Other Experience

Projects/Grants – Referee – Event Organizer – Editorial Activity

Conferences/Workshops/Schools – Broader impact – Visiting Stays

Teaching – Computing – Languages

• Projects/Grants

• Co-author and Italian Management Committee Member of the approved European COST (Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action MP1303 “Understanding and Controlling Nano and Mesoscale Friction” (2013-2017).

• Team Member of the approved ERC Advanced Grant MODPHYSFRICT “Modeling the Physics of Nano-Friction” - Principal Investigator: Prof. E. Tosatti (2013-2018).

• Co-author of the Sinergia Research Project CRSII2_136287 “Understanding nanofriction and dissipation across phase transitions” funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (2011-2015).

• Co-author of the approved CINECA ISCRA Project “Boundary Lubrication Under High Pressure” (BLUHP) (2010-2011).

• CNR Short-term mobility Grant 2010 Prof. M. Urbakh, “Mechanisms of Energy Dissipation in Nanoscale Friction”, at CNR-IOM Nat. Res. Center DEMOCRITOS.

• Co-author of the approved CINECA ISCRA Project “Gold Nanoparticles on Graphite” (GONG) (2010-2011).

• ESF Visit Grant (2010) “Nanotribology of lamellar structured lubricants”, Host: Prof. M. Urbakh, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

• Co-author of the funded Joint ICTP/FANAS Conference proposal 2010 “Trends in Nanotribology 2011” (TiN'11).

• Co-author of the funded National Research Project PRIN “Tribology of nano-objects on solid surfaces” 2010-2011.

• Author of the funded CECAM Workshop proposal 2010 “Stick-slip dynamics, from nano to geophysical scales”.

• CNR Short-term mobility Grant 2009 Prof. M. Urbakh, “Confined Superlubric Sliding Interfaces”, at CNR-INFM Nat. Res. Center DEMOCRITOS.

• CNR Short-term mobility Grant 2009 Prof. A.E. Filippov, “Controlling friction in multi-asperity contact systems”, at CNR-INFM Nat. Res. Center DEMOCRITOS.

• ESF Visit Grant (2009) “Controlling friction in multi-asperity nanocontacts”, Host: Prof. M. Urbakh, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

• Co-author of the funded ICTP/FANAS Conference proposal 2009 “Trends in Nanotribology”.

• Co-author of the approved ESF EUROCORES Programmes FANAS 2008-2012:

- “Active Control of Friction” (Coordinator M. Urbakh - Tel Aviv);

- “Atomic Scale Friction - Molecules in Motion” (Coordinator E. Meyer - Basel).

• Author of the funded CECAM Workshop proposal 2007 “Modelling and simulation of friction at the nanoscale: from understanding to control”.

• ESF Visit Grant (2008) “Controlling manipulation at the nanoscale”, Host: Prof. M. Urbakh, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

• Co-author and person in charge of the subproject on tribology within the Net-Lab “Surfaces & Coatings for Advanced Mechanics and Nanomechanics” (SUP&RMAN) (2005-2008) (www.labsuprman.com).

• Author and person in charge of the S3–Focus Project “Role of interface geometry in sliding friction” (2005-2006).

• Co-author of the National Research Project COFIN “Nanotribologia” (2004-2006).

• Co-author of the Industrial Research Project “Studio e realizzazione di micro-nanostrutturazioni di superfici per applicazioni meccaniche su motori per vetture ad alte prestazioni” (Ferrari S.p.A. – INFM-S3 National Research Center) (2004-2006).

• Co-author of NATO Collaborative Linkage Grant “Microscopic Friction: from simple models to real systems” (Modena - Los Alamos - Lyon - Kiev) (2004-2006).

• Co-author of National Project 2004 for the allocation of computing time on parallel supercomputers at CINECA: “Ab initio study of chemisorption reactions of organic molecules on hydrogenated silicon surfaces”.

• Participation in the European ESF Programme Nanotribology (NATRIBO) (2002-2007) (www.nanotribo.org).

• Co-author of INFM PRA “NANORUB” (2001-2004).

• Since 2001, participation in National Research Projects (COFIN).

• Author and person in charge of the Research Grant Award Progetto Giovani Ricercatori: “Studio teorico-computazionale mediante modelli matematici della dinamica di attrito fra superfici” (2001-2002).

• Referee

International Journals: Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Physical Review E, Applied Physics Letters, Tribology Letters, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Physics Letters A, Surface Science, European Physical Journal B, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, Journal of Applied Physics, Computational Materials Science, Journal of Materials Science, Journal of Materials Research, Communications in Theoretical Physics, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, Mathematical Modelling and Analysis.

Reviewer for: - the US Condensed Matter and Materials Theory Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

- the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

• Event Organizer

o Co-director of CECAM Workshop “Friction and interface dynamics at nano and mesoscales”, 27-31 October 2014, Tel Aviv, Israel.

o Co-organizer of the GSNP focus session ‘Nanotribology’, APS March Meeting 2014, 3-7 March 2014, Denver, Colorado.

o Co-director of the ICTP/FANAS Conference “Trends in Nanotribology”, 12-16 September 2011, Trieste, Italy.

(http://cdsagenda5.ictp.trieste.it/full_display.php?smr=0&ida=a10163)

o Co-director of the CECAM Workshop “Stick-slip dynamics, from nano to geophysical scales”, 03-05 May 2010, Lausanne, Switzerland.

(http://www.cecam.org/workshop-484.html)

o Co-director of the ICTP/FANAS Conference “Trends in Nanotribology”, 19-24 October 2009, Trieste, Italy.

