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Mauro ha ricevuto il dottorato in Scienze Chimiche all’inizio del 2016 all’Università degli Studi di Firenze (dove ha anche ottenuto la sua laurea triennale e magistrale in Scienze Chimiche), lavorando con la Prof. Sessoli su un progetto riguardante l’anisotropia magnetica di complessi di lantanidi usando la magnetometria di momento torcente. Si è poi spostato in Germania, all’Università di Stoccarda (gruppo del Prof. Van Slageren), dove si è specializzato in misure spettroscopiche di molecole contenenti elementi f (sia lantanidi che attinidi). Nel corso del 2017 è diventato Assistant Professor all’Università di Copenaghen dove ha lavorato a stretto contatto con il Prof. Bendix. In Danimarca, ha lavorato principalmente sulla scrittura di codici informatici per razionalizzare l’anisotropia magnetica. Inoltre, ha sviluppato un forte interesse per l’interazione neutrone-materia, partecipando a varie sessioni di misure di scattering inelastico i neutroni. Dall’inizio del 2020 è Ricercatore di tipo A all’Università degli Studi di Firenze. Insegna Chimica generale e Inorganica al corso di laurea in Chimica e Tecnologie Farmaceutiche e al corso di laurea in Scienze Naturali e Magnetismo Molecolare al Corso di laurea in Chimica.
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Mauro si occupa delle proprietà magnetiche di complessi metallici. Gli piacciono particolarmente i complessi di elementi f (lantanidi e attinidi). Fa misure sperimentali utilizzando tecniche magnetometriche (magnetometria standard, di momento torcente, di singolo cristallo) e spettroscopiche (risonanza paramagnetica elettronica, spettroscopia infrarossa in campo magnetico, scattering inelastico di neutroni, dicroismo circolare magnetico…). La sua tecnica preferita è la magnetometria di momento torcente, di cui si è occupato durante il suo dottorato e sulla quale ha acquisito vaste competenze. Lavora anche molto sulla scrittura di programmi (in MATLAB e FORTRAN) per razionalizzare e modellizzare le proprietà magnetiche dei materiali. Negli ultimi anni si è appassionato a capire come variabili esterne, quali temperature e campo magnetico, influenzino l’anisotropia magnetica.
Legenda
Mauro received his PhD in early 2016 at the University of Florence working with Roberta Sessoli on the magnetic anisotropy of lanthanide complexes investigated using cantilever torque magnetometry. He then moved to the University of Stuttgart (tutor: Prof. Joris van Slageren), dealing with experimental setup building and spectroscopic investigation of actinides and lanthanides coordination complexes. In 2017 he became Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen (Inorganic section, head: Prof. Jesper Bendix), where he mainly focused his research on synthesis of transition metal and lanthanide based dimers and investigation of magnetic anisotropy of f-elements. He also participated to several Ineslastic Neutron Scattering investigations on single-molecule magnets. Since the beginning of 2020, he is Research Associate at the University of Florence. He teaches general chemistry for bachelor students in natural sciences and molecular magnetism for chemistry students.
CURRENT POSITION:
-Non tenure Assistant Professor (RTDA)
Department of Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
-2018-2019 Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
-2017-2018 Post Doc
Topic: Characterization and modeling of spin architectures
Group Leader: Prof. J. Bendix
-2015-2017 Post Doc
Department of Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Topic: Magnetic and spectroscopic investigation of Uranium- and Lanthanide-based complexes.
Group Leader: Prof. J.van Slageren
EDUCATION:
-2015 Ph. D. in Chemical Science cum laude
Thesis title: Cantilever Torque Magnetometry: a powerful tool to investigate magnetic anisotropy in crystals and thin films
-2012 Scholarship
Title: Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles with Single Molecule Magnets
-2010-2012 Master Degree in Chemical Science (cum laude)
Thesis title: Experimental methodologies for anchoring Single Molecule Magnets on Gold Nanoparticles
-2007-2010 Bachelor Degree in Chemistry (cum laude)
Thesis title: Anisotropic complexes of lanthanide ions with macrocyclic DOTA ligand: a study on the magnetization dynamics at low temperature
PARTICIPATION AT CONFERENCES
11 Jun. 2021
Invited talk at Rising star Symposium of International Conference on Magnetic Molecules
Title: Trends in Magnetic Anisotropy: the fn+7 effect.
