ground Physics (TAUP 99)”, Paris, France, 6–10 september 1999.

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13. “Conference on Cosmology and Particle Physics (CAPP 2000)”, Ver-bier, Switzerland, 17–28 july 2000.

14. “Gran Sasso Summer Institute on Dark Matter and Supersymmetry”,Assergi, Italy, july 8–21 2000.

15. “Third International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter”,York, England, 18–22 september 2000.

16. ”Dark Matters in Torino”, Villa Gualino, Torino, Italy, 21 february2001.

17. “9th International Conference on Supersymmetry and Unification ofFundamental Interactions (SUSY’01)”, Dubna, Russia, 11–17 june2001.

18. “XIII eme rencontres de Blois - Frontiers of The Universe”, Blois,France, 17–23 june 2001.

19. “7th International Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Under-ground Physics (TAUP 2001)”, Assergi, Italy, 8–12 september 2001.

20. “8th Summer Institute at Gran Sasso National Laboratory on NewDimensions in Astroparticle Physics”, Assergi, Italy, 7–19 july 2002.

21. “4th International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter(IDM2002)”, York, England, 2–6 september 2002.

22. “Fourth International Conference on Physics Beyond the StandardModel, (BEYOND THE DESERT ’03)”, Castle Ringberg, Tegernsee,Germany, 9-14 June 2003.

23. “Thinking, Observing and Mining the Universe”, Sorrento (Italy), 22-27 September 2003.

24. “International Workshop on Astroparticle and High Energy Physics(AHEP-2003)”, Valencia, Spain, 14–18 October 2003.

25. ”6th UCLA Symposium on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter andDark Energy in the Universe”, Marina del Rey, USA, 18–20 february2004.

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26. “3rd KAIST-KIAS Joint Workshop on Particle Physics and Cosmol-ogy”, Daejeon, South Korea, 7–11 June 2004.

27. “KIAS-APCTP-DMRC workshop on the Dark Side of the Universe”,Seoul, South Korea, 24–26 May 2005.

28. “11th International Symposium on Particles, Strings and Cosmology(PASCOS 2005)”, Gyeonju, South Korea, 30 May – 4 June 2005.

29. ”Les Houches International Predoctoral School, session XX: DarkMatter and neutralinos - Astronomical Observations & ExperimentalStrategies”, 28 august – 9 september 2005

30. ”9th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Under-ground Physics (TAUP 2005)”, Zaragoza, Spain, 10–14 September2005.

31. ”4th KAIST-KIAS Joint Workshop on Particle Physics and Cosmol-ogy”, Seoul, South Korea, 10–14 October 2005.

32. “15th Miniworkshop on Particle Physics, Seoul National University,Seoul, South Korea, 14–15 may 2006.

33. “International Workshop on The Dark Side of the Universe”, Madrid,June 20-24, 2006.

34. “International Workshop on Supersymmetry, Electroweak SymmetryBreaking and Particle Cosmology (Summer Institute 2006)”, Asian Pa-cific Center of Theoretical Physics (ACPTP), Pohang, Korea, 23–30August 2006.

35. “First KIAS workshop on flavor, CP violation and LHC/ILC physics”,Seoul, South Korea, 11–12 May 2007.

36. “The Seventh Particle Physics Phenomenology Workshop (PPP7)”,National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 7–10 June 2007.

37. “The 15th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unifi-cation of Fundamental Interactions (SUSY 2007)”, Karlsruhe, GermanyJuly 26–August 1, 2007.

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38. KIAS Miniworkshop on “Perspectives on neutrino physics”, Seoul, Ko-rea, 31 august 2007.

39. ”10th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Under-ground Physics (TAUP 2007)”, Sendai, Japan, 11–15 September 2007.

40. ”International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics(COSPA 2007)”, Taipei, Taiwan, 13–15 November 2007.

41. “YongPyong Astro-Particle and Conformal Topical Physics 2008(APCTP 2008)”,YongPyong, Korea, 25–29 February 2008.

