Biography

(2013 - present time) Researcher CNR-NANO S3 (2011 - 2013) Post-doc University of California - Department of Chemistry, Irvine, CA, U.S.A. Advisor: Prof. K. Burke. (2009 - 2011) Post-doc University of Missouri - Department of Physics and Astronomy, Columbia, MO, U.S.A. Advisor: Prof. G. Vignale. (2008 - 2009) Post-doc Free University Berlin - Department of Theoretical Physics, Berlin, Germany. Advisor: Prof. E.K.U. Gross. (2008) Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics Free University Berlin - Department of Theoretical Physics, Berlin, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. E.K.U. Gross.

Research Intrest

Quantum many-body problems in physics, chemistry, and material science. (Time-dependent) density-functional theory and generalizations. Development and application of computational methods for the simulation of equilibrium and non-equilibrium properties of quantum systems on the nanoscale.

List of Publications
Eich FG, Pittalis S, Vignale G, (2013) Transverse and longitudinal gradients of the spin magnetization in spin-density-functional theory. phys rev b 88: 245102.
Pittalis S, Delgado A, Robin J, Freimuth L, Christofferset J,et al. (2014) Charge separation dynamics and opto-electronic properties of a diaminoterephthalate-C60 dyad. Adv Funct Mater 25: 2047-2053.
Pittalis S, Troiani F, Rozzi CA, Vignale G (2015) Ab-initio theory of spin-entanglement in atoms and molecules. Phys rev B 91: 075109.