(http://cdsagenda5.ictp.trieste.it/full_display.php?ida=a08185)

o Co-director of the CECAM Workshop “Modelling and simulation of friction at the nanoscale: from understanding to control”, 08-10 November 2007, Lyon, France. (http://www.cecam.org/workshop-156.html).

o Workshop “Nanotribology”, 03-04 November 2006, Modena, Italy.

o INFM Workshop “Nanoattrito”, 19 January 2004, Modena, Italy.

• Editorial Activity

o Guest editor for Tribology Letters, Volume 39, Number 3, September 2010 (TRENDS IN NANOTRIBOLOGY).

o Guest editor for Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Volume 20, Number 35, 3 September 2008 (FRICTION AT THE NANOSCALE).

• Conferences/Workshops/Schools

Participation in more than 30 national and international scientific events with oral contributions and posters.

Invited, among others, at:

- ECOSS 27, 27th European Conference on Surface Science, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2010.

- CECAM Workshop “Stick-slip dynamics, from nano to geophysical scales”, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2010.

- 1st European Nanomanipulation Workshop, Cascais, Portugal, 2010.

- ACAM Workshop "Molecular Friction", Dublin, Ireland, 2009.

- MPIPKS Workshop “Energy Dissipation in Nanocontacts and Molecular Bonds”, Dresden, Germany, 2009.

- 2nd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics (SEECCM 2009), Rhodes, Greece, 2009.

- 4th ESF-Nanotribology Workshop, Porquerolles, France, 2005.

- CECAM-SIMU Workshop “Simulation and theory of solid friction”, Lyon, France, 2001.

• Broader impact

The recent results published on Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 206101 (2007), Phys. Rev. E 79, 021108 (2009), Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 085502 (2009), Nature Materials 9, 634 (2010), Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 256102 (2011), Nature Communications 2, 236 (2011), PNAS 109, 16429 (2012) have received a broader impact attracting the attention of the CNR press agency and of the media. They have been published in daily and online newspapers and AV has been interviewed by the Italian radios.

• Visiting Stays

¨ May 2012: School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

¨ May 2010: School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

¨ May 2009: School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

¨ August 2008: International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy.

¨ May 2008: School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

¨ March 2007: School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

¨ October 2005: International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.

¨ September 2005: Institute of Physics (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), Kiev, Ukraine.

¨ July 2005: Department of Theor. Physics, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

¨ March 2005: International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.

¨ October 2004 – December 2004: International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.

¨ October 2002: Department of Theor. Physics, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

¨ November 1999 – May 2000: Center for Non-Linear Studies and Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA.

• Teaching

○ Invited lecture (Nanolab: Educational nanoscience - Univ. of Modena and Reggio Emilia) on “Nanotribologia” (2012)

○ Advanced Course (Univ. of Modena and Reggio Emilia) on: “Nanotribology and Nanomechanics” (2008)

○ Graduate courses (Univ. of Modena and Reggio Emilia) on: General Physics II (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) and Mathematics (2001, 2002)

○ Invited lectures (Ferrari S.p.A.) on “Micro and Nanotribology” (2004)

○ Lectures (Univ. of Modena and Reggio Emilia) on “Elements of Micro/Nanotribology” (since 2004)

○ Co-supervisor 3-year diploma “laurea” (Univ. of Milan): J. Marchi “Snapping to commensuration: a numerical investigation of the tendency to epitaxy of lattice mismatched 2D colloidal crystals on periodic optical substrates” (12/2013)

○ Co-supervisor 3-year diploma “laurea” (Univ. of Milan): T. Meledina “Dynamical depinning transitions in 2D: the effect of coverage” (12/2013)

○ Co-supervisor 3-year diploma “laurea” (Univ. of Milan): M. Invernizzi “Depinning and structural transitions in a 2D model of colloids” (02/2013)

○ Co-supervisor 3-year diploma “laurea” (Univ. of Milan): F. Delodovici “Propagazione dell’energia in quasicristalli” (10/2012)

○ Co-supervisor 3-year diploma “laurea” (Univ. of Milan): A. Vigentini “The Role of Solitons in Sliding Friction” (07/2012)

○ Co-supervisor 3-year diploma “laurea” (Univ. of Milan): G. E. Roat “Friction in colloids: bulk and edge effects” (04/2012)

○ Co-supervisor 3-year diploma “laurea” (Univ. of Milan): E. Diato “Soliton phenomena in lubricated nanofriction” (04/2009)

○ Co-supervisor Ph.D. (Univ. of Modena and Reggio Emilia): R. Capozza “Lubricated friction on patterned surfaces” (2004-2007)

○ Co-supervisor 3-year diploma “laurea” (Univ. of Milan): F. Caruso “Hysteresis in Dynamically Pinned Sliding States” (12/2006)

○ Co-supervisor “laurea specialistica” (Univ. of Modena and Reggio Emilia): R. Guerra, “Simulations of friction at the nanoscale: non linear dynamics, effects of disorder and temperature” (06/2006)

○ Co-examiner Ph.D. (Univ. of Nijmegen): C. Fusco “Friction and diffusion dynamics of adsorbates at surfaces” (07/2005)

○ Co-examiner Ph.D. (Univ. of Nijmegen): L. Consoli “Non-linear dynamics of incommensurately contacting surfaces: a model study” (10/2002)

• Computing

Environments: Mac OSX, Unix, Linux, MS-dos, Windows.

Programming: Fortran, Matlab, Mathematica, use of standard libraries.

Editors/utilities: emacs, winedt, miktek, latex, MS-office, Origin, …

• Languages

Italian (mother tongue), English (fluent).