42. ”Dark Side of the Universe (DSU 2008)”, Cairo, Egypt, 1-5 june 2008.

43. ”Preparation school to the 16th International Conference on Super-symmetry and the Unification of Fundamental Interactions (Pre-Susy2008)”, Seoul, Korea, 12-14 june 2008.

44. ”16th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unificationof Fundamental Interactions (Susy 2008)”, Seoul, Korea, 16-21 june2008.

45. ”International School on AstroParticle Physics 2008 - European Doc-torate School” (ISAPP 2008), Madrid, Spain, 21 june - 1 july 2008.

46. ”2009 KIAS–SNU Winter Camp”, Seoul, Korea, january 5–16 2009.

47. ”YongPyong Astro-Particle and Conformal Topical Physics 2009”,YongPyong, Korea, february 23–27 2009.

48. “First mini-workshop in 2009 of the APCTP Topical Research Program”String Theory and Cosmology”, Seoul, Korea, march 21 2009.

49. “4th International Symposium on Symmetries in Subatomic Physics”(SSP2009), Taipei, Taiwan, 2–5 june 2009.

50. “11th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Under-ground Physics” (TAUP 2009), Rome, Italy, 1–5 July 2009.

51. “Extended Workshop on DM, LHC and Cosmology”, Seoul, Korea, 17August – 12 September 2009.

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52. “2009 NIMS-APCTP Joint International workshop on String Theoryand Cosmology - Quantum Gravity Dark Energy and Dark Matter”,Daejeon, South Korea, 24–26 September 2009.

53. “International Workshop on Double Beta Decay Search”, Seoul Na-tional University, Seoul, South Korea, 15–17 october 2009.

54. “International Workshop on Nuclear, Particle and Astrophysics”, SeoulNational University (WCU Program), YongPyong, Korea, 22–24 febru-ary 2010.

55. “YongPyong Astro-Particle and Conformal Topical Physics 2010”(APCTP 2010), YongPyong, Korea, 23–27 February 2010.

56. “4th International Workshop on the Interconnection between ParticlePhysics and Cosmology (PPC 2010)”, Torino, Italy, 12–16 July 2010.

57. ”International School on AstroParticle Physics 2010 - European Doc-torate School” (ISAPP 2010), Zaragoza, Spain, 13–22 July 2010.

58. “Inje University Basic Science Institute symposium & 37th Gravitationand Numerical Relativity Workshop”, Busan, Korea, 16–18 December2010.

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Talks presented at international conferences and lectures

1. “Neutralino direct detection”, TAN–Network summer school, Vigso,Denmark, 14–17 august 1995.

2. “Theoretical expectations for direct detection of susy dark matter”,2nd Workshop on the Dark Side of the Universe, Rome, Italy, 13–14september 1995.

3. “Direct and indirect detection of relic neutralinos’, The Dark side ofthe Universe: experimental efforts and theoretical framework”, Rome,13–14 november 1995.

4. “Theoretical expectations and experimental prospects for solar axionssearches with crystal detectors”, Dark Matter in Astro– and ParticlePhysics (DARK’96), Heidelberg, Germany, 16–20 september 1996.

5. “Neutralino Properties From A Possible Modulation Signal In WimpDirect Search”, COSMO97: 1st International Workshop on ParticlePhysics and the Early Universe, Ambleside, England, 15-19 september1997.

6. “Theoretical expectations and experimental prospects for solar axionssearches with crystal detectors”, 2nd International Workshop on theIdentification of Dark Matter (IDM98), Buxton, England, 7-11 septem-ber 1998.

7. “Sensitivity plots for WIMP modulation searches”, 6th InternationalWorkshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP99), Paris, France, 6-10 september 1999.

8. “Searching for Relic Netralinos”, seminar at the University of Valencia,Spain, 20 january 2000.

9. “WIMP direct searches and relic neutralinos,” Conference on Cosmol-ogy and Particle Physics (CAPP 2000), Verbier, Switzerland, 17-28july 2000.

