I am a researcher in theoretical condensed matter physics. My primary research interest is the development and improvement of electronic structure methods with particular focus on density functional theory.

:: track record

2013-today

Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the Queen’s University Belfast-Northern Ireland (UK)

2009-2013

Researcher (Investigador Auxiliar) at the Universidade de Coimbra-Portugal (FCT Ciencia 2008 program)

2008-2009

Postdoctoral Position at the Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain la Neuve-Belgium

Research Project: “Ab-initio theoretical studies on secondary ion formation from nanostructured metal/organic surface” (grant NANHYMO, Actions de Recherche concertée)

2006-2008

Postdoctoral Position at the Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain la Neuve-Belgium

Research Projects: “(1) Development of approximations for xc functional within KS-TDDFT for extended system. (2) Band gap and band offsets in the high-k dielectrics/Silicon and High-k dieletrics/metal interfaces” (grant Nanoquanta NoE)

2005-2003

Postdoctoral Position at the Donostia International Physics Center, San Sebastian-Spain

Research Project: “Development of approximations for xc functional within KS-TDDFT for extended system.” (Prof. dr. Angel Rubio group)

2003-1999:

Assistent In Opleiding at the Theoretical Chemistry department of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam-The Netherlands

Research Project: “Construction, analysis and modelling of accurate density functional theory functionals for chemical reactions and molecular response” (supervision of Prof. Dr. Evert Jan Baerends and Dr. Oleg V. Gritsenko)

1999-1998:

Undergraduate research project at the Laboratorio “G. Polvani”, Pisa-Italy

Research Project: “Density functional calculations of response properties of chromophore”(supervision of Dr. Paolo Giannozzi and Dr. Francesco Buda)

:: degrees

• Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands), November 2003
• Diploma di Laurea in Fisica (110/110 cum laude) Università degli Studi di Pisa (Italy), June 1999
• Diploma di maturità scientifica (58/60) Liceo Scientifico Statale “G.Galilei” Macerata (Italy), July 1994