EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Materials Physics) University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy (February 2001)

Laurea (Physics) University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy (February 1996)

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Fulbright Visiting Chair, 2017, California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

Canada Research Chair (Tier I), 2016 – 2023, Centre EMT, INRS, Varennes, Canada

UNESCO Chair 2014 – 2017 Centre EMT, INRS, Varennes, Canada

Canada Research Chair (Tier II)2003 – 2013 Centre EMT, INRS, Varennes, Canada

Visiting Scientist06/2014CNR–ISMRome, Italy

Visiting Professor 09/2013  Flinders University, Australia  Adelaide, Australia

Director06/2011-Present Centre EMT, INRS  Varennes, Canada

Visiting Scientist  06/2010 – 07/2010CNR–ISM   Rome, Italy

Visiting Scientist03/2010 – 04/2010   MANA–NIMS  Tsukuba, Japan

Visiting Professor01/2010 – 12/2012University of Western AustraliaPerth, Australia

Humboldt Awardee05/2011 – 11/2011Max Planck Institute for Solid State ResearchStuttgart, Germany

Professor06/2009-PresentCentre EMT, INRSVarennes, Canada

Visiting Professor 12/2008 – 05/2009University of Western AustraliaPerth, Australia

Associate Professor06/2004 – 05/2009Centre EMT, INRSVarennes, Canada

Visiting Professor 02/2008Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore

Visiting Scientist11/2007CNR-ISCRome, Italy

Visiting Professor07/2007NUSNNI, National University of SingaporeSingapore

Visiting Professor11/2006 – 02/2007ISSP, University of TokyoKashiwa, Japan

Visiting Scientist09/2006CNR–INFM–TASCTrieste, Italy

Visiting Professor01/2005CQCT, University of New South WalesSydney, Australia

Assistant Professor05/2002 – 05/2004Centre EMT, INRSVarennes, Canada

Post–Doctoral Fellow11/2000 – 04/2002Centre for Atomic Scale Materials Physics, University of AarhusAarhus, Denmark

SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIP IN LEARNED SOCIETIES

Member of the Board of Directors, University Foundation INRS Armand Frappier, 2012–2017

Member of the Diversity Committee, American Ceramic Society, 2013–2014.

Canadian and International Associate Director, Sigma Xi Society, 2013–2016.

Member of the Emerging Technologies Awareness Committee, ASM International, 2015–2018; renewed, 2018–2021.

Member of the Global Science Excellence Roundtable (initiative of the Government of Canada), Saskatoon August 2016.

Founding Chair of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council Montreal Chapter, 2016 – Present

Vice Chair of the IEEE Montreal Section, 2016–2018.

Member of the JC Polanyi Award Selection Committee, Canadian Society for Chemistry, 2017.

Member of the “Prix du Quebec / Lionel-Boulet” Selection Committee, 2017.

Ambassador, IEEE Day 2017

Founding Chair of the American Ceramic Society Canada Chapter, 2017 – Present

Member of the International Committee of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, 2018 – Present

Member of the Killam Prizes and Fellowships Selection Committee, Canada Council for the Arts, 2018–2021.

Lifetime Member, American Physical Society

Lifetime Member, American Ceramic Society

Lifetime Member, SPIE

Lifetime Member, TMS

Lifetime Member, Electrochemical Society (ECS)

Lifetime Member, Optical Society of America (OSA)

Lifetime Member, ASM International

SERVICE TO INDUSTRY

Member of the Advisory Board, Group NanoXplore Inc. (2013–2015)