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10. “Constraints on SUSY Dark Matter from WIMP indirect searches” ,Gran Sasso Summer Institute on ”Dark Matter and Supersymmetry”,july 8-21 2000.

11. “Neutralino dark matter and direct WIMP searches”, 3rd InternationalWorkshop on the Identification of Dark Matter (IDM2000), York, Eng-land, 18-22 september 2000.

12. ”Particle Dark Matter: Indirect Detection”, Dark Matters in Torino,Villa Gualino, Torino, 21 february 2001.

13. “Neutralino Dark Matter”, 9th International Conference on Supersym-metry and Unification of Fundamental Interactions (SUSY’01), Dubna,Russia, 11–17 june 2001.

14. “Particle Candidates for Dark Matter”, XIII eme rencontres de Blois -Frontiers of The Universe, Blois, France, 17–23 june 2001.

15. “Supersymmetric Relics”, 7th International Workshop on Topics in As-troparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 2001), Assergi, Italy, 8-12september 2001.

16. “WIMPS in our Galaxy”, 8th Summer Institute at Gran Sasso NationalLaboratory on New Dimensions in Astroparticle Physics, Assergi, Italy,7–19 july 2002.

17. “Neutralino as a Dark Matter Candidate”, 4th International Workshopon the Identification of Dark Matter (IDM2002), York, England, 2–6september 2002.

18. “”Light Relic Neutralinos”, Fourth International Conference on PhysicsBeyond the Standard Model, (BEYOND THE DESERT ’03)”, CastleRingberg, Tegernsee, Germany, 9-14 June 2003.

19. ”Dark matter and supersymmetry”, “Thinking, Observing and Miningthe Universe”, Sorrento (Italy), 22-27 September 2003.

20. “Light Relic Neutralinos”, “International Workshop on Astroparticleand High Energy Physics (AHEP-2003)”, Valencia, Spain, 14–18 Oc-tober 2003.

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21. “Direct and Indirect Search of Light Relic Neutralinos”, ”6th UCLASymposium on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energyin the Universe”, Marina del Rey, USA, 18–20 february 2004.

22. “Supersymmetric Dark Matter”, “3rd KAIST-KIAS Joint Workshopon Particle Physics and Cosmology”, Daejeon, South Korea, 7–11 June2004.

23. “Supersymmetric Dark Matter”, seminar at the Korea Advanced In-stitute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea, 14April 2005.

24. “Neutralino Dark Matter : update on direct and indirect detection”,“KIAS-APCTP-DMRC workshop on the Dark Side of the Universe”,Seoul, South Korea, 24–26 May 2005.

25. “Neutralino Dark Matter: Update on Direct and Indirect Detection”,“11th International Symposium on Particles, Strings and Cosmology(PASCOS 2005)”, Gyeonju, South Korea, 30 May – 4 June 2005.

26. ”Direct Neutralino Searches: Theoretical Aspects”, 2 lectures given atthe ”Les Houches International Predoctoral School, session XX: DarkMatter and neutralinos - Astronomical Observations & ExperimentalStrategies”, 28 august – 9 september 2005.

27. ”Low–Scale Higgs–triplet Soft Leptogenesis”, ”9th International Con-ference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP2005)”, Zaragoza, Spain, 10–14 September 2005.

28. “Soft Letpogenesis with a Low–Scale Higgs Triplet”, “4th KAIST-KIASJoint Workshop on Particle Physics and Cosmology”, Seoul, South Ko-rea, 10–14 October 2005.

29. “Neutrino Masses, Type–II See–saw and Soft Leptogenesis”, seminarat Torino University, Italy, 6 december 2005.

30. “Leptogenesis in Higgs triplet SUSY models: phenomenological ap-proach and a particular example”, 15th Miniworkshop on ParticlePhysics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 14–15 may2006.

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31. “Neutralino Dark Matter in Unconstrained MSSM”, seminar at SeoulNational University, Seoul, 8 june 2006.

32. “Neutralino Dark Matter in an effective MSSM scenario”, seminar atthe University of Tor Vergata, Rome, 16 june 2006.

