Giuseppe Cucinotta

2014 Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering – Science and Engineering of Materials

Chemistry Department “Ugo Schiff”, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy

Thesis title: Determination of magnetic anisotropy of single molecule magnets in different environments

2011 Master’s degree in Physics and Astrophysics

Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy

Thesis title: Studio dell’anisotropia magnetica in un magnete a singola molecola contenente uno ione disprosio

2008 Bachelor Degree in Physics

Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy

Thesis title: Realizzazione e caratterizzazione di un reticolo transiente indotto da impulsi laser

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

January 2020 – Today

Post-doc position on “Characterization of films of potential molecular qbits by means of CW EPR spectroscopy”.
LAboratory of Molecular Magnetism (LAMM), Chemistry Department (Ugo Schiff), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy.

January 2018 – December 2019

Post-doc position on “Study of functional properties of hybrid photovoltaic cells and evaluation of effects of magnetic fields on cells efficiency.”

LAboratory of Molecular Magnetism (LAMM), Chemistry Department (Ugo Schiff), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy.

January 2016 – December 2017

Post-doc position on “Study of magnetic and transport properties of molecular systems.”

LAboratory of Molecular Magnetism (LAMM), Chemistry Department (Ugo Schiff), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy.

January 2015 – December 2015

Post-doc position on “Characterization of electric conductivity of devices comprising magnetic molecules.”

LAboratory of Molecular Magnetism (LAMM), Chemistry Department (Ugo Schiff), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy.

PARTICIPATION AT CONFERENCES AND SCHOOLS

1st EUSMI | NFFA-Europe Joint School on Data Management, 10-11 December 2019, Trieste, Italy.

7th European Conference on Molecular Magnetism (ECMM2019) – poster contribution “Multi-techniques magnetic characterization of thin CrCl3 exfoliated crystals” – 15-18 September 2019, Firenze, Italy.

European Conference on Molecular Spintronics (ECMOLS2018) – 21-24 October 2018 Peníscola, Spain.

COST MolSpin Workshop “Spins and Interfaces” – oral contribution “Affecting spin-injection in organic spin-valves modifying their spinterface with magnetic molecules” – 25 October 2018, Peníscola, Spain.

Magnet2017 – oral contribution “Realization of functionalized organic spin valves with modified spinterface and investigation of the effects on spin-injection” – 13-15 September 2017, Assisi, Italy.

Top-Spin 3 Spin and Topological Phenomena in Nanostructures – poster contribution “Magnetic molecules effects on organic spin-valve spinterface” – 25-28 April 2017, Dresden, Germany.

European Conference on Molecular Spintronics (ECMolS2016) – poster contribution “An organic spin-valve embedding paramagnetic molecules” – 15-18 November 2016 Bologna, Italy.

Magnet2015 – poster contribution “Integrating magnetic molecules in spin valves” – 17-19 February 2015 Bologna, Italy.

Joint European Magnetic Symposia (JEMS) – poster contribution “Angular resolved magnetic measurements on Er single ion magnet: beyond the triclinic system” – 09-14 September 2012, Parma,  Italy.

Magnetism and Spintronics in Molecular Nanostructures – poster contribution “Magnetic anisotropy in lanthanide based single ion magnets” – 16-22 September 2012 Porquerolles, France.

Italian School on Magnetism – 5-10 February 2012 Pavia, Italy.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

2018/2019 Co-supervisor of the master thesis in Chemistry of Benedetta Ciuffi, title “Realisation and characterization of a hybrid photovoltaic device based on multinary sulphides”, University of Florence.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES AT SYNCHROTRON FACILITIES

6 accepted proposal for international large scale facilities as co-proposer at SOLEIL synchrotron (France) for a total of 6 weeks of activities.

LINGUISTIC PROFICIENCY

AWARDS

Winner of a three-year PhD fellowship (2011-2014) at the University of Florence.

2020-2022 Individual Project grant: "Sustainable hybrid thin-films solar cells embedding nanoparticles SHYTHISEN)" co-funded by Chemistry Department "U. Schiff" University of Florence and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e Pescia