Curriculum vitae

Work experience

Post-doctoral fellowships

• IPCM - Sorbonne Université (Jun 2023 - May 2024)

• CNRS – ENS Paris-Saclay – PPSM (Jan 2022 – Feb 2023)

• Université Paris-Saclay – PPSM / LAMBE (Jan – Nov 2021)

• CNRS – ENS Paris-Saclay – PPSM (Jan – Dec 2020)

Education

• PhD in Chemistry (2020)
  
  

CLAN - Center for Light Activated Nanostructures (Università di Bologna and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche)

"Novel Photo- and Electro-responsive Supramolecular Systems and Molecular Machines" - Supervisors: Prof. Serena SILVI, Prof. Alberto CREDI

Research stay (May-Oct 2018)

PPSM Laboratory - ENS Paris-Saclay

• MSc in Photochemistry and Molecular Materials (2016)
  
  

Università di Bologna, 110/110 cum laude

"Threadlike components for photo-activated molecular pumps" - Supervisors: Prof. Serena SILVI, Prof. Alberto CREDI, Dr. Massimo BARONCINI

• BSc in Chemistry and Materials Chemistry (2014)
  
  

Università di Bologna, 110/110 cum laude

"Threadlike components for photo-activated molecular pumps" - Supervisors: Prof. Serena SILVI, Prof. Alberto CREDI, Dr. Massimo BARONCINI

Research interests

• Photochemistry

• Photochromism

• Mechanofluorochromism

• Supramolecular chemistry

• Host-guest systems

• Mechanically Interlocked Molecules

• Molecular machines and motors

• Polyoxometalates

• Energy storage

Skills

• UV-vis spectroscopy: steady-state and time-resolved absorption and luminescence spectroscopy, TCSPC, steady-state and time-resolved anisotropy

• Photochemistry: UV and visible irradiation techniques, photokinetics measurements, chemical actinometry

• Supramolecular chemistry: thermodynamic and kinetic constants determination, stopped-flow kinetics

• Electrochemical methods: CV, DPV of molecular and supramolecular systems

• Microscopy: optical microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, AFM

• Surface chemistry and characterization: drop casting, spin coating, contact angle, Raman spectroscopy

• Microfluidics: glass/PDMS chips fabrication, monitoring of chemical and biological samples

• Theoretical calculations and molecular modelling: DFT, TD-DFT, spectra simulation

• Computational methods for thermodynamics and kinetics constants analysis and simulation

• Fundamental techniques in organic synthesis and characterization (NMR, HPLC, SEC…)