33. “Leptogenesis in Higgs triplet model”, International Workshop on TheDark Side of the Universe, Madrid, June 20-24, 2006.

34. “Leptogenesis in Higgs triplet model”, International Workshop on Su-persymmetry, Electroweak Symmetry Breaking and Particle Cosmol-ogy (Summer Institute 2006), Asian Pacific Center of TheoreticalPhysics (ACPTP), Pohang, Korea, 23–30 August 2006.

35. “Lower Bounds to the Higgs and the Neutralino Masses in the MSSMwith CP Violation”, First KIAS workshop on flavor, CP violation andLHC/ILC physics, Seoul, South Korea, 11-12 May 2007.

36. “Lightest Higgs Boson and Relic Neutralino in the MSSM with CPViolation”, The Seventh Particle Physics Phenomenology Workshop(PPP7)”, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 7–10 June 2007.

37. “ The Lightest Higgs Boson and Relic Neutralino in the MSSM with CPViolation”, The 15th International Conference on Supersymmetry andthe Unification of Fundamental Interactions (SUSY 2007), Karlsruhe,Germany July 26–August 1, 2007.

38. ”Quintessential Kination and Leptogenesis”, KIAS Miniworkshop onPerspectives on neutrino physics, Seoul, Korea, 31 august 2007.

39. ”Particle Dark Matter Candidates”, invited review talk at the 10thInternational Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and UndergroundPhysics (TAUP 2007), Sendai, Japan, 11–15 September 2007.

40. ”Leptogenesis and Quintessential Kination”, International Symposiumon Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (COSPA 2007)”, Taipei, Tai-wan, 13–15 November 2007.

41. “Zooming in on light relic neutralinos by direct detection and measure-ments of galactic antimatter”, seminar at National Central University,Jhongli, Taiwan, 21 November 2007.

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42. ”Leptogenesis and Quintessential Kination”, seminar at Torino Univer-sity, Italy, 19 December 2007.

43. “New light relic neutralino benchmark at the LHC”, YongPyong Astro-Particle and Conformal Topical Physics 2008 (APCTP 2008), YongPy-ong, Korea, 25–29 February 2008.

44. ”Dark Matter and the The WIMP Miracle”, Colloquium at the KoreanInstitute of Advanced Study (KIAS), Seoul, Korea, 15 may 2008.

45. ”Light relic neutralinos in Dark Matter direct and indirect searches andat the Large Hadron Collider”, Dark Side of the Universe (DSU 2008),Cairo, Egypt, 1-5 june 2008.

46. ”Dark Matter”, 2 invited lectures to the Preparation school to the16th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unificationof Fundamental Interactions (Pre-Susy 2008), Seoul, Korea, 12-14 june2008.

47. ”Light relic neutralinos in Dark Matter direct and indirect searchesand at the Large Hadron Collider ”, 16th International Conference onSupersymmetry and the Unification of Fundamental Interactions (Susy2008), Seoul, Korea, 16-21 june 2008.

48. ”Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), 3 invited lectures atthe International School on AstroParticle Physics 2008 - European Doc-torate School (ISAPP 2008), Madrid, Spain, 21 june - 1 july

49. ”The Dark Side of the Universe: the Copernican Revolution of ourTime’, Colloquium at the 2009 KIAS–SNU Winter Camp”, Seoul, Ko-rea, january 5–16 2009.

50. ”The DAMA/Libra result and light relic neutralinos”, YongPyongAstro-Particle and Conformal Topical Physics 2009, YongPyong, Ko-rea, february 23–27 2009.

51. ”The Quest for Dark Matter in the era of the latest experimental ob-servations: PAMELA, ATIC, DAMA/LIBRA, Fermi-GLAST, INTE-GRAL”, invited talk at the First mini-workshop in 2009 of the APCTP

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Topical Research Program ”String Theory and Cosmology”, Seoul, Ko-rea, march 21 2009.

