alumni
former students with links to their thesis when available
- 2024 Alfredo Fiorentino, PhD thesis on _Advances in lattice thermal transport in crystals and glasses
- 2024 Cesare Malosso, PhD thesis on Dielectric and dynamical properties of supercooled water.
- 2024 Enrico Drigo, PhD thesis Thermoelectric effects in polar liquids and ionic conductors.
- 2023 Mandana Safari, PhD thesis on Growth and redox of borophene on Al(111) substrate; Mandana is now HPC specialist at the CINECA supercomputing center in Bologna.
- 2023 Paolo Pegolo, PhD thesis on Charge and heat transport in ionic conductors; Paolo is now postdoctoral fellow at EPFL.
- 2022 Riccardo Bertossa, PhD thesis on Theory, codes, and numerical simulation of heat transport in multicomponent systems; Riccardo is now CEO and CTO at Materys.
- 2021 Davide Tisi, PhD thesis on Green-Kubo simulation of transport properties: from ab initio to neural-network molecular dynamics
- 2020 Alfredo Fiorentino, Master thesis on Theory and numerical simulation of heat transport in disordered systems.
- 2020 Cesare Malosso, Master thesis on Theory and molecular simulation of viscous fluids with applications to water
- 2020 Jacopo Marcheselli, PhD thesis on Simulating plasmon enhancement of optical properties in hybrid metal-organic nanoparticles.; Jacopo is now Product Design and Marketing Specialist @ Nanomatch GmbH.
- 2018 Paolo Pegolo, Master thesis on Theory and numerical simulation of heat conductivity in water, University of Trieste.
- 2018 Mariami Rusishvili, PhD thesis on Color optical properties of anthocyanins in solution: a multi-scale computational study, co-supervised by Alessandra Magistrato; Mariami is now Signal integrity engineer at Cisco.
- 2018 Loris Ercole, PhD thesis on Ab Initio Simulation of Heat Transport in Silica Glass; Loris is now DevOps Engineer at Microsoft Quantum.
- 2017 Riccardo Bertossa, Master thesis on Simulazione termica della conduzione termica in fluidi a due componenti, University of Trieste.
- 2016 Tommaso Gorni, PhD thesis on Spin-fluctuation spectra in magnetic systems: a novel approach based on TDDFT; Tommaso is now HPC Software Developer at the CINECA supercomputing center in Bologna.
- 2014 Francesco Naccarato, Master thesis on Simulazione numerica di eccitazione di plasma in materiali, University of Trieste; Francesco is now Data Scientist at Citrin Informatics.
- 2014 Aris Marcolongo, PhD thesis on Theory and ab initio simulation of atomic heat transport, co-supervised by Paolo Umari; Aris is now Scientific Collaborator at Laboratory for Web Sciences, Fernfachhochschule, Switzerland.
- 2013 Ge Xiaochuan, PhD thesis on Seeing Colors with Time Dependent Density Functional Theory, co-supervised by Arrigo Calzolari; Xiaochuan is now VP of Engineering, AppLovin, Paolo Alto (CA).
- 2012 Jiawei Xian, PhD thesis on Electronic properties of gold nanoclusters from GW calculationss, co-supervised by Paolo Umari.
- 2011 Giuseppe Carleo, PhD thesis on Spectral and dynamical properties of strongly correlated systems, co-supervised with Federico Becca and Saverio Moroni. Giuseppe Carleo is now professor of physics at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
- 2009 Tatjana Škrbić, PhD thesis on Dynamics of doped 4He and 3He clusters from reptation quantum Monte Carlo, co-supervised by Saverio Moroni; Tatjana is now research assiciate at Università Ca' Foscari in Venice.
- 2007 Adriano Mosca Conte, PhD thesis on Quantum mechanical modeling of nano magnetism: new tools based on Density-Functional theory with case applications to solids, surfaces, wires, and molecules, co-supervised by Stefano Fabris.
- 2007 Dario Rocca, PhD thesis on Time-Dependent Density Functional Perturbation Theory New algorithms with applications to molecular spectra, co-supervised with Ralph Gebauer. Dario Rocca is now Staff Scientist at QC Ware Corp, Palo Alto, (CA).
- 2007 Antonio Suriano, PhD thesis on Quantum mechanical modeling of the chemical reactivity of metal surfaces: two case studies involving water formation and dissociation. Antonio Suriano is now portfolio manager at Fideuram Investimenti SGR, Milan (Italy).
- 2006 Stefano Paolini, PhD thesis on Rotational dynamics of molecular impurities of solvated 4He clusters: a computational study based on reptation quantum Monte Carlo, co-supervised by Saverio Moroni; Setfano is now Group Risk Capital Calculation and Reporting manager at Generali.
- 2005 Carlo Sbraccia, PhD thesis on Computer Simulation of Thermally Activated Processes, co-supervised by Pierluigi Silvestrelli.
