06/2005 - today
Scientist (Ricercatore III liv.)
CNR - National Council for Research - Public Research Institution
Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 – 00185 – Roma – Italy
Main activities and responsibilities: Thin film deposition and their physical/structural characterization
01/2005 - 05/2055
Post-doc fellowship
Laboratorio Regionale INFM SuperMAT Salerno (Italy) - Public Research Institution
01/2004 - 12/2004
Research fellowship
The Pennsylvania State University (U.S.A.) - Public Research Institution
03/2002-12/2003
Post-doc fellowship
Centro Ricerca e Sviluppo INFM Coherentia Napoli (Italy) - Public Research Institution
2002 - Ph.D. in Micro-system Engineering
University of Roma Tor Vergata
Viale del Politecnico – 00133 – Roma – Italy
Principal subjects / skills covered: Thin film deposition and their physical/structural characterization
Title of qualification awarded: Doctor of Philosophy
1999 - “Laurea” degree in Physics
University of Napoli "Federico II"
Viale Kennedy – 80125 – Napoli – Italy
Principal subjects / skills covered: Thin film deposition and their physical/structural characterization
Title of qualification awarded: Laurea 110/110 "cum laude" (full marks and honors)
2014 - Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research
Italian National Habilitation for the role of University's Associate Professor
Mark: Excellent - Subject Area 02/B1 – Experimental Physics of the Matter
QUALIFICATION
2022 – Area Science Park
Qualification (Idoneità) for Technologist Director (Dirigente Tecnologo di primo livello professionale del C.C.N.L. degli E.P.R.)
2015 - today - Head of DIGIMAT laboratory at APE-NFFA Laboratory (Trieste)
2015 - today - Member of the Scientific Council of the NFFA-Trieste Research Infrastructure
2014-2015 - Scientist in charge for the 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 - Scientist in charge for the project, realization, management and maintenance of
Pulsed Laser Deposition Laboratory at CNR-SPIN Institute in Salerno
• 2024-2028 Co-Chairman of the Proposal Review Panel (PRP) of the “Research Infrastructure Access in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology” (RIANA) financed by EU project under grant agreement No. 101130652 based on the scientific and managerial results as an expert referee.
• 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.
• 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
• 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 the building of a 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)
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: APS - American Physical Society (e.g. Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. B, Phys. Rev. Mat.)
ACS - American Chemical Society (e.g. ACS Appl. Nano, Chem. Mat., Jour. Phys. Chem.)
AIP - American Institute of Physics (e.g. Appl. Phys. Lett., Jour. Appl. Phys.)
IOP - 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