PERSONAL DATA
Born in Florence in May 5th, 1961. Married, two children.
ACADEMIC CURRICULUM
1985: Laurea in Fisica cum Laude, by the Universita' di Roma "La
Sapienza".
1986-1987: Scholarship by the International School for Advanced Studies
(ISAS) in Trieste (Italy).
1990: Ph. D. by the University of Rome "La Sapienza".
1990-91: Scholarship of the Consorzio Interuniversitario di Struttura
della Materia (INFM) for a Project on High Temperature
Superconductivity.
1991: Permanent position as Assistant Professor (in Solid State
Physics) by the Department of Physics of the University of Rome "La
Sapienza".
1998: Permanent position as Associate Professor (in Solid State
Physics) by the Department of Physics of the University of Rome "La
Sapienza".
2010: Idoneous as Full Professor in Condensed Matter Physics
2014:
Qualified as a Full Professor in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
(02B2) and as Full Professor in Theoretical Physics (02A2)
Present position Full Professor in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Presently he teaches the courses of "Analitic and Relativistic
Mechanics" and of "Condensed Matter" by the Physics
Dept. of the University of Rome "Sapienza".
Spent several periods of research abroad, among which by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge-USA), by the Centre
d'Etudes Nucleaires de Grenoble, France, by the Laboratoire pour
l'Etude des Proprietés Electroniques des Solides (LEPES), Grenoble,
France, by the Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, Ecole Superieure de
Physique et Chimie Industrielles, Paris, Francia.
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
-Statistical mechanics and field theory and their application to the
critical phenomena in disordered electron systems;
-quantum statistical mechanics and numerical simulation of quantum
systems;
-strongly correlated electron systems;
-high temperature superconductors;
-electron-phonon interacting systems;
-quantum critical phenomena in strongly correlated electron systems.
-Elecronic properties in oxide heterostructures. Spintronics
Publications: more than 130 papers in international journals
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITY
-Member of the Scientific and/or Publication Committee in several
international conferences.
-Scientific manager of the Advanced Project of INFM PA-G01-4 on
"Strongly correlated electron-electron and electron-phonon systems".
-Scientific Manager of a Research Unit for the Program on "Strong
correlations, superconductivity and quantum coherence" within the
Project COFIN 2003 prot. 2003020230_006.
-National Coordinator and Scientific Manager for the Program PRIN2005
on "High-temperature superconductivity and strongly correlated electron
systems" (prot. 2005022492).
-Scientific Manager of a Research Unit for the Program on
"Superconductivity and coherence phenomena in non conventional and
strongly correlated materials" within the Project PRIN 2007 - Prot.
2007FW3MJX
-Chairman of the international conference "Coherence and incoherence in
strongly correlated systems", Rome, July 3-7, 2007
-Chairman of the international conference "Disorder and correlations in quantum systems", Rome, September 18-20, 2013
SCHOOLS, CONFERENCES, AND WORKSHOPS
Has lectured in several postgraduate and international schools of
Physics.
Has been invited to give talks in about 50 international
conferences and workshops.