Arrigo Calzolari

Present Position & Appointments - Since Oct 2010 – Researcher CNR-NANO S3 Modena, IT - Since Nov 2012 – Adjunct Professor Physics Dept., University of North Texas, Denton TX, USA - Since April 2015 – Member of Aflowlib Consortium for Materials Genomics, Duraham NC USA - Since Jan 2016 - Review Editor for Frontiers in Physics - May 2013 - Mar 2015 – Collaborator @ SISSA, Trieste, IT Research Ab initio study of the structural, electronic, optical and transport properties of nanostructures and interfaces for molecular electronics and photovoltaics applications. The field of research includes: * Hybrid organic/inorganic interfaces * Polymers, (bio)molecules, and nanostructures * Thermodinamic stability, dynamical evolution and optical properties of molecules and nanostructures in solution. * Electronic and thermal transport and thermoelctricity in nanostructures – (WanT PROJECT) Scientific activity - Author of more than 70 scientific papers published in international journals, and of 6 scientific review articles and book chapters. H-index=25 (Google Scholar source, Jan. 2015). - Author of invited talks to peer-reviewed international conferences and of presentations/lectures to international workshops and advanced schools (since 2008). - MIUR professorship (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale 2012) in Theoretical Physics: Condensed Matter (FIS 03/B2) and Physical Chemistry (CHIM 03/A2) - Organization of scientific workshop: “SINFO – Surfaces, Interfaces and Functionalization processes in Organic compounds and applications”, 20-22 June 2012, Parma IT; and "SINFO II June 2014, Trieste IT; Workshop CECAM “Computational plasmonics: an ab initio and multiscale perspective", 2 – 4 November 2015 - Participation to scientific projects funded by regional (Laboratorio Regionale Emilia Romagna NANOFABER 2005-2007), national (Progetto Premiale EoS 2014, PRIN-2008, PRIN-2006, PRIN-2004, FIRB-NOMADE 2003-2006) and international (EC NEST STREP “Prosurf” 2006-2009; EC IST FET-Open “DNA-BASED NANODEVICES” 2006-2009; EC IST FET-Open “DNA-BASED NANOWIRES” 2003-2005) agencies. - Participation/coordination to/of supercomputing projects (including PRACE preparatory access 2011 and 2013, PRACE Tier-O 2013, OAK RIDGE LAB 2011, CINECA 2001-2009, DEISA 2008 e ISCRA 2010-2014). - Co-supervisor of graduate and undergraduate students. - Referee for scientific journals, including Phys. Rev. Lett., J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Phys. Chem, J. Phys.: Cond. Matt., Nanotech., Europhys. Lett., Chem. Phys. Lett. - Lecturer at national and international schools and workshop on computational materials science. - Lecturer at University of Modena e Reggio E., exercise on mechanics and electromagnetism (2003-2008) and quantum mechanics (2002).