14-15 Nov.2019
Workshop: Challenges with rare earth elements, Rome, Italy.
Title: A new class of magnetic materials: lanthanide complexes with switchable magnetic
anisotropy
25 Oct. 2019
Invited talk, Department of Materials, University of Oxford, UK.
Title: Shape and magnetism of lanthanide complexes
15–18 Sep.2019
7 th European Conference on Molecular Magnetism, Florence, Italy.
Title: Platinum vs. Palladium: the role of an axial metal in defining the ligand field and
the properties of lanthanide complexes
27 Jun. 2019
Invited talk, Department of Chemistry, University of Berkeley, USA.
Title: Shape and magnetism of f-elements complexes
1–5 Sep. 2018
16 th International Conference on Molecular Magnetism , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil.
Title: Magnetic anisotropy switch: easy plane to easy axis conversion and vice versa
10–14 Sep. 2017
26 th Conference of the Italian Chemical Society, Paestum, Italy.
Title: Layer by layer order of molecular thin films detected by Torque Magnetometry
27–31 Aug. 2017
6 th European Conference on Molecular Magnetism, Bucharest, Romania.
Title: Symmetry and magnetism: easy axis to easy plane anisotropy conversion via temperature change
2–5 Jul. 2017
Invited talk at: 4 th European Inorganic Chemistry Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Title: On the thermal plasticity of magnetic anisotropy
24–26 Nov. 2016
Invited Talk, Department of Engeneering, University of Brno, Czech Republic.
Title: Cantilever torque magnetometry: a powerful tool to characterize magnetic
18–23 Nov. 2016
Invited Talk, Department of Chemistry, University of Olomouc, Czech Republic.
6–10 Sep. 2015
5 th European Conference on Molecular Magnetism, Saragozza, Spain.
Title: Cantilever magnetometry: a unique experimental tool to characterize magnetic
3–10 Jul. 2014
14 th International Conference on Molecular Magnetism , Saint Petersburg ,
Title: Magnetic and electrical properties of a new hybrid material combining single-
molecule magnets and gold nanoparticles
6–10 Oct. 2013
4 th European Conference on Molecular Magnetism, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Title: Grafting Single Molecule Magnets on Gold Nanoparticles
29 Jun.–3 Jul. 2013
IX Meeting INSTM for Science and technology of materials, Bari, Italy.
Title: Synthesis and characterization of a novel SMM-NPs hybrid material
Title: Complete Magnetic and spectroscopic characterization of a Dysprosium-based SMM
buiding block
4–8 Sept. 2016
15 th International Conference on Molecular Magnetism, Sendai, Japan.
Title: How to map the magnetic anisotropy of magnetic chains, metal organic frameworks
and thin films
17–19 Feb. 2015
Magnet 2015: 4 th Italian conference on magnetism, Bologna, Italy.
Title: Detecting magnetic anisotropy by using torque magnetometry: from crystals to thin
films
20–22 Feb. 2015
Magnet 2013: 3 rd Italian conference on magnetism, Napoli, Italy.
Title: Ln(DOTA) complexes: a model system to investigate the role of the number of 4f
electrons on the magnetic anisotropy and SMM behaviour
OTHER INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES
OUTREACH
2012-2014
Head of the Chemistry Section of “Open Lab”-lessons and labs for undergrad students
2013-2015
Teacher of Chemistry, NAJS Association-lessons and exercises for undergrad students
QUALIFICATIONS AND AWARDS:
LINGUISTIC PROFICIENCY
Italian (mother tongue)
English (C1)
French (A2)
Mauro’s research is focused on the study of the magnetic properties of complexes containing d and f metals. He particularly fancies 4f- and 5f-elements complexes due to their unique spectroscopic and magnetic properties. He extensively uses magnetometric (standard and single crystal magnetometry) and spectroscopic techniques (EPR, In-field IR, INS, MCD…). He is an expert in using Cantilever Torque Magnetometry to investigate and deconvolute the magnetic anisotropy of mononuclear and polynuclear metal complexes. He is particularly interested in investigating how external variables such as temperature and magnetic fields can affect the magnetic anisotropy.
