Professor Enrico Schiappacasse has led several innovative projects related to indirect searches of dark matter candidates (axions, WIMPs, dark photons, and primordial black holes) in various well-motivated cosmological scenarios. He is an expert in Bose-Einstein condensate of axions, holding several highly cited papers which have significantly improved our axion physics understanding. His research interests rest in the interface between cosmology, astrophysics and particle physics. Currently, he is exploring different astrophysical signatures associated with compelling dark matter candidates, such as axions, dark photons, and/or primordial black holes. He is also exploring dark signatures beyond standard cosmology.

As a Fulbrighter, Dr. Enrico D. Schiappacasse obtained his PhD in theoretical physics at the Tufts Institute of Cosmology, Tufts University (USA), in 2018, being trained by Mark P. Hertzberg (worldwide expert in axion physics) and Lawrence H. Ford (renowned expert in quantum gravity). After his PhD, he spent several years as a postdoctoral researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China), the University of Jyväskylä and University of Helsinki (Finland), and Rice University (USA). In April 2024, he joined as a faculty the theoretical physics group at the Universidad San Sebastián.

Enrico Schiappacasse has national and international experience about lecturing physics and mathematical (undergraduate and/or graduate) courses including, but not limited to, axion physics, quantum mechanics, astrobiology, general physics, and differential calculus.