Academic Rank
Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry

Education
2021: PhD in Chemical Sciences. Laboratory of Chemistry for Novel Materials (CMN). University of Mons (UMONS). Mons, Belgium. PhD thesis: Electronic structure methods and electrostatic models: A promising marriage in the modelling of charge-transfer excitations in organic semiconductors. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. David Beljonne
2015: M.Sc. in Chemical Sciences. Curriculum: Chemical structure, dynamics, and reactivity. University of Florence (UNIFI). Firenze, Italy. Master thesis: A density functional characterization of a spin crossover system: from the bulk to the adsorbed on surface scenario. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Federico Totti, Prof. Dr. Roberta Sessoli.
2013: B.Sc. in Chemistry. Curriculum: Chemical sciences. University of Florence (UNIFI). Firenze, Italy.

Professional Experience
April 2025 - Present. Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry (Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato “Tipo A”), Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa. NextGenerationEU-PNRR fundings through the “Young Researcher 2024 - Seal of Excellence” program.
Ott 2024 – Mar 2025. Postdoc researcher, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa. MSCA-Seal of Excellence @UNIPI 2024 with the project: “toward the Discovery of nOvel fLavin-based phOtoenzyMes wIth compuTationally-guided dEsign” (DOLOMITE). Supervisor: Prof. Benedetta Mennucci.
Ott 2022 – Sept 2024. Postdoc researcher, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry. University of Pisa. Topic: A multiscale study of photoactivated processes in photoresponsive proteins. Supervisor: Prof. Benedetta Mennucci.
2021 – Sept 2022: Postdoc researcher, Laboratory for Computational Modeling of Functional Materials, Namur Institute of Structured Matter (NISM), University of Namur, Namur, Belgium. Topic: Influence of magnetic effects on spin conversion in π-conjugated light emitting organic materials. Development of a multiscale atomistic modelling approach. Supervisor: Prof. Yoann Olivier.
Feb 2021 – June 2021: Postdoc researcher, Laboratory of Chemistry for Novel Materials (CMN), University of Mons, Mons, Belgium. Supervisor: Prof. David Beljonne.

Awards and Academic Achievements
2024 - Present. Seal Of Excellence Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship.
2017 - 2020. Enrolled as Marie Sklodowska-Curie Early-State Researcher within the ITN “Spin for Efficient Photovoltaic devices based on Organic Molecules” program (https://www.sepomo.eu/positions/esr-7).