Alessandro Fiasconaro

		Associate Professor Profesor Titular PhD in Physics (2002) - Catania, IT
		Dpto de Física de la Materia Condensada (UZ) Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI) Grupo de Física Estadística y No Lineal (FENOL) Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura Universidad de Zaragoza C/ María de Luna, 3 E-50018 Zaragoza, Spain		Tel: +34 97676 5208 Fax: +34 97676 1861 E-mail: afiascon@unizar.es
		Visiting scholar • 2022 - CNR, Institute of Biophysics (IBF), Palermo, IT Postdoctoral research experiences: • 2013-2015 Queen Mary University of London, UK • 2009-2013 Universidad de Zaragoza, ES • 2006-2007 Jagiellonian University, Cracow, PL • 2002-2005 Università di Palermo, IT Teaching: • General Physics • Physics Methods III • Biological Modelling (Master degree)

Papers

ORCID: 0000-0001-6859-099X

Total number of citations up to October, 2023

ISI Web of Science: 1970 h-index: 21

Google SCHOLAR: 2469 h-index: 24 i10-index: 41

2023

59. A. Sáinz-Agost, F. Falo, A. Fiasconaro
    Polymer translocation driven by longitudinal and transversal time-dependent end-pulling force,
    Physical Review E 108, 034501 (2023). [article] [preprint]
    

58. A. Fiasconaro, F. Falo,
    Elastic traits of the extensible discrete worm-like chain model,
    Physical Review E 107, 024501 (2023). [article] [preprint]
    

2022

57. A. Fiasconaro, G. Díez-Señorans, F. Falo,
    End-pulled polymer translocation through a many-body flexible pore,
    Polymer 259, 125305 (2022). [article]
    

2019

56. A.E. Bergues-Pupo, F. Falo and A. Fiasconaro,
    Modelling the DNA topology: the effect of the loop bending on G-quadruplex stability,
    Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiments, 094004 (2019). [article]
    

55. A. Fiasconaro, F. Falo,
    Analytical results of the extensible freely jointed chain model,
    Physica A 532, 121929 (2019). [article]
    

2018

54. A. Fiasconaro, F. Falo,
    Force spectroscopy analysis in polymer translocation,
    Physical Review E 98, 06251 (2018). [article]
    

2017

53. A.E. Bergues-Pupo, I. Gutiérrez, J.R. Arias-Gonzalez, F. Falo, A. Fiasconaro,
    Mesoscopic model for DNA G-quadruplex unfolding,
    Scientific Report 7: 11756 (2017). [article]
    

52. A. Fiasconaro, J. Mazo, f. Falo
    Active translocation of a semiflexible polymer assisted by an ATP-based molecular motor,
    Scientific Report 7: 4188 (2017). [article]
    

2016

51. A. Fiasconaro, E. Strano, V. Nicosia, S. Porta, V. Latora,
    Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Micro Economic Activities in Rome Reveals Patterns of Mixed-Use Urban Evolution,
    PLoS ONE DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0151681 (2016). [article]
    

2015

50. A.E. Bergues Pupo, J. R. Arias-Gonzalez, M.C. Moron, A. Fiasconaro, F. Falo,
    Role of the central cations in the mechanical unfolding of DNA and RNA G-quadruplexes,
    Nucleic Acids Research 43, 7638 (2015). [article]
    

49. A. Fiasconaro, M. Tumminello, V. Nicosia, V. Latora, R.N. Mantegna,
    Hybrid recommendation methods in complex networks,
    Physical Review E 92, 012811 (2015). [article]
    

48. A.E. Bergues Pupo, J. M. Bergues, F. Falo, A. Fiasconaro,
    Thermal and inertial resonances in DNA unzipping,
    European Physical Journal E 38, 41 (2015). [article]
    

47. A. Fiasconaro, J.J. Mazo, F. Falo,
    Active polymer translocation in the three-dimensional domain,
    Physical Review E 91, 022113 (2015). [article]
    

