Researcher at the University of Genoa.

Master degree and PhD in Science and Engineering of Materials.

Skills and expertise:

• Field measures for air quality control.
• Measurement techniques and analysis for the characterization of atmospheric pollution and its sources, in particular Energy Dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF).
• Optical and thermo-optical techniques for determining the carbonaceous fraction (organic and elemental carbon) in atmospheric particulate matter.
• Growth and characterization of thin films, nanostructuring of surfaces by ion beams, preparation and management of ultra high vacuum (UHV) systems.
• Atomic force microscopy (AFM), Mass spectrometry (SIMS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Optical spectrometry.