My research focuses on the creation and properties of electronic and magnetic nanomaterials, with special attention on molecular systems. We explore the classical and quantum properties of magnets made of a few tens of atoms, down to the single-molecule level, and integrate them with carbon nanomaterials into electronic and spintronic devices.
Our research is strongly multidisciplinary, and combines areas of Physics, Chemistry, Electronics and Materials Science. It involves the synthesis of novel molecules, their structural and magnetic characterization, the development of novel high-sensitivity instrumentation to study single-molecule properties, the time-resolved spectroscopic characterization at low temperatures, and the theoretical modelling of the properties. We test and optimize the materials for applications, and tailor them towards integration into electronic, optical and magnetic devices, in order to harness their applicative potential in quantum, energy, information technologies and medicine.
| 2023-present |
Academic Visitor, University of Oxford, UK
Professore Ordinario, Università degli Studi di Firenze |
| 2020-2023 |
Full Professor of Molecular Nanomaterials, Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK |
| 2017-2020 |
Associate Professor of Materials, Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK |
| Since 2015 |
Royal Society URF fellow, Department of Materials, University of Oxford, UK
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| 2009-2015 |
Sofja Kovalevskaja fellow, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany |
| 2006-2008 |
Individually-driven Marie Curie fellow, Institut Neél, CNRS, Grenoble, France |
| 2003-2006 |
Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Italy |
| 1997-2002 |
Undergraduate Student, Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Italy |
| 2019 |
Zasshikai Award of the University of Tokyo, Japan
ERC Consolidator Grant Award
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| 2015 |
Olivier Kahn European Science Prize
Royal Society URF fellowship
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| 2014 |
ERC Starting Grant Award |
| 2013 |
Nicholas Kurti OI European Science Prize |
| 2012 |
Raffello Nasini Prize of the Italian Chemical Society |
| 2011 |
Sofja Kovalevskaya Award of the AvH Stiftung
AvH Stiftung Research Fellowship (turned down)
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| 2009 |
European Academy of Sciences Burghen Prize |
| 2006 |
Giovanni Semerano Prize of the Italian Chemical Society |
Editorial board member of the journals: Matter, Advanced Electronic Materials, Magnetochemistry
