Brief CV
Giuseppe Compagnini was born in Catania in 1966. Married with two children.
In 1989 he obtained the degree in Physics at the University of Catania and in 1993 the Ph.D. in Solid
State Physics working at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ("Laboratorium für
Festkörperphysik") on Raman spectroscopy in Rare Earth compounds and semiconductor thin films.
In 1993 he has obtained a post-doc position at the Italian National Council for Research (CNR)
working on silicon/carbon based alloys. From 1995 to 1996 he was consultant of ST-Microelectronics.
He is actually Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Catania.
He is author of more than 150 papers on international peer reviewed journals (ISI) devoted to the fields
of ion-matter interaction, carbon based nanomaterials and thin films deposition. He has received about
2500 citation with an h-index of 27.
His research group is involved in the deposition and characterization of nanostructured thin films for
optical and electronic applications.
Past positions
 Assistant Professor at the University of Catania
 Visiting professor at the University of Toronto
 Director of several research projects Member of the National Institute for the Physics of Matter
 Guest Editor of Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
 Guest Editor Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
 Member of the board for the Italian Chemical Society
 Director of the National Group fo Raman Spectroscopy
 Member of the Management Committee for the COST action entitled “Composites of inorganic
nanotubes and polymers” at the European Science Foundation
Current positions
 Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Catania
 Professor at the “Scuola Superiore di Catania”
 Coordinator of several Research Projects supported by the Italian Ministry (PRIN, PON)
 Member of the Editorial Board “Journal of Nanomaterials”
 Member Steering Committee for PhD course in Material Science, University of Catania
Awards
 Consorzio Catania Ricerche Award winner (1990)
 Young Scientists Award winner (Italian Physical Society, 1996)
 Material Research Society Award winner (Boston, 2005)
Expertise
 Surface and interface analysis (photoelectron spectroscopy, surface enhanced spectroscopy)
 Thin film physics and chemistry. Deposition and modification by physical approaches (laser
ablation, ion irradiation)
 Thin film physics and chemistry. Characterization by vibrational and electronic spectroscopy
(Raman spectroscopy, infrared absorption, HR photoelectron spectroscopy)

Innