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Luca Gammaitoni

University of Perugia, Italy

Luca Gammaitoni is an experimental physicist at the University of Perugia and director of the Noise in Physical Systems Laboratory. His research examines fluctuations, energy conversion and the physical limits of information processing.

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Highest degreePh.D. in Physics
UpdatedNov 2026
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About Luca Gammaitoni

Luca Gammaitoni is an experimental physicist at the University of Perugia and director of the Noise in Physical Systems Laboratory. His research examines fluctuations, energy conversion and the physical limits of information processing.

Academic background and professional work

He received his physics doctorate from the University of Pisa in 1990. His work includes micro- and nanoscale energy transformations, nonequilibrium thermodynamics and vibration energy harvesting. He founded the university spin-off Wisepower and was among the recipients of the 2016 Special Breakthrough Prize associated with gravitational-wave detection.

Contribution to books in this library

He coedited ICT – Energy – Concepts Towards Zero. His contributions include energy management at the nanoscale, the minimum energy of computing, and the volume’s collaborative research agenda.

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Education

  • Ph.D. in Physics, University of Pisa (1990)

Selected awards and achievements

  • 2016 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (shared recognition for gravitational-wave observation)
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Profile updated 11 November 2026

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