Massimiliano Sacchi received his Laurea degree cum laude in Physics in 1995 and his Ph.D. in Physics in 1998, both from the University of Pavia. Since 2004, he has been a researcher at the Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (IFN) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). He also serves as a Contract Professor in the Master’s Program in Physics at the University of Pavia, where he teaches Quantum Thermodynamics.

His research focuses on theoretical aspects of Quantum Information, Quantum Thermodynamics, Quantum Communication, and Quantum Tomography. Dr. Sacchi is the co-author of more than 90 scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals, as indexed on Google Scholar.

Selected publications

1.  A. R. Morgillo, M. F. Sacchi, and C. Macchiavello, Detecting Markovianity of Quantum Processes via Recurrent Neural Networks, Quantum Mach. Intell. 7, 47 (2025)
2. M. F. Sacchi, Thermodynamic uncertainty relations for bosonic Otto engines, Phys. Rev. E 103, 012111 (2021)
3. M. A. Ciampini, A. Cuevas, P. Mataloni, C. Macchiavello, and M. F. Sacchi, Experimental lower bounds to the classical capacity of quantum channels, Phys. Rev. A 103, 062414 (2021)
4. V. Cimini, I. Gianani, M. F. Sacchi, C. Macchiavello, and M. Barbieri, Experimental witnessing of the quantum channel capacity in the presence of correlated noise, Phys. Rev. A 102, 052404 (2020)
5. C. Macchiavello, A. Riccardi, and M. F. Sacchi, Quantum thermodynamics of two bosonic systems, Phys. Rev. A 101, 062326 (2020)
6. C. Macchiavello and M. F. Sacchi, Efficient accessible bounds to the classical capacity of quantum channels, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 090503 (2019)
7. M. F. Sacchi and T. Sacchi, Convex approximations of quantum channels, Phys. Rev. A 96, 032311 (2017)
8. A. Cuevas, M. Proietti, M. A. Ciampini, S. Duranti, P. Mataloni, M. F. Sacchi, and C. Macchiavello, Experimental detection of quantum channel capacities, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 100502 (2017)
9. C. Macchiavello and M. F. Sacchi, Detecting lower bounds to quantum channel capacities, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 140501 (2016)
10. M. Dall’Arno, G. M. D’Ariano, and M. F. Sacchi, Informational power of quantum measurements, Phys. Rev. A 83, 062304 (2011)
11. G. M. D’Ariano, R. Demkowicz-Dobrzanski, P. Perinotti, and M. F. Sacchi, Erasable and unerasable correlations, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 070501 (2007)
12. M. F. Sacchi, Information-disturbance tradeoff in estimating a maximally entangled state, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 220502 (2006)
13. M. F. Sacchi, Entanglement can enhance the distinguishability of entanglement-breaking channels, Phys. Rev. A 72, 014305 (2005)
14. M. F. Sacchi, Optimal discrimination of quantum operations, Phys. Rev. A 71, 062340 (2005)
15. G. Chiribella, G. M. D’Ariano, P. Perinotti, and M. F. Sacchi, Efficient use of quantum resources for the transmission of a reference frame, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 180503 (2004)
16. M. F. Sacchi, Maximum-likelihood reconstruction of completely positive maps, Phys. Rev. A 63, 054104 (2001)
17. S. Virmani, M. F. Sacchi, M. B. Plenio, and D. Markham, Optimal local discrimination of two multipartite pure states, Phys. Lett. A 288, 62 (2001)
18. G. M. D’Ariano, F. De Martini, and M. F. Sacchi, Continuous variable cloning via network of parametric gates, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 914 (2001)
19. D. Bruß, G. M. D’Ariano, C. Macchiavello, and M. F. Sacchi, Approximate quantum cloning and the impossibility of superluminal information transfer, Phys. Rev. A 62, 062302 (2000)
20. K. Banaszek, G. M. D’Ariano, M. G. A. Paris, and M. F. Sacchi, Maximum-likelihood estimation of the density matrix, Phys. Rev. A 61, 010304(R) (2000)
21. S. L. Braunstein, G. M. D’Ariano, G. J. Milburn, and M. F. Sacchi, Universal teleportation with a twist, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3486 (2000)
22. G. M. D’Ariano, C. Macchiavello, and M. F. Sacchi, On the general problem of quantum phase estimation, Phys. Lett. A 248, 103 (1998)
23. G. M. D’Ariano and M. F. Sacchi, Two-mode heterodyne phase detection, Phys. Rev. A 52, R4309 (1995)