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(A) High-performance numerical simulations inspired by Density Functional Theory; application to nanostructured carbon-based systems.
(B) Statistical mechanics of critical and collective phenomena; Analytical and numerical renormalisation methods in condensed matter physics, with special emphasis on phase transitions and quantum entanglement.
*June 1995: Doctor's Degree in Physics, University of Bologna (Italy), cum laude.
*March 2000: PhD in Physics (Condensed Matter), University of Bologna (Italy). Thesis: "Non-autonomous oscillators: theory and applications", scientific supervisor: prof. L. Ferrari.
*July 2000-Dec. 2001: Post-doctoral position ("Young researcher") at the Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad de Alicante, within the TMR European Network "Fractal Structures and Self-Organization".
*Jan. 2002-Dec. 2002: Post-doctoral position at the University of Bologna within the national project "Quantum Effects in Low-Dimensional Solid State Systems".
*Jan. 2003-Sep. 2010: Researcher at the CNISM Research Unit of Bologna on "Study of strongly correlated electronic and magnetic systems in low dimensions".
*Current position: Researcher at CNR-IMM, Sezione di Bologna.
*Teaching at the University of Bologna: 2004-06 assistant in Probability Calculus and Statistics (laurea triennale in Scienze di Internet); 2008-21 assistant in Quantum Theory of Matter, Theory of Many-Body Systems, Quantum States of Matter & Radiation, Strongly Correlated Systems (laurea magistrale in Fisica) and in Physics of Matter and Radiation (laurea magistrale in Fisica del Sistema Terra). Supervisor and co-supervisor of various graduating and PhD theses.
*Referee for Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B and E, Physica D, European Physical Journal Plus.
*Participation in several national and international conferences, with oral contributions and posters.
*Coordination of three projects for high-performance parallel computing at CINECA.
Scientific Productions
Quantum Fisher Information and multipartite entanglement in spin-1 chains
arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.02407 [],
Quantum tops at the LHC: from entanglement to Bell inequalities
arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.10112 [],
T-matrix calculations of spin-dependent optical forces in optically trapped nanowires
The European Physical Journal Plus [Springer Berlin Heidelberg], Volume: 136 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-15
Quantum probes for universal gravity corrections
Physical Review D [American Physical Society], Volume: 102 Issue: 5 Pages: 056012
Topological phases in two-legged Heisenberg ladders with alternating interactions
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 101 Issue: 8 Pages: 085124
Topological phases in two-legged Heisenberg ladders with alternated interactions
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 101 Issue: 8 Pages: 085124
Optical forces in the T-matrix formalism
Atti Accad. Pelorit. Pericol. Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat. [], Volume: 97 Pages: A2
Optical forces in the T-matrix formalism
Atti Accad. Pelorit. Pericol. Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat. [], Volume: 97 Pages: A2
Brane parity orders in the insulating state of Hubbard ladders
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 94 Pages: 085119
Finding critical points using improved scaling Ansätze
Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment [IOP Publishing], Volume: 2015 Issue: 4 Pages: P04005
Bound states and expansion dynamics of interacting bosons on a one-dimensional lattice
Physical Review A [American Physical Society], Volume: 90 Issue: 4 Pages: 043606
Folded graphene membranes: mapping curvature at the nanoscale
Nano letters [American Chemical Society], Volume: 12 Issue: 10 Pages: 5207-5212
EPL (Europhysics Letters) [IOP Publishing], Volume: 97 Issue: 2 Pages: 23002
Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment [IOP Publishing], Volume: 2011 Issue: 12 Pages: P12014
Pairing and crystallization of one-dimensional atomic mixtures with mass imbalance
APS March Meeting Abstracts [], Volume: 2011 Pages: A45. 013
Hidden X Y structure of the bond-charge Hubbard model
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 82 Issue: 23 Pages: 233105
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 82 Issue: 2 Pages: 020101
Phase separation and pairing regimes in the one-dimensional asymmetric Hubbard model
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 81 Issue: 22 Pages: 224512
Physical Review B Condensed Matter And Materials Physics [], Volume: 82 Issue: 2
Block Entropy of the XYZ Model: Exact Results and Numerical Study
Talk given at the Italian Quantum Information Science Conference, Pisa, Italy [],
Nanoscale phase separation and superconductivity in the one-dimensional Hirsch model
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 79 Issue: 23 Pages: 235117
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical [IOP Publishing], Volume: 42 Issue: 5 Pages: 055002
Rapidly converging methods for the location of quantum critical points from finite-size data
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 77 Issue: 15 Pages: 155413
Physical review letters [American Physical Society], Volume: 99 Issue: 20 Pages: 206401
Qubit teleportation and transfer across antiferromagnetic spin chains
Physical review letters [American Physical Society], Volume: 99 Issue: 6 Pages: 060401
Role of transport performance for neuron cell morphology
The FASEB Journal [Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology], Volume: 21 Issue: 3 Pages: 866-871
Stable particles in anisotropic spin-1 chains
The European Physical Journal B-Condensed Matter and Complex Systems [EDP sciences], Volume: 53 Issue: 1 Pages: 11-18
Stable particles in anisotropic spin-1 chains
The European Physical Journal B-Condensed Matter and Complex Systems [EDP sciences], Volume: 53 Issue: 1 Pages: 11-18
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena [North-Holland], Volume: 219 Issue: 2 Pages: 111-119
Long-distance entanglement in spin systems.
Physical Review Letters [], Volume: 96 Issue: 24 Pages: 247206-247206
Long-distance entanglement in spin systems
Physical review letters [American Physical Society], Volume: 96 Issue: 24 Pages: 247206
Single-site entanglement at the superconductor-insulator transition in the Hirsch model
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 73 Issue: 8 Pages: 085113
Local measures of entanglement and critical exponents at quantum phase transitions
Physical Review A [American Physical Society], Volume: 73 Issue: 1 Pages: 010303
Physical Review-Section B-Condensed Matter [Woodbury, NY: published by the American Physical Society through the American Institute of Physics, c1998-], Volume: 73 Issue: 8 Pages: 85113-85113
Scaling of excitations in dimerized and frustrated spin-1 2 chains
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 72 Issue: 17 Pages: 172409
Particle content of the nonlinear sigma model with a θ-term: a lattice model investigation
Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment [IOP Publishing], Volume: 2005 Issue: 02 Pages: L02004
Low-Dimensional Spin Systems: Hidden Symmetries, Conformal Field Theories and Numerical Checks
Symmetries in Science XI [Springer Netherlands], Pages: 145-173
Low-Dimensional Spin Systems: Hidden Symmetries, Conformal Field Theories and Numerical Checks
Symmetries in Science XI [Springer Netherlands], Pages: 145-173
Entropia - Un affascinante viaggio tra ordine e disordine [Nane Edizioni], Pages: 79-99