Fields of Interest and Expertise

Physico-chemical characterization

Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Atomic Force Microscopy

Correlative analysis

Surfaces and surface modification

Self-assembly

Microelectronics

Confined Volumes

Nanoparticles and nanomaterials

Teaching

Laboratory of Physical-Chemistry

Physical-Chemical Methodologies for Nanotechnologies

Curriculum Vitae

2023-currently: Assistant professor (RTDB) of Physical Chemistry, University of Catania

2015-2023: Researcher, Materials and Components Analysis department of the microelectronic research centre IMEC, in Belgium

2015: Researcher, Istituto di Fisica dei Plasmi, Italian National Research Council (CNR)

2012-2015: Grant holder post-doc, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

2012: PhD in Materials Sciences, University of Catania

Awards

Distinguished Physical Chemistry Award (2023) with the oral presentation entitled “Correlated Intrinsic Electrical and Chemical Properties of Epitaxial WS2 via Combined C-AFM and ToF-SIMS Characterization”.

Unit

• Catania

Publications