Mercoledi' 9-10 (telefonare per conferma)
1960-Nato a Firenze1985-Laurea in Chimica e Tecnologia Farmaceutiche, Universita' di Firenze1990-Dottorato di ricerca in Scienze Chimiche, Universita' di Padova
1991-Borsa NATO-CNR, Universita' di Mainz1992-1994 Borsa post-dottorato, Universita' di Firenze1994-1996 Borsa EU HCM, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Strahlenchemie, Muelheim/Ruhr
1996-2018 Ricercatore, Universita' di Firenze
2012-2013 in congedo per motivi di studio - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Madrid
7-2016 - Guest professor al CRC1093, Universita' di Duisburg-Essen, Germania.
5-2017 - Borsa di studio per accademici DAAD, Universita' di Duisburg-Essen, Germania.
2018 - presente Professore associato al Dipartimento di Chimica dell'Universita' di Firenze.
Interessi scientifici principali: Spettroscopia ottica e fotochimica (Spettroscopia vibrazionale ed elettronica; scattering Raman spontaneo e coerente; persistent spectral hole burning; spettroscopia optoacustica indotta da laser). Studio di sistemi di interesse biologico (interazioni farmaco-DNA; emoproteine trasportatrici di ossigeno; emoproteine ad attivita' perossidasica; fotorecettori). Spettroscopia Raman su superficie metalliche nanostrutturate (SERS). Proprieta' fototermiche di nanoparticelle.
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1979-1985 - M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, University of Florence
1987-1990 - Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Padua, Italy,
1990-1991 - NATO-CNR Research Fellowship. Research at the Dept. of Physical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, then at the Inst. of Physics, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
1992-1994 - University of Florence Post-doctoral Fellowship.
1994-1996 EU Human Capital and Mobility Research Fellowship. Research at the former Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)
1996-2018 Ricercatore (Assistant Professor) at the Department of Chemistry, University of Florence.
2011-2012 Sabbatical stay at the Institute for the Structure of Matter of the National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid, Spain.
7/2016: Guest professor at the CRC1093, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
5/2017: DAAD fellowship at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
2018-present: Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of Florence.
Main scientific interests: Optical spectroscopy and photochemistry (Vibrational and electronic spectroscopy; spontaneous and coherent Raman scattering; persistent spectral hole burning; laser-induced optoacoustic spectroscopy). Studies on biological systems (Drug-DNA interactions; oxygen-binding hemoproteins; heme-containing peroxidases; photoreceptors). Raman spectroscopy on nanostructured metal surfaces (SERS). Photothermal properties of nanoparticles.