Born : 22.06.1957, Trieste , Italy
Education & Reaserch
Training:
1982 : Degree 'Dottore in Chimica'
(laurea cum laude), University
of Trieste
1993-1995, PhD in 'Scienze Chimiche', University of Trieste, supervision
of Prof. Vinicio Galasso (theoretical
chemistry) dissertation entitled: "Studi quantomeccanici many-body
di osservabili magnetiche ed ottiche con formalismi Equazioni-del-Moto."
(Quantum mechanic
many-body studies of magnetic and optical properties by Equation of Motion
method)
1987-1988 : research activity at the
Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Trieste.
In this period she was lecturer on
“Physical Chemistry” at the University of Udine.
1989 : fellowship of the CINECA computing center at the Department of Chemical Sciences,
University of Trieste, project :” Sviluppo ed installazione di una libreria di programmi per la chimica computazionale”
1990-1998 : Researcher of
Physical-Chemistry, University of Trieste
1998 - present, Associate Professor of
Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of
Trieste.
Affiliations
Member of excellence centre
"Democritos National Simulation
Center" of INFM (Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica dei Materiali)
Member of INSTM
(Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali)
Member of ACS (Americal Chemical Society)
Scientific Interests
Her scientific activity has been mainly
devoted to theoretical studies of photoemission and photoabsorption
processes in molecular systems of increasing complexity. The methodological
developments take place both within highly correlated approaches (based on
configuration interaction (CI) ansatz), to obtain
accurate results for small and medium sized systems, and within computationally
less expansive methods, in particular DFT and its extension to the time dependent approach TDDFT, to treat large systems.
The main research topics in the last years
concern:
- TDDFT simulations of inner shell photoabsorption processes of molecules and condensed
systems described with suitable cluster models
- computation at DFT and TDDFT levels, of
the dynamic observables, cross section and angular distributions, which
characterize the molecular photoemission processes.
She has an active collaboration with the
experimental team of the Gas Phase Beam Line at Elettra
Synchrotron Light Laboratory, on photoemission and core
photoabsorption in medium sized molecules and transition metal
compounds and, more recently, with members of
the Aloisa beam line at Elettra on
NEXAFS and XPS spectroscopic investigation
of molecules adsorbed on surfaces.
She is co-author of more than 100 papers
in ISI international scientific journals and gave numerous contributions at
national and international conferences. She serves as reviewer for
scientific international journals.