Guido Goldoni currently is an Associate professor, University of Modena and Reggio E. Research affiliate, CNR-NANO PREVIOUS POSITIONS 2001-2013 Assitant professor, University of Modena and Reggio E. 2010/9 Visiting professor, Universtiy Jaume I, ES 1996-2001 post-doc at the Department of Physics of the University of Modena 1994-1995 post-doc at the Department of Physics of the University of Antwerp (Belgium) 1989-1993 PhD fellow at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste MEMBERSHIPS - Editorial board of Physica Scripta - Editorial board of Dataset Papers in Physics.  

Theoretical description of the electronic properties of solids at the nano-scale SYSTEMS OF INTEREST optical properties of quantum dots and wires Charge and spin excitations in semiconductor quantum dots spin-orbit coupling at the nanoscale Nano-hybrid systems, metal/semiconductor nanoparticles, dye/semiconductor nanoparticles Electronic properties of semiconductor nano-wires, core-shell nanowires Nano-materials for photovoltaics and photocatalysis Carbon-based systems METHODS pseudo-empirical Hamiltonians, K.p formulations configuration interaction methods diagonalization techniques on massively parallel architectures evolutionary programming algorithms applied to solid-state nano-devices OTHER INTERESTS Nanoscience education methods in high-schools and undergraduate programs