Scientific/Managerial appointments

·       2015 - today; Head of DIGIMAT laboratory at APE-NFFA Laboratory (Trieste)

·       2015 - today; Member of the Scientific Council of the NFFA-Trieste infrastructure

·       2014-2015; Project, realization, management and maintenance of Pulsed Laser Deposition Laboratory at APE-NFFA Laboratory in Trieste

·       2010-2015; Manager of "Modulo – Proprietà fondamentali di materiali funzionali e applicazioni per l'energetica" (Fundamental properties of functional materials and applications for Energetics) - CNR-SPIN Institute.

·       2010-2014; Scientist in charge of MBE/PLD laboratory - CNR-SPIN (Salerno)

·       2010-2014; Scientist in charge of Transport Properties lab - CNR-SPIN (Salerno)

·       2010-2012; Local attaché for regarding Safety procedures and duties - CNR-SPIN (Salerno)

·       2004-2005; Project, realization, management and maintenance of Pulsed Laser Deposition Laboratory at CNR-SPIN Institute in Salerno

Achievements and awards for the scientific activity 

·       2020-2022 Chairman of the CNR Panel for Advanced Materials for the “Fondo per la Crescita Sostenibile” call of the “Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico”;

The candidacy was accepted by the President of the National Research Council based on the scientific and managerial results as expert referee.

2010 Chair of the session "Growth and Properties of Multifunctional Oxides" - International Congress SPIE Photonic West – Oxide based Materials and Devices; The candidacy was accepted by the chairman of the conference based on the scientific results in the field of oxide materials. 

Other scientific appointments

·   2008 - Member of the Organizing Committee - 1st National Congress on "Functional Oxide for Electronics"

·   2006 - Member of the Organizing Committee - 15th National Congress of the Italian Society of Synchrotron Light

Appointments as scientific evaluators 

·       Expert referee of the European Commission for FET-OPEN RIA calls

·       Expert referee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) for bilateral Germany-India joint research projects

·       Expert referee of the Committee for Physical Sciences of the Czech Science Foundation for projects regarding building of large-scale research center.

·       Expert referee of the CNR for “Fondo per la Crescita Sostenibile” of the “Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico” (Panel Advanced Materials).

·       Expert referee of the Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario della Ricerca (ANVUR)

Managerial appointments (public tender, direct-contract, etc.)  

·       2015 - Direttore dell'Esecuzione Contratti (DEC - Director of Contract Execution) for the acquisition of a Near-Ambient-Pressure RHEED system; final cost 55’000€ (+ VAT)

·       2019 - Direttore dell'Esecuzione Contratti (DEC - Director of Contract Execution) for the acquisition of an Excimer KrF pulsed laser; final cost 87’200€ (+ VAT)

·       2019 - Direttore dell'Esecuzione Contratti (DEC - Director of Contract Execution) for the acquisition of an Nd:YAG pulsed laser; final cost 23’352€ (+ VAT)

·       2020 - Direttore dell'Esecuzione Contratti (DEC - Director of Contract Execution) for the acquisition of a suite of UHV-chambers; final cost 37’450€ (+ VAT)

 ·       2022 - Componente Commissione Aggiudicatrice (Member of the executive committee) for the acquisition of a high-resolution x-ray diffractometer; tender cost 320’000€ (+ VAT)

Scientific project manager 

·       2017 – Post-doc fellowship Bando IOM AR 017/2017 TS

   Research theme: Growth and characterization of advanced sample architectures based on highly correlated electron materials by means of in-situ laser ablation, structural, electronic and magnetic characterization including synchrotron radiation

·   2020 Post-doc fellowship Bando IOM AR 011/2020 TS

   Research theme: Growth of thin films and heterostructures and structural, electronic and magnetic characterization by means of table-top and synchrotron light-based techniques

·   2020 Post-doc fellowship Bando IOM AR 014/2020 TS

   Research theme: Growth and structural, electronic and magnetic characterization of thin films and heterostructures

·   2022 – Post-doc fellowship ICTP TRIL program

   Research theme: Growth and structural, electronic and magnetic characterization of thin films and heterostructures

·       2022 – Post-doc fellowship Bando IOM AR 005/2022 TS

   Research theme: Growth and structural, electronic and magnetic characterization of thin films and heterostructures

Editorial Appointments  

·       Member of the Editorial Board of “Coating” – MDPI publisher (IF 2.436, ISSN 2079-6412), 2020 - today.

·       Member of the Editorial Board of “The Scientific World Journal” - Hindawi publisher, 2010-2012.

·      Referee for:

American Physical Society (e.g. Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. B, Phys. Rev. Mat.)

American Chemical Society (e.g. ACS Appl. Nano, Chem. Mat., Jour. Phys. Chem.) Institute of Physics (e.g. Appl. Phys. Lett., Jour. Appl. Phys.)

Institute of Physics (e.g. New. Jour. Phys., Europhys. Lett., Super. Sci. Tech.)

Springer (e.g. Appl. Phys. A, Jour. Mat. Sc., JMMM)

Elsevier (e.g. Appl. Surf. Sci., Mat. Sci. Eng. B)

and others