Cosimo Campanella receives the IEEE NPSS Paul Phelps 2022 Prize

Cosimo Campanella is the recipient of the 2022 Paul Phelps Award of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) that recognizes “exceptional promise as a student, postdoc or research associate in any of the fields of NPSS, or exceptional work in those fields”. The IEEE NPSS (http://ieee-npss.org/) is the premier professional association for the advancement of the nuclear and plasma sciences, sponsoring seven technical conferences and three peer-reviewed journals.

Cosimo is a 2018 graduate of Politecnico di Bari. After doing his master internship in Spring 2018 on radiation effects on optical amplifiers within the Laboratoire Hubert Curien’s MOPERE team (Materials for Optics and Photonics in Extreme Radiation Environment), Cosimo remained in the same team to work on his doctorate under the supervision of Prof. Aziz Boukenter and Prof. Franck Mady (from the Nice’s INPHYNI lab). He is studying the combined effects of radiation, hydrogen and temperature effects on the various types of passive optical fibers, from radiation hardened ones to sensitive ones. During his PhD, Cosimo authored and co-authored no less than 18 publications in scientific journals. His PhD thesis is funded by the PIA-ANR project CERTYF, led by the Université Jean Monnet in close collaboration with ANDRA (Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs), IRSN (Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire) and the Université de Côte d’Azur.

Cosimo will receive his award at the 2022 NSREC Conference in Provo, Utah in July 2022 and should defend his PhD that same month.