RS CV

Education

PhD in Materials Science 2017 University of Catania, Italy Dissertation Title: "Theoretical insights into heterogeneous metallic catalysts for biomass-based hydrogen production"

MSc in Chemistry 2013 University of Palermo, Italy Dissertation Title: "A thermodynamical approach to study stimuli-responsive supramolecular architectures"

BSc in Chemistry 2011 University of Palermo, Italy

Research Experience

Marie Skłodowska–Curie Fellow May 2022 -Present Department of Physics Technical University of Denmark

Postdoctoral Researcher Aug. 2021 -May 2022 Department of Physics Technical University of Denmark

Assistant Scientist Jul. 2021- Aug. 2021 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Associate 2017-Jul. 2021 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison

"Computational studies of 1- and 2-D materials for catalytic and electrocatalytic applications"

Visiting PhD Student Spring 2016 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison

"Computational DFT investigation of the catalytic activity and selectivity of size-selected sub-nanometer clusters for vapor-phase formic acid decomposition"

Doctoral Student 2014-2017 Department of Physics and Chemistry University of Palermo (IT)

"Theoretical insights into heterogeneous metallic catalysts for biomass-based hydrogen production"