Professor
Physics
Istituto Nanoscienze Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Pisa
Italy
From 2005 to date Technologits, CNR-Istituto Nanoscienze - ModenaS3, Via Campi 213 41100, Modena, Italy. From 1997 to 2004 Technologits, INFM - Research Unit Roma Tre, Rome, Italy. 1995-1996 Post-Doc fellowship, INFM - Research Unit Roma Tre, Rome, Italy. 1994 (June-December) PhD student. ESRF, Grenoble, France. 1993 (June) - 1994 (May) CNR fellowship working at ESRF, Grenoble, France. 1993 INFM research grant at the Department of Physics, University of Modena e Reggio Emilia.
From 2006 his research activity is dedicated to the study of tribology properties of materials within the framework of SUP&RMAN laboratory (Superfici & Ricoprimenti per la Meccanica Avanzata e la Nanomeccanica). In particular he is interested on friction and adhesion measurements at the nanoscale by AFM (Atomic Force Microscope).