Dr. Antonio Stocco (DR CNRS)
Mcube, Institut Charles Sadron (ICS) UPR 22, CNRS
stocco@unistra.fr
Date and Place of Birth: 1980, Palermo (Italy)
Nationality: Italian
• IdHAL : antonio-stocco• ORCID : 0000-0002-5524-4323 • Publons: B-2195-2013 10/2024 DR CNRS Position, ICS, Strasbourg, France
12/2018 HDR in Physics, University of Montpellier “Wetting, Diffusion and Active Motion of Colloidal Particles at the Fluid Interface”.4/2018 CRCN CNRS Position, ICS, Strasbourg, France2016 CR1 CNRS Position, L2C (Laboratoire Charles Coulomb), Montpellier, France2014-2015 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researcher, DWI RWTH, Aachen, Germany.2012-2016 CR2 CNRS Position, L2C, Montpellier, France.2011 Post Doctorate Position “Scattering methods”, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Berlin, Germany. Supervision: Dr. M. Russina.2010 Post Doctorate Position “Phase transfer of nanoparticles across liquid-liquid interfaces”, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany. Supervision: Prof. D. Wang, Prof. H. Möhwald.2008-2009 Marie Curie (ITN) Postdoctoral fellow “Aqueous foams stabilised by nanoparticles” at the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (University of Paris-Sud, Orsay). Supervision: Dr. D. Langevin.2005-2007 PhD at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Potsdam, Germany) ”Amphiphilic block copolymers at the liquid-fluid interface, investigated by evanescent light scattering and ellipsometry”. Supervision: Dr. R. Sigel, Prof. M. Antonietti.1999-2004 Degree in Chemical Engineering at University of Palermo (5-year degree) with top marks (110/110). Erasmus project at the University of Bath (UK), 2003.• Peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals/books indexed by ISI: https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=2G2I_6UAAAAJ&hl=fr• Communications in scientific meetings: 44• Number of invited conferences: 7• Number of invited seminars: 29 Colloids, wetting, interfaces, lipid membranes, nanoparticles and polymers 5 PhD students, 3 Postdocs, 3 Master students. Co-supervision: 6 PhD students, 3 Postdocs.Fellowships and Funding (obtained as PI or co-PI):
• PRC ANR2021, EDEM (2022-2026) .• PRCI ANR2021, RODROLLS (2022-2025) .• Funding for a postdoc position, EMERGENCE@INC, CNRS (2018-2019).• Funding for a postdoc position, University Montpellier and Labex Chemisyst, (2017).• "Alexander von Humboldt” Fellowship for Experienced Researcher (RWTH, Aachen, 2014-2015).• Funding for a postdoc position, Labex Chemisyst (2013-2014).• Funding for equipment, Labex Numev (2013).• Funding for a PhD position, Scientific Council University Montpellier 2 (2012-2015).• "Post-laurea" fellowship, University of Palermo, Italy (Max Planck Inst., Potsdam, 2007). Conference Organizing Committee:
• Strasbourg Soft Matter Meeting (June 2021, June 2022, June 2024).• MonToulouse - Workshop on Soft Matter research conducted in Toulouse and Montpellier, Montpellier (2017).• Workshop “Soft Matter and Glasses days”, Montpellier (2013 and 2016).• Labex Numev Workshop “Water Treatment: Fundamentals & Applications”, Montpellier (2014).• Labex Chemisyst Workshop “Ultrasounds and Fluid Interfaces”, Montpellier (2014).• International Workshop “New Horizons of Colloidal Science” Sète (2012).Peer-review expertise for: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) and “Research in Paris”. Reviewing of scientific papers in the following journals: Nature Communications, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Physical review E, European Physical Journal E, Langmuir, Soft Matter, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Advanced in Colloid and Interface science, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Colloids and Surfaces A, Scientific Reports.Collective and Administrative responsibilities:
• Equality-Parity Lab Referent (2021-2025)• Member of an ANR evaluation commission (2021, 2022, 2023)• Member of the executive committee of the ITI HiFunMat (2020-2024)• Mcube (ICS) Journal club organization (2019-)• Mcube Team (ICS) website (2020-)• Soft Matter Team (L2C) website (2012-2017)• Elected member of the administration council of “La ComUE Languedoc-Roussillon Universités” (2017-2018) • Soft Matter Team (L2C) seminars organization (2012-2014).• Master "Physics of Quantum and Soft Condensed Matter" TP and internships on Optical trapping (2024, 2025)• 8 hours “Physics of Complex Fluids”, Master of Sciences in Physics, Condensed Matter, University of Strasbourg (2018)• Tutorials Semester course “Fundamentals of Interface and Colloid Science”. Faculty of Physics, Potsdam University (2007). Skills in the use of the following techniques for the characterization of colloidal materials, interfaces and dispersions: optical tweezers, ellipsometry, interfacial tension and rheology, contact angle measurements, particle tracking videomicroscopy, optical microscopy, static and dynamic light scattering, diffusing wave spectroscopy, surface light scattering, calorimetry, UV-vis spectroscopy. Computer skills: Good skills on data analysis, programming and fitting procedures. Origin, C, C++, ImageJ.
• English (speak, read, and write fluently);• French (speak, read, and write good);• German (speak and read good, write intermediate knowledge);• Italian (native language).Collaborators (present and past):
Giuseppe Lazzara (University of Palermo), Ali Abou-Hassan (UPMC, Paris, France), Domenico Larobina and Gaetano D'Avino (CNR and Univeristy of Naples), Dayang Wang (Jilin University, Changchun, China), Francois Ganachaud (INSA, Lyon, France), Juliane Simmchen (TU Dresden, Germany), Alois Würger (LOMA, Bordeaux, France), Martin In, Maurizio Nobili, Christophe Blanc, Laurence Ramos, Amelie Banc (L2C, Montpellier, France), Paolo Malgaretti (MPI-IS, Stuttgart, Germany), Veronique Pimienta (IMRCP, Toulouse, France), Hubert Mutin, Ahmad Mehdi, Andre Vioux (ICG, Montpellier France), Helmuth Möhwald (MPI-KG, Potsdam, Germany), Davide Di Marino (RWTH, Aachen, Germany), Marc Héran (IEM, Montpellier, France), Benjamin Nottelet, Hervé Cottet (IBMM, Montpellier, France).