2014

46. A.E. Bergues-Pupo, F. Falo, A. Fiasconaro,
    Resonant optimization in the DNA unzipping,
    Europhysics Letters 105, 68005 (2014). [article]
    

2013

45. L. V. Gambuzza, A. Cardillo, A. Fiasconaro, L. Fortuna, J. Gomez-Gardenes, M. Frasca,
    Analysis of remote synchronization in complex networks,
    Chaos 23, 043103 (2013). [article]
    

44. A.E. Bergues Pupo, F. Falo, A. Fiasconaro,
    DNA overstretching transition induced by melting in a dynamical mesoscopic model,
    Journal of Chemical Physics 139, 095101 (2013). [article]
    

43. R. Perez-Carrasco, A. Fiasconaro, F. Falo, J. M. Sancho,
    Modeling the mechano-chemistry of the φ29 DNA translocation motor,
    Physical Review E 87, 032721 (2013). [article]
    

42. A. Fiasconaro, E. Gudowska-Nowak, W. Ebeling,
    Controlling uphill motion of active Brownian particle driven by shot noise energy pulses,
    Physical Review E 87, 032111 (2013). [article]
    

41. N. Pizzolato, A. Fiasconaro, D. Persano Adorno, B. Spagnolo,
    Translocation dynamics of a short polymer driven by an oscillating force,
    Journal of Chemical Physics 138, 054902 (2013). [article]
    

2012

40. A. Fiasconaro, F. Falo,
    Dynamical model for the full stretching curve of DNA,
    Physical Review E 86, 032902 (2012). [preprint] [article]
    

39. D. Santos-Oliván, A. Fiasconaro, F. Falo,
    Directional motion of forced polymer chains with hydrodynamic interaction,
    Physical Review E 86, 031804 (2012). [preprint] [article]
    

38. B. Spagnolo, P. Caldara, A. La Cognata, G. Augello, D. Valenti, A. Fiasconaro, A. A. Dubkov, G. Falci,
    Relaxation phenomena in classical and quantum systems,
    Acta Physica Polonica B 43, 1169 (2012). [pdf] [article]
    

37. B. Spagnolo, P. Caldara, A. La Cognata, D. Valenti, A. Fiasconaro, A. A. Dubkov, G. Falci,
    The bistable potential: an archetype for classical and quantum systems,
    International Journal of Modern Physics B 26, 1241006 (2012). [article]
    

36. A. Fiasconaro, J. J. Mazo, F. Falo,
    Michaelis-Menten dynamics of a polymer chain out of a dichotomous ATP-based motor,
    New Journal of Physics 14, 023004 (2012). [article]
    

    Selected for the 15.04.2012 issue, Vol 23 of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research (http://www.vjbio.org), published by APS and AIP.
    

2011

35. A. Fiasconaro, J. J. Mazo, F. Falo,
    Translocation of a polymer chain driven by a dichotomous noise,
    Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, P11002 (2011). [article]
    

34. A. Fiasconaro, B. Spagnolo,
    Resonant activation in piece-wise linear asymmetric potential,
    Physical Review E 83, 041122 (2011). [article]
    

2010

33. A. Fiasconaro, J. J. Mazo, B. Spagnolo,
    Noise-induced enhancement of stability in a metastable system with damping,
    Physical Review E 82, 041120 (2010). [article]
    

32. A. Fiasconaro, J. J. Mazo, F. Falo,
    Translocation time of periodically forced polymer chain,
    Physical Review E 82, 031803 (2010). [article]
    

    Publication selected for the 15.09.2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research (http://www.vjbio.org), published by the American Physical Society, the American Institute of Physics in cooperation with other publishing houses.
    

