Curriculum vitæ of Giorgio PaolucciPersonal data• Born in Rome 20/12/1957. • Citizenship: Italian. • https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7348-0864 Studies.• 1976: High School diploma, mark 60/60. • 1981: Laurea diploma in Physics, summa cum laude at the university "Roma I La Sapienza". Title of the thesis: Electronic structure and phase transition in ZrHx by thermoreflectance measurements, adviser: Prof. R. Rosei. • 1987: Title of dottore di ricerca in condensed matter Physics. Professional positions.• 1/6/1981-1/12/1981: Consultant of the electron spectroscopies group at the Università della Calabria, Cosenza, Italy. • 1/1/1982-31/1/1984: Stipendiat at the Fritz Haber Institut der Max Planck Gesellschaft, Berlin (D). • 16/2/1984-31/1/1987: Lecturer at the International School of Advanced Studies of Trieste as Junior Scientist until 31/3/1984, Scientist until 31/3/1986 and Research Responsible afterwards. • 1/2/1984-15/9/1987: Consultant of the Tecnologie Avanzate Superfici e Catalisi (TASC) laboratory, at the Area per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica di Trieste. • 16/9/1987-15/7/1989: employee of Ansaldo S.p.A. (Monfalcone, Gorizia, Italy) working for Sincrotrone Trieste S.c.p.A. • 15/7/1989 – 31/12/2000: employee of Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. (Trieste, Italy) as group leader. • 1/1/2001 – 2005: Manager of the Sincrotrone Trieste company as Director of the experimental division. • 2005-2012 Research Project Coordinator and member of the strategic committee • 2013-2014 Coordinator of International Relations and member of the strategic committee • 2014-2019 Scientific Director at SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) (https://www.sesame.org.jo) • 2020-present Chief Scientific Officer at Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. Research experience.• Surface science techniques. In particular:photoemission, photoelectron diffraction, Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED), Auger Electron spectroscopy, Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS), Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy (TDS), Near Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (NEXAFS). • Design and construction of synchrotron radiation beamlines. • Writing control software for experiments with synchrotron radiation. • Electron optics for low energy electron energy analyzers. • Electronics for electron analyzers and detectors. • Optical methods (thermoreflectance) for the study of the electronic structure of metals. PublicationsOver 120 papers on refereed journals 20 invited talks and colloquia 39 contributions to conferences Teaching experience.• Specialized course at the International School of Advanced Studies, Trieste (Italy): Spectroscopies of surfaces (16-2-1984 to 15-2-1987) • Specialized course at the International School of Advanced Studies, Trieste (Italy): New experiments in surface science ( 1-12-1992 to 31-1-1993) • Complementary course on Experimental surface science techniques with synchrotron radiation within the official course “Surface Physics”, University of Trieste • 2nd module of the course on Solid State Physics at the Catholic University of Brescia for the academic years 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 • Courses on photoemission at the National School on Synchrotron Radiation organized by the Italian Synchrotron Light Society (SILS) since 1995 • Co-adviser of students for their Laurea Thesis in physics at the University of Trieste Awards.and honours• 1987: SIF (Società Italiana di Fisica) award for young physicists. • 2000: Honour of “Ufficiale” of the “Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana” given by the president of Italy, Mr. C.A. Ciampi |