52. ”Neutralino Dark Matter in Light of DAMA, PAMELA and FERMI-Lat”, invited talk at the 4th International Symposium on Symmetriesin Subatomic Physics (SSP2009), Taipei, Taiwan, june 2-5 2009

53. ”Gravitational reheating in quintessential inflation”, 11th Interna-tional Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics(TAUP 2009), Rome, Italy, 1–5 July 2009.

54. “Dirac Gaugino as leptophilic dark matter”, Extended Workshop onDM, LHC and Cosmology, Seoul, Korea, 17 August – 12 September2009.

55. ”Neutralino Dark Matter in light of DAMA, PAMELA and FERMI-Lat“, 2009 NIMS-APCTP Joint International workshop on String The-ory and Cosmology - Quantum Gravity Dark Energy and Dark Matter,Daejeon, South Korea, 24–26 September 2009.

56. “Weakly Interacting Massive Particles and The Quest for Dark Mat-ter”, seminar at Seogang University, Seoul, South Korea, 7 october2009.

57. ”Review of dark matter searches and comments on CMO DM search“,International Workshop on Double Beta Decay Search, Seoul NationalUniversity, Seoul, South Korea, 15–17 october 2009.

58. “Languages and Science” (in italian), invited seminar at the Depart-ment of Italian of the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yogin,Seoul, South Korea, 22 october 2009.

59. “Neutralino dark matter in light of the latest results from CDMSIIand DAMa/Libra“,International Workshop on Nuclear, Particle andAstrophysics, Seoul National University (WCU Program), YongPyong,Korea, 22–24 february 2010.

60. “Dark matter searches after the latest results from CDMSIIand DAMa/Libra“,YongPyong Astro-Particle and Conformal TopicalPhysics 2010 (APCTP 2010), YongPyong, Korea, 23–27 February 2010.

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61. “Is a Dark Matter interpretation of DAMA, CDMS2 and CoGeNTobservations still viable in light of XENON100?”, invited seminar atYonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 31 May 2010.

62. “Supersymmetric Dark Matter”, invited talk at the fourth internationalWorkshop on the Interconnection between Particle Physics and Cos-mology (PPC 2010), Torino, Italy, 12-16 July 2010.

63. ”Dark Matter”, invited lecture at the International School on As-troParticle Physics 2010 - European Doctorate School (ISAPP 2010),Zaragoza, Spain, 13-22 July 2010.

64. “Light Neutralinos in the MSSM and constraints from Tevatron andB-factories”, invited talk at the Inje University Basic Science Institutesymposium & 37th Gravitation and Numerical Relativity Workshop,Busan, Korea, 16–18 December 2010.

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Subjects of Research

I started my research activity in Torino in 1991, under the tutoring ofprof. A. Bottino and in collaboration with the other members of his researchgroup, working on the calculation of relic abundance and direct and indirectdetection rates of particle dark matter.

During 1992 I attended the Annual Course of “Advanced Studies in Nu-clear and Subnuclear Physics and Astrophysics” at the University of Torino.

After one year of military draft, in 1994 I started a Ph.D. program atthe University of Genoa that ended at the beginning of 1997, under the jointtutoring of Prof. G. Ridolfi and prof. A. Bottino. During my stay in GenoaI concentrated on Supersymmetric model building, developing programs forthe calculation of the supersymmetric particle spectrum and neutralino detec-tion signals in various theoretical schemes like Supergravity–inspired modelsand more phenomenological ones.

Afterwords I continued my research activity from the end of 1997 to thebeginning of 2000 at the Laboratory of Nuclear Physics of the University ofSaragossa (Spain) under the supervision of Prof. A. Morales. In this periodI continued my theoretical activity on WIMP direct detection, while at thesame time I worked also on axion phenomenology and worked directly in theexperimental activity of the underground laboratory of Canfranc, maintainedby the University of Saragossa (taking part to data analysis and the perfor-mance of Montecarlo simulations). At the same time I continued my col-laboration on supersymmetric dark matter phenomenology with the TorinoGroup of prof. Bottino.

