Rate My Professor Fabrizio Caola

Fabrizio Caola is Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, and Tutorial Fellow in Physics at Wadham College. He obtained his PhD in Physics from the Università di Milano and INFN in July 2011, with a thesis titled 'High-Energy Resummation in Perturbative QCD: Theory and Phenomenology' supervised by Prof. Stefano Forte. Prior degrees include a Laurea Magistrale in Physics from Università di Milano in October 2007 (110/110 cum laude), a Laurea Triennale in Physics from the same institution in October 2005 (110/110 cum laude), and a Degree in Concert Pianist from Conservatorio di Musica G. Verdi di Milano in July 2007.

Caola's career trajectory encompasses Associate Professor at the University of Oxford and Tutorial Fellow at Wadham College from January 2019 to August 2024, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) at Durham University from October 2016 to December 2018, Fellow in the CERN Theory Division from November 2014 to October 2017, Visiting Fellow at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology from July to November 2014, Post-Doctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University from August 2011 to July 2014, and Fulbright Visiting Student Researcher at Fermilab from January to July 2011. His research specializes in theoretical particle physics, focusing on Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of strong interactions, and collider phenomenology. He develops quantum field theory techniques for high-precision predictions of key Large Hadron Collider (LHC) processes, including Higgs boson production and scattering amplitudes. Notable projects include the hipQCD ERC Starting Grant (2019-2024) and precSM ERC Consolidator Grant (2024-2029). Awards comprise the Guido Altarelli Award (2016), Martin and Beate Block Award (2016), Fulbright Fellowship (2010), and Premio Galluzzi per la Fisica (2008). Key publications feature 'Investigating the universality of five-point QCD scattering amplitudes at high energy' (Journal of High Energy Physics, 2025), 'Two-loop mixed QCD-electroweak amplitudes for Z +jet production at the LHC: bosonic corrections' (Journal of High Energy Physics, 2024), and 'Precise predictions for boosted Higgs production' (SciPost Physics Core, 2024). He has held roles such as theory convenor for LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group subgroups (2014-2021), steering committee member for the LHC Higgs Working Group (since 2021), and organizer of conferences like 'High Time for Higher Orders' (2018). Caola teaches 'Standard Model and Beyond I' in the MSc in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics, tutors Quantum Mechanics and Nuclear and Particle Physics at Wadham, and supervises DPhil students.