Francesco D'Amico works as Beamline Scientist (permanent position) at Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste. He obtained a degree in Physics from the University of L'Aquila (Italy) in 2004 and subsequently a PhD in Physics from the University of Camerino (Italy) in 2008, working in the field of conformation control and electronic properties of thin films of structural organic semiconductors, under the supervision of Prof. Roberto Gunnella. Also, in 2008 he joined Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste as a postdoc, to collaborate with Dr. Claudio Masciovecchio's group.

As part of this activity, it contributes to the design and construction of the TIMEX terminal station. In the same period, he carried out the Brillouin experiments in the UV band, with the aim of investigate the hydration properties of organic molecules. Between 2012 and 2013 he focused his research activity on the design and construction of a synchrotron-based high-resolution ultraviolet Raman spectrometer at the Elettra IUVS beamline.

This facility was finally opened to external users in 2014. Since 2015 he focus his scientific activity to the biophysical application of UVRR, more specifically employing new knowledge in the spectral analysis of nucleic acids and DNA.

Since 2018 he has extended his research to the possible use of UV-SERS spectroscopy and to studies of biosystems of relevant medical interest, as well as to the implementation of UV-Raman for the study of carbonaceous systems (graphene, graphite, amorphous carbons) and for the study of smart "green" materials, based on tannins. Since 2022 he has been involved, as part of the Elettra 2.0 project, in the design and construction of the new IUVS 2.0 experimental station, dedicated to Raman measurements in the ultraviolet using laser light sources.

He is the author of more than 70 scientific publications in peer-review journals, 10 of which as first name and 3 as last name, h-index (Scopus) equal to 20.

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