After my return to Torino in the spring of 2000 I have continued myactivity on dark matter detection, neutralino phenomenology and galaxydynamics.

Between november 2004 and october 2008 I have worked in the KoreaInstitute of Advanced Study (KIAS) in Seoul, with the position of AssistantProfessor, where I have continued my research on neutralino phenomenol-ogy and have started a new line of investigation on thermal leptogenesis incollaboration with Eung Jin Chun (KIAS).

Starting from november 2008 I have moved to Seoul National University

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(SNU) with the position of associate professor, and from september 2008 Ihave started teaching particle physics and Cosmology for graduate students.

My main research activity can be summarized as follows:

• Neutralino relic abundance. I have worked in the calculation of thepresent–day dark matter density. This includes the evaluation of theneutralino annihilation cross section, taking into account all the possi-ble kinematically final states, and the calculation of its thermal aver-age in the early Universe, including resonance and thresholds effects. Ihave also worked in the field of non–standard cosmological scenarios,like “low–reheating temperature” models. Recently, I have calculatedthe relic density of the neutralino in models without gaugino unifica-tion, improving previous results on the cosmological lower bound onthe neutralino mass.

• Neutralino direct detection. Neutralino and WIMP direct detectionconsists in the measurements of the recoil energy deposited in low–background underground detectors by dark matter particles scatteringelastically off target nuclei. Many experimental direct searches are un-der way, one of which, the DAMA experiment, has detected an annualmodulation feature in the data which, as proven for the first time in aseries of publications by the Torino group and myself, can be compat-ible to a neutralino signal. The calculation of expected signal includesthe evaluation of the neutralino nucleus elastic cross section (relatedaspects are susy modeling, nuclear form factors, hadronic matrix ele-ments and energy quenching factors) and a convolution on the WIMPvelocity distribution in the Galaxy (see related item).

• Neutralino indirect detection: neutrino fluxes from the Earth and theSun. The neutralino annihilation rate is increased whenever their den-sity is is enhanced. The density build-up produced by gravitationalWIMP capture in celestial bodies like the Earth or the Sun is expectedto lead to a flux of high energy neutrinos, the only final states whichare not stopped inside. These neutrinos are in principle measurable byCerenkov underground detectors which can reveal the up-going muonsproduced by the neutrino conversion in the rock underneath the labo-ratory. Evaluation of these signals includes a calculation of the capturerate of neutralinos in the celestial body (convoluted over their velocity

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distribution), calculation of neutralino annihilation cross section and ofthe balance between capture and annihilation; calculation of the neu-trino contribution from all final states and of neutrino conversion intomuons.

• Dark Dark matter and solar physics. I have studied the possible linksbetween the issue of WIMP capture in the Sun and the constraintswhich can be derived from solar physics, showing in particular thatno constraints can be derived at present from helioseismology and 8B

neutrinos for WIMPs with mass above 30 GeV.

• Axion phenomenology. Axions may be detected through their couplingwith two photons. This coupling leads to the conversion of axions intophotons when they cross a magnetic field. The inverse process, i.e. theconversion of photons into axions in an electro–magnetic background,is expected to take place in the interior of stars, leading so to an al-ternative mechanism to their energy emission that can have dramaticeffects on the star lifetime and luminosity. Axions produced in theSun with this mechanism and compatible to the latest, strongest helio–seismologic limits can in principle be detected by making use of crystaldetectors of the same type as those used in direct WIMP searches anddouble–beta decay. Axions can pass in the proximity of the atomicnuclei of the crystal where the intense electric field can trigger theirconversion into photons. In the process detectable x–rays of a few keVare generated in the crystal. Depending on the direction of the in-coming axion flux with respect to the planes of the crystal lattice, acoherent effect can be produced when the Bragg condition is fulfilled,leading so to a strong enhancement of the signal. A correlation of theexpected count–rate with the position of the Sun in the sky is a distinc-tive signature of the axion which can be used, at the least, to improvethe signal/background ratio.