31. N. Pizzolato, A. Fiasconaro, D. Persano Adorno, B. Spagnolo,
    Resonant activation in polymer translocation: new insights into escape dynamics of molecules driven by an oscillating field,
    Physical Biology 7, 034001 (2010) 1-5. [article]
    

2009

30. A. Fiasconaro and B. Spagnolo,
    Stability measures in metastable states with Gaussian colored noise,
    Physical Review E 80, 041110 (2009). [preprint] [article]
    

29. B. Spagnolo, S. Spezia, L. Curcio, N. Pizzolato, A. Fiasconaro, D. Valenti, P. Lo Bue, E. Peri, S. Colazza,
    Noise effects in two different biological systems
    European Physical Journal B 69, 133-146 (2009). [article]
    

28. A. Fiasconaro, W. Ebeling, E. Gudowska-Nowak,
    Tuning active Brownian motion with shot noise energy pulses,
    Journal of Statistical Mechanics: theory and experiments, P01029 (2009). [article]
    

27. N. Pizzolato, A. Fiasconaro, B. Spagnolo,
    Noise driven translocation of short polymers in crowded solutions,
    Journal of Statistical Mechanics: theory and experiments, P01011 (2009). [preprint] [article]
    

2008

26. N.Pizzolato, A. Fiasconaro and B. Spagnolo,
    Noise effects in polymer dynamics,
    International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, Vol. 18, No. 9 (2008) 2869 - 2874. [preprint]
    

25. S. Spezia, L. Curcio, A. Fiasconaro, N. Pizzolato, D. Valenti, B. Spagnolo, P. Lo Bue, E. Peri, S. Colazza,
    Evidence of stochastic resonance in the mating behavior of Nezara viridula (L.)
    European Physical Journal B 65, 453 (2008). [preprint] [article]
    

24. A. Fiasconaro, W. Ebeling, E. Gudowska-Nowak,
    Active Brownian Motion Models and Applications to Ratchets,
    European Physical Journal B 65, 403 (2008). [preprint] [article]
    

23. A. Fiasconaro, A. Ochab-Marcinek, B. Spagnolo and E. Gudowska-Nowak,
    Monitoring noise-resonant effects in cancer growth influenced by external fluctuations and periodic treatment,
    European Physical Journal B 65, 435 (2008). [preprint] [article]
    

22. W. Ebeling, E. Gudowska-Nowak, A. Fiasconaro,
    Statistical distributions for Hamiltonian systems coupled to energy reservoirs and applications to molecular energy conversion,
    Acta Physica Polonica B 39 n.5 1251 (2008). [pdf] [article]
    

2007

21. A. Fiasconaro and B. Spagnolo,
    Extinction statistics in N random interacting species,
    Acta Physica Polonica B 38 n.5 1775 (2007). [pdf] [article]
    

20. B.Spagnolo, A. A. Dubkov, A. L. Pankratov, E. V. Pankratova, A. Fiasconaro, A.Ochab-Marcinek,
    Lifetime of metastable states and suppression of noise in Interdisciplinary Physical Models,
    Acta Physica Polonica B 38 n.5 1925 (2007). [pdf] [article]
    

2006

19. A. Fiasconaro, B. Spagnolo, A. Ochab-Marcinek and E. Gudowska-Nowak,
    Co-occurrence of resonant activation and noise-enhanced stability in a model of cancer growth in the presence of immune response,
    Physical Review E 74, 041904 (2006). [article] [preprint]
    

    Publication selected for the 15.10.2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research (http://www.vjbio.org), published by the American Physical Society, the American Institute of Physics in cooperation with other publishing houses.
    

18. A. Ochab-Marcinek and E. Gudowska-Nowak, A. Fiasconaro, B. Spagnolo,
    Coexistence of resonant activation and noise enhanced stability: First passage time statistics ,
    Acta Physica Polonica B 37, 1651-1666 (2006). [pdf] [article]
    

17. A. Fiasconaro, D. Valenti and B. Spagnolo,
    Asymptotic Regime in N Random Interacting Species,
    European Physical Journal B, Vol 50, n. 1-2, 189 - 194 (2006). [article] [preprint]
    
    

2005

16. A. Fiasconaro, B. Spagnolo and S. Boccaletti,
    Signatures of noise-enhanced stability in metastable state,
    Physical Review E 72, 061110 (2005). [article] [preprint]
    

