Current Position: Scientist @ EPFL
Formerly Researcher (RTD-A) Sapienza University of Rome
Education:
- PhD in Theoretical and applied Mechanics (cum laude) Thesis:” Vapour Nucleation in Nanoscale Hydrophobic Confinement”, Sapienza University of Rome. Advisor: Prof. C.M. Casciola
- M.Sc. (Laurea Magistrale) Mechanical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome; 110 cum laude/110
- B.Sc. (Laurea) Mechanical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome; 110 cum laude/110
FUTURE PROJECTS
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Felloswhip (Sapienza U. & EPFL)
PAST PROJECTS:
2023-2024: PRIN 2022 Project “SoftNanoPores”, funded by the Italian Ministry for University and Research. Project in collaboration with Prof. Giulia Rossi (University of Genova)
Young Researchers Felloship (Declined)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Wetting, Wetting at the nanoscale, Porous Materials, Heterogeneous Nucleation, Confined Nucleation of Vapour, Phase Transitions, Energetic Applications of Porous Materials, Molecular Simulations, Rare Events Methods, Nanofluidics, Interfacial Phenomena, Molecular Dynamics, Monte Carlo Simulations.
REVIEWER ACTIVITY FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
Frequent reviewing activity for International Journals including: Physical Review Letters, Advances in Physics X, Physics of Fluids, The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Physical Chemistry...
UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT:
- Applied Thermal Fluid Dynamics (“Termofluidodinamica Applicata”) 6 CFU, Course for the Master in Mechanical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome. 2022-2024
- Vehicle Aerodynamics (“Aerodinamica del Veicolo”). Module of 3CFU out of a total of 6CFU. Course for the Master in Mechanical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome. Academic Year 2021/2022
Organization of Events:
- Organizer of the first edition of the international conference FICN 2021: Frontiers in ion channels and nanopores: theory, experiments, and simulation. February 2021, Sapienza University of Rome. The conference saw a large participation from the community including 24 speakers and more than 120 registered participants.
- Local organizer of the second edition of the international conference FICN 2023: Frontiers in ion channels and nanopores: theory, experiments, and simulation. September 2023, Sapienza University of Rome