ME AT A GLANCE
I am a physicist with a wide-ranging background in material science, lasers and research at large scale facilities. This broad education allows me to tackle problems beyond my direct area of expertise, and to recognize synergies, opportunities and hindrances at a glance. Indeed, I thrive on finding easy solutions to complex processes.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Time resolved Extreme Ultraviolet and Soft X-ray linear and non-linear techinques
current focus: development of EUV spectropolarimetry for the investigation of chiral systems, consolidation of EUV Transient Grating Spectroscopy and extension to soft and hard X-rays.
- Collective excitations and properties of solids at the nanoscale (including ultrafast demagnetization, magnons, thermal transport, charge and energy transfer)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| Since May 2019 | | Research scientist, FERMI free electron laser, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Development of state of the art FEL-based pump-probe and non-linear optical techniques for the investigation of condensed matter, methodology establishment and results interpretation. |
| May 2016 - May 2019 | | Postdoctoral researcher, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Investigation of femtosecond condensed matter dynamics exploring extreme ultraviolet Free Electron Laser light at FERMI. |
| Dec. 2015 - May 2016 | | Postdoctoral researcher, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany
Standardization and documentation of the developed experimental techniques |
| Apr. 2011 - Dec. 2015 | | Doctoral research associate, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Plank Society, Berlin, Germany
Investigation of charge relaxation and energy dissipation processes in photoexcited semiconductors and functional heterostructures.
Development of a new experimental technique (Electronic Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy) |
EDUCATION
| Apr. 2011 - Dec. 2015 | | Dr. rer. nat., Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Grades: magna cum laude (1)
Thesis: Ultrafast dynamics and energy loss channels at a hybrid organic inorganic interface (Available online) |
| Apr. 2009 - Apr. 2011 | | Physics Diploma (M. Sc.), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Grades: sehr gut (1,4)
Thesis: Transient reflectivity and coherent phonon generation: an ultrafast probe of the metal-to-insulator transition in VO2 (Available online) |
| Sept. 2005 - Feb. 2009 | | B.Sc. in Physics, Università degli studi di Genova, Genova, Italy.
Grades: 110/110
Thesis: Isomerization of tetra-tert-butyl-azobenzene on Au(111) – Fluence and pulse length dependence of the cross section - Measurements performed in the group of Prof. Martin Wolf at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany |
ACNKOWLEDGED MEMBERSHIPS
| Since 2024 | | Laserlab Europe
Reviewer of beamtime access requests |
| Since 2021 | | Linac Coherent Light Source (Menlo Park, CA)
Chair of the Machine and Instrumentation review panel |
| 2022 | | Member of the scientific committee of the Science at FELs conference |
| 2019-2020 | | Reviewer of the FP-RESOMUS fellowships |
The full Curriculum Vitae is available here
