Umberto Follo

Ph.D. candidate in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni , 38^th cycle (2022-2025)
Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (DET)

umberto.follo@polito.it

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PhD

Thesis title

Design and test results of a 110 nm monolithic CMOS sensor with internal gain for sub-100 ps time-of-flight detectors

Research topic

Design and characterisation of sensors and electronics for high resolution timing applications

Tutors

Keywords

Radiation detectors and associated readout electronics

Biography

I have always been passionate about mathematics and physics. In fact, after high school, I started a Bachelor's degree course in Physics at the University of Turin, which later led to a Master's degree in Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics.
During my academic path, I attended some courses in electronics that turned out to be very interesting. In the meanwhile I have also become familiar with Arduino and Raspberry devices for some personal and academic activities.
In my master's thesis work, I was involved in the electronics design of a monolithic sensor which I am now testing, during my PhD. I will later develop an improved version with some additional functionalities.
One of my most important projects was the construction of a cloud chamber using Peltier cells, that is currently being used by the Italian Association of Physics Students (AISF) for divulgation purposes.

Awards and Honors

Best Poster Award* in the 2024 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Tampa, Florida, USA Paper: N-13-154: Characterization of Monolithic CMOS Sensors with Internal Gain in a 110 nm Technology Node *2nd Place Student Paper Award (1st prize is given to the best oral contribution) (2024)
Oral presentation award in the 2025 Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics (TWEPP) (2025)
Best Poster Award* in the 2025 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Yokohama, Japan. Paper: N-01-215: Development of the monolithic CMOS LGAD implemented in the 110 nm CMOS technology *2nd Place Student Paper Award (2025)

Publications

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Pagliarino, Valerio; Bortone, Alberto; Falchieri, Davide; Follo, Umberto; Petrini, ... (2026)
A versatile readout system for front-end ASICs with HLS-based hardware-accelerated processing capabilities. In: JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, vol. 21. ISSN 1748-0221
Contributo su Rivista
Acharya, S.; Adamová, D.; Agarwal, A.; Aglieri Rinella, G.; Aglietta, L.; Agnello, M.; ... (2025)
Probing Strangeness Hadronization with Event-by-Event Production of Multistrange Hadrons. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, vol. 134. ISSN 0031-9007
Contributo su Rivista
Null, Null; Acharya, S.; Adamová, D.; Agarwal, A.; Aglieri Rinella, G.; Aglietta, L.; ... (2025)
Measurement of the inclusive isolated-photon production cross section in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV. In: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, vol. 85. ISSN 1434-6052
Contributo su Rivista
Acharya, S.; Adamová, D.; Agarwal, A.; Aglieri Rinella, G.; Aglietta, L.; Agnello, M.; ... (2025)
Particle production as a function of charged-particle flattenicity in 𝑝⁢𝑝 collisions at √𝑠=13 TeV. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D, vol. 111. ISSN 2470-0010
Contributo su Rivista
Acharya, S.; Adamová, D.; Agarwal, A.; Aglieri Rinella, G.; Aglietta, L.; Agnello, M.; ... (2025)
Investigating Λ baryon production in p-Pb collisions in jets and the underlying event using angular correlations. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW C, vol. 111. ISSN 2469-9985
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