Fields of Interest and Expertise

Laser-induced plasmas and their applications in atomic spectroscopy and materials science

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) in biomedical, geochemical and conservation sciences

Application of machine learning to spectroscopic data

Laser ablation methods for nanoparticles and thin films production (Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquids, PLAL; Pulsed Laser Deposition, PLD)

Teaching

Current teaching activities, University of Bari

• General Chemistry, BSc Biology, Academic Year (AY) 2022-2023

• Plasma Chemistry, BSc/MSc Chemistry, AY 2022-2023

• Laser techniques in Chemical Sciences, MSc Chemistry, AY 2022-2023

Curriculum Vitae

2022 – present: Assistant Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy

2021 – 2022, Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada

2019 – 2021, Research scientist, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA; Research associate, Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA, USA

2017 – 2019, Postdoctoral research associate, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA

2016 – 2017, Postdoctoral research fellow, Delaware State University, Dover, USA

2015 – 2016, Research associate, University of Bari, Italy

2013 – 2015, Research fellow, Institute of Inorganic Methodologies and Plasmas (IMIP), CNR, Italy

2012 – 2013, Research fellow, University of Bari

2010 – 2011, Postdoc, Institute of Inorganic Methodologies and Plasmas (IMIP), CNR, Italy

2010, PhD in Chemical Sciences, University of Bari, Italy

2008, Adjunct Research Professor, University of South Carolina, USA

2006, Degree in Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy

Awards

2020, Discovery grant, Funding agency: NSERC (Canada), Principal investigator

2020, Discovery Launch Supplement, Funding agency: NSERC (Canada), Principal investigator

2019, U.S. Patent number 10506985, R. Gaudiuso, E. Ewusi-Annan, N. Melikechi, B. Liu, Methods and systems for diagnosing or monitoring process of a pathology using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and biological fluids.

Unit

• Bari

Publications