- 2001 Matteo Ceccarelli (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon), PhD thesis on Le transfert primaire d’electron das un centre réactionnel photosynthétique bactérien etudié par simulation moléculaire, co-supervised with Massimo Marchi. Matteo Ceccarelli is now full professor of biophysics at the University of Cagliari.
- 2000 Gabriele Cipriani, PhD thesis on Ab-initio study of oxygen adsorption on selected transition metal surfaces, co-supervised with Andrea Dal Corso and Stefano de Gironcoli; Gabrile is now Head of EMEA QR Financing. Prime Services and Inventory Optimization at J.P. Morgan.
- 1999 Ralph Gebauer (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon), PhD thesis on New methods for the ab-initio calculation of the static and dynamical properties of magnetic materials. Ralph Gebauer is now senior research staff member at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste.
- 1997 Dario Alfè, PhD thesis on First Principles Study of Two Rhodium Surfaces upon Carbon-Monoxide and Oxygen Adsorption. Dario Alfé is now full professor of physics at University College London and professor of condensed-matter physics at the Unibversity Federico II in Naples.
- 1997 Alice Ruini, PhD thesis on Dynamical Charges at Surfaces and Interfaces: Their Role in the Schottky Barrier Problem, co-supervised with Raffaele Resta. Alice Ruini is now associate professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
- 1997 Antonino Marco Saitta, PhD thesis on Theoretical study of the structural, thermodynamic and electronic properties of quaternary semiconductor alloy: (Zn,Mg)(S,Se), co-supervised with Stefano de Gironcoli. Marco Saitta is now full professor of physics and Director of the Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie at the Sorbonne University in Paris.
- 1995 Claudia Bungaro, PhD thesis on Dynamical Properties of Clean and H-covered W(110) Surfaces, co-supervised with Stefano de Gironcoli.
- 1995 Alberto Debernardi, PhD thesis on Anharmonic Properties of Semiconductors from Density Functional Perturbation Theory. Alberto Debernardi is now senior research associate at the Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystems of the Italian CNR.
- 1995 Barbara Montanari, Master thesis on: Allineamenti di banda all’interfaccia InAs/GaSb: uno studio da principi primi, Università di Modena; Barbara is now Head of Programmes and Strategy at STFC Scientific Computing, Didcot, UK
- 1994 Matteo Ceccarelli (Università di Cagliari), Master thesis on: Tecniche di simulazione numerica per lo studio di macromolecole organiche, co-supervised with Massimo Marchi; Matteo is now full professor of biophysics at the University of Cagliari.
- 1993 Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, PhD thesis on Phonon softening and high-pressure low-simmetry phases of cesium halides from first-principles techniques. Marco Buongiorno Nardelli is now Regents professor of physics at the University of North Texas.
- 1993 Andrea Dal Corso, PhD thesis on Density Functional Theory beyond the Pseudopotential Local Density Approach: a Few Cases Studies, co-supervised with Raffaele Resta. Andrea Dal Corso is now associate professor of physics at SISSA.
- 1993 Alberto Franceschetti, PhD thesis on Density-functional theory without orbitals: a path towards very large scale electronic structure calculations.
- 1992 Pier Luigi Silvestrelli, PhD thesis on Auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo for systems with repusive Coulomb interactions, co-supervised with Roberto Car. Pier Luigi Silvestrelli is now associate professor of physics at the University of Padua.
- 1992 Nicola Marzari (Università di Trieste), Master thesis on Studio teorico da principi primi delle proprietà strutturali e termodinamiche della lega GaxIn1-xP, Università di Trieste, co-supervised with Alfonso Baldereschi. Nicola Marzari is now full professor of Materials Sciences at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
- 1991 Pasquale Pavone, PhD thesis on Lattice Dynamics of Semiconductors from Density-Functional Perturbation Theory. Pasquale Pavone is now senior research associate the Humboldt University in Berlin.
- 1989 Maria Peressi, PhD thesis on Energy-band discontinuities at lattice-matched semiconductor heterojunctions, co-supervised with Alfonso Baldereschi. Maria Peressi is now full professor of physics at the University of Trieste.
- 1989 Sandro Sorella, PhD thesis on A novel technique for the simulation of interacting fermion systems, co-supervised with Roberto Car, Michele Parrinello, and Erio Tosatti. Sandro prematurely passed away in 2022, while being full professor of theoretical condensed-matter physics at SISSA in Trieste.
- 1989 Stefano de Gironcoli (University of Trieste), Master thesis on Proprietà piezoelettriche dei semiconduttori binari III-V, Università di Trieste, co-supervised with Alfonso Baldereschi; Stefano de Gironcoli is now full professor of physics at SISSA.
- 1985 Roberto Siagri (University of Trieste), Master thesis, Università di Trieste, co-supervised with Alfonso Baldereschi; Roberto, formerly Founding President and CEO of the Eurotech company, is now a DeepTech Entrepreneur.
- 1982 Eda Tuncel (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Master thesis on: Calcul des affinités éléctroniques atomiques dans differents schemas à densité locale, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, co-supervised with Antonio Quattropani; Eda is now Senior Application Engineer at Applied Materials.