15. A. Fiasconaro, D. Valenti, B. Spagnolo,
    Nonmonotonic Pattern Formation in Three Species Lotka-Volterra System with Colored Noise,
    Fluctuation and Noise Letters 5, L305-L311 (2005). [article] [preprint]
    
    

14. D. Valenti, A. Fiasconaro, B. Spagnolo,
    Role of the Colored Noise in Spatio-temporal Behavior of Two Competing Species,
    Fluctuation and Noise Letters 5, L337-L342 (2005). [article] [preprint]
    
    

13. A. Caruso, M. E. Gargano, D. Valenti, A. Fiasconaro, B. Spagnolo,
    Cyclic Fluctuations, Climatic Changes and Role of Noise in Planktonic Foraminifera in the Mediterranean Sea ,
    Fluctuation and Noise Letters 5, L349-L355 (2005). [article] [preprint]
    

12. B. Spagnolo, D. Valenti, A. Fiasconaro,
    Transient Behavior of a Population Dynamical Model ,
    Progress of Theoretical Physics Suppl. 157, 312-316 (2005). [article] [preprint]
    

2004

11. B. Spagnolo, D. Valenti, A. Fiasconaro,
    Noise in ecosystems: A short review,
    Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering 1, 185-211 (2004). [article] [preprint]
    

    Publication selected as New Hot paper by Thomson-Scientific Essential Science Indicators(SM). Authors interview on the web site: http://www.esi-topics.com/nhp/2006/september-06-Spagnolo_Valenti_Fiasconaro.html.
    

10. A. Fiasconaro, D. Valenti, B. Spagnolo,
    Nonmonotonic Behavior of Spatiotemporal Pattern Formation in a Noisy Lotka-Volterra System,
    Acta Physica Polonica B 35, 1491-1500 (2004). [article] [preprint]
    

9. D. Valenti, A. Fiasconaro, B. Spagnolo,
   Pattern formation and spatial correlation induced by the noise in two competing species,
   Acta Physica Polonica B 35, 1481-1489 (2004). [article] [preprint]
   

8. D. Valenti, A. Fiasconaro and B. Spagnolo,
   Stochastic resonance and noise delayed extinction in a model of two competing species,
   Physica A 331, 477-485 (2004). [article] [preprint]

2003

7. D. Valenti, A. Fiasconaro and B. Spagnolo,
   Stochastic resonance for two competing species in the presence of colored noise,
   Modern Problems of Statistical Physics 2, 91-100 (2003). [pdf] [preprint]
   

6. A. Fiasconaro, D. Valenti and B. Spagnolo,
   Enhancement of the escape time in metastable states with colored noise,
   Modern Problems of Statistical Physics 2, 101-107 (2003). [pdf] [preprint]
   

5. A. Fiasconaro, D. Valenti and B. Spagnolo,
   Role of the initial conditions on the enhancement of the escape time in static and fluctuating potentials,
   Physica A 325, 136-143 (2003). [article] [preprint]
   

4. B. Spagnolo, A. Fiasconaro and D. Valenti,
   Noise Induced Phenomena in Lotka-Volterra Systems,
   Fluctuation and Noise Letters 3, L177-L185 (2003). [article] [preprint]
   

3. H.Q.Song, M.Baldo, A.Fiasconaro, G.Giansiracusa and U.Lombardo,
   Three nucleon correlations in nuclear medium,
   Modern Physics Letters A 18, Nos. 2-6 317-321 (2003). [article]
   

2001

2. M.Baldo, A.Fiasconaro, H.Q.Song, G.Giansiracusa and U.Lombardo,
   High density symmetric nuclear matter in the Bethe-Brueckner-Goldstone approach,
   Physical Review C 65 017303 (2001). [article]
   

2000

1. M.Baldo, A.Fiasconaro,
   Single Particle spectrum and the binding energy of nuclear matter,
   Physics Letters B 491 240-244 (2000). [article]