Phd in ELECTRICAL, MATERIALS, RAW MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING

email: giovanni.pulci@uniroma1.it
phone: 06-44585450

Giovanni Pulci is an Associate Professor in Materials Science and Technology at the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Materials, Environment (DICMA) of Sapienza University of Rome. He graduated cum laude in Materials Engineering in 2003 at Sapienza University of Rome and he earned the PhD in Materials Engineering at the same university.

- In 2022, he achieved the National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor in Materials Science and Technology.
- In 2019, he was hired as Associate Professor at the DICMA Department of Sapienza University of Rome.
- In 2017, he achieved the National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in Materials Science and Technology.
- In 2009, he got a position as tenured INSTM Researcher working at Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Materials, Environment of Sapienza University of Rome.
- In 2006, he got a position funded by INSTM (Italian National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology) as non-tenured Researcher.

His research has been focused since 2004 on the fields of surface engineering and thermal protection systems, and specifically on thermal sprayed and electroless coatings (for wear, oxidation and corrosion resistance) and materials for high temperature applications (ablative thermal protections and thermal barrier coatings).

The main interests concern the following research fields:

1) Surface engineering (thermal spraying, plasma spray, HVOF, diffusion coatings, electroless coatings, nanocomposite coatings)
2) Nanostructured materials (nanostructured coatings and bulk materials, evaluation of the effects of nanostructure on mechanical, thermal and thermomechanical properties)
3) Composite and nanocomposite materials for high temperature applications (development and manufacturing of composite and nanocomposite ablative materials to be used as thermal protection systems for rockets and aerospace re-entry vehicles)
4) Advanced mechanical characterization in non-standard conditions (e.g. low and very high temperatures, from -190 to 2000 °C).
5) Performance evaluation of materials (wear tests, high temperature oxidation tests, hot corrosion tests, high temperature/high heat flux ablation tests).

He is in charge of the following courses within the Master of Science in Nanotechnology Engineering at Sapienza University of Rome:

- Course of “Surface Engineering” (since 2018, language: ENG)
- Course of “Production and characterization of nanocomposite materials - coatings” (since 2018, language: ITA)
- Course of “Nanostructured materials” (since 2012, language: ITA)

Member of the Committee for International Programmes and Mobility, Master of Science in Nanotechnology Engineering at Sapienza University of Rome.

Member of the Scientific Board of Ph.D. Course in “Materials, Technologies and complex Industrial Systems Engineering” (since 2022).

Member of Italian National University Council (CUN), an elected board representing the Italian university system at the Ministry of University and Research (since 2023). Secretary of the CUN Committee “Research evaluation, quality and internationalization”.

Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Coatings” (MDPI) since 2021.