In particular, I have worked in the analytical calculation of expectedrates for this process and developed a code used both for data analysisand phenomenological studies, taking part to the data analysis of twoexperiments, COSME and DAMA. The analysis of the data of DAMAlead to the publication of the most stringent laboratory limit on theaxion–photon coupling in the highest range of the allowed axion mass.

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• Dark halo velocity distribution. All expected signals for WIMP searchesstrongly depend on the velocity distribution function of WIMPs andtheir density in the halo. The isothermal sphere is the usual assump-tion, but many departures from this simplifying model are possible(including effects due to different density profiles, anisotropy of the ve-locity dispersion tensor, flatness, triaxiality or corotation of the halo)which may lead to significant changes of predictions. In particular Iworked in a comprehensive study where the effect of the uncertaintyof the velocity distribution function is included in the analysis of theDAMA annual modulation data. Recently, I have shown how the latestlimits from dark matter searches on light neutralinos (CDMS, Edel-weiss, ZEPLIN) are strongly dependent on the uncertainties of thevelocity distribution, and cannot conservatively rule out models withneutralino masses below 50 GeV.

• Supersymmetry model–building. Since the more general pattern of su-persymmetry breaking may be parametrized in term of more then 100parameters, neutralino phenomenology is usually studied by adoptingdifferent scenarios. I studied in detail and developed computer pro-grams to calculate some of these scenarios. The more constrainedone is the Supergravity–inspired (SUGRA) model, where particularboundary conditions are adopted for soft breaking terms (i.e. the di-mensional parameters of the susy–breaking lagrangian that do not in-troduce quadratic divergences in the model) at the Grand Unification(GUT) scale. Weak–scale phenomenology is then obtained by runningRenormalization Group Equation (RGE). In these models the Electro-Weak (EW) symmetry is broken radiatively. In this kind of modelsthe calculation of the susy particle spectrum include the evaluation ofall 1–loop corrections, in order to fix the boundary conditions of theRGEs, and the numerical solution of coupled RGE’s for all couplingsand soft breaking terms. I have also worked in the study of alternativescenarios, where SUGRA boundary conditions are relaxed. RecentlyI have calculated the cosmological lower limit of the neutralino massin models without gaugino unification, improving previous results. Ihave also analyzed phenomenological models where all physical param-eters are directly defined at the EW scale with the smaller number oftheoretical assumptions.

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• Implications on the neutralino relic abundance and on dark mattersearches of accelerator measurements. I have developed codes to im-plement the calculation of susy corrections to FCNC effects like theb → sγ decay, the evaluation of the susy contribution to the anomalousmagnetic moment of the muon, the evaluation of detection rates of susyHiggs bosons at LEP, and in general the impact of updated acceleratorbounds on the couplings and masses of supersymmetric particles.

• Experimental aspects of Dark Matter searches. As a phenomenologistin Astroparticle physics I have taken advantage of a close and fruitfulcollaboration with many experimentalists. In particular I have been amember of several experimental Collaborations such as IGEX (double-beta decay), Rosebud (direct Dark Matter searches) and CAST (searchof solar axions). This allowed me to learn important aspects usefulto bridge the gap between abstract theoretical models and realisticexperimental predictions. Moreover, I have developed some skills di-rectly related to experimental dark matter searches, in particular indata analysis and background study (from radioactive contaminationsand cosmogenics).

• Leptogenesis in Higgs triplet Model The type–II see-saw mechanism,through which a Higgs triplet can generate the neutrino masses via itsleptor-number–violating interaction to leptons, is particularly predic-tive since its phenomenology depends only on one matrix of Yukawacouplings. Moreover, the same couplings mediate lepton-number-violating decays of the same triplet in the early Universe. In pres-ence of a suitable source of CP violation, which may be provided bysoft SUSY-breaking terms in the supersymmetric version of the model,these decays may generate a lepton asymmetry, that can be convertedto a baryon asymmetry by sphaleron interactions and explain the preva-lence of matter over antimatter in the present Universe. This modelwas introduced and discussed in the literature for a very wide range ofthe triplet mass. However, I have contributed to show that, in orderto work properly, this mechanism needs a particularly light mass forthe triplet, of order of a few TeV, due to the gauge interactions thatkeep the triplet in thermal equilibrium with the plasma until late times.This scenario would open up interesting possibilities of testing neutrino

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physics at future accelerators.

• Leptogenesis and Kination I have analysed how the hypothesis of ki-nation is compatible with leptogenesis. The Dark Energy driving theexpansion rate of the Universe today could be generated by the evo-lution of a quintessence field. In this case the quintessence field couldhave passed through a period when its energy was dominated by itskinetic term. During this epoch, called kination, the expansion rate ofthe Universe was much faster than in the standard radiation–dominatedscenario. The possibility of kination is not constrained by observationas long as it happens before nucleosynthesys, and modifies predictionsfor the relic abundance of the Dark Matter in a significant way, al-lowing in particular for much higher signals for Dark Matter detectionthan in the standard case. This scenario has also been discussed inthe context of inflationary models. I have analysed how the hypoth-esis of kination is compatible with leptogenesis in an MSSM scenariowhere the lepton asymmetry in the Universe is produced by the decayof right–handed heavy (s)neutrinos (type–I see-saw), proving that, de-pending on the temperature T

rwhen kination and radiation provide

the same contribution to the energy density of the Universe, leptoge-nesis can proceed in very different different scenarios, from strong tosuper–weak wash–out. Typically, the efficiency of leptogenesis is lowerthan in the standard case, although some exceptions are possible whenit can be even higher. However, allowing for resonant CP violation oforder one, successful leptogenesis can always be achieved, even in theless favourable situations. We also found that, in spite of the dramaticincrease in the expantion rate of the Universe, both gauge interactions,allowing thermalization of the plasma after reheating, and sphaleroninteractions, allowing for the conversion of the lepton asymmetry tothe baryon asymmetry observed today, are fast enough to be effective.

In addition to my scientific activity, I have developed technical knowl-edge of computers. In particular I have worked in the development of com-plex codes for the calculation of neutralino and axion phenomenology. Mytechnical computer skills include:

• Operating systems: Linux, Windows, VMS

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• Program languages: Fortran, C

• Symbolic calculus: Maple

• Text and graphics processing: Word, LaTeX, SuperMongo, Gnuplot

• Numerical tools: Montecarlo techniques, numerical libraries (NumericalRecipes, Cernlib).

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Research Interests and Future Plans

My research interests include:

• Particle candidates for dark matter.

• Calculation of direct and indirect WIMP signals.

• Galaxy models and galactic dynamics.

• Supersymmetry model–building.

• Axion phenomenology.

• Thermal leptogenesis.

My future plans include:

• Calculation of WIMP direct and indirect detection signals making useof the latest results on the WIMP velocity distribution coming from an-alytical models and numerical simulations on galaxy formation. Studyof directional effects in direct detection signals. Development of a codefor the reconstruction of the velocity distribution function from thedata of a detector sensitive to the incoming direction of WIMPs.

• Extension of supersymmetry model building to scenarios suggested bythe latest theoretical developments. A possible example is given bymodels where supersymmetry breaking is induced by string theory or D-branes. In some of these models the GUT scale may be much lower thanusually assumed, implying departures from the usual phenomenology.Another research subject I am interested in is studying the effect of CPviolation on neutralino phenomenology.

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• Improvement of the calculation of the WIMP relic abundance includ-ing effects like coannihilation and resonances, as well as non–standardcosmological assumptions.

• Study of quintessence models in supersymmetry, in order to correlatethe neutralino dark matter to the dark energy dominating the Universe.

• Phenomenological analysis of thermal leptogenesis in type–I and type–II see-saw scenarios for neutrino masses, through numerical and ana-lytical solutions of Boltzmann equations in the early Universe with theinclusion of all relevant effects (annihilations, lepton–number-violatingscatterings, flavour–dependent effects, etc.) also in non–standard cos-mologies.

• Discussion of signals expected at LHC for light relic neutralinos.