Curriculum

Academic positions May 2011: Invited Professor at the Physics Department of Cagliari University, Italy (one month). Since 2005: CNRS Senior Researcher, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris (INSP), France. 2002-2004: CNRS Associate Researcher, Groupe de Physique des Solides (GPS), Paris, France. 1993-2001: CNRS Associate Researcher, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (LPS), Orsay, France. 1992-1993: Research fellow, Centre de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire (CECAM), Orsay, France. 1991-1992: Post-Doc fellow, IBM Laboratories, Ruschlikön, Switzerland. Education and Diploma 2004: Habilitation, Paris-Sud University (Paris-XI), Orsay, France. 1991: Ph.D. in Physics, “Tor Vergata” University, Rome, Italy. 1987: Laurea in Physics summa cum laude, “La Sapienza” University, Rome, Italy. Main Research Topics • Theory and simulation of nuclear quantum effects in condensed matter via stochastic approaches (Generalized Langevin Equation), path-integrals and semi-classical quantum dynamics for light atoms. • Interpretation of grazing-incidence, fast-atom diffraction (GIFAD) experiments for surface structure. • Study of the structural, vibrational, electronic and magnetic properties of clusters, surfaces and interfaces. • Ab initio thermodynamics and application to surface hydration and hydrogenation. • First-principles (Car-Parrinello or Born-Oppenheimer) molecular dynamics on solids, liquids and their interfaces. • Electronic non-local exchange and correlation effects at metallic surfaces. Scientific Production About 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 8 conferences proceedings, 5 chapters in books. H=34, about 4100 citations (see https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=3BkDDlIAAAAJ&hl=en ) 18 invitations to international conferences or workshops ; more than 70 communications at international and national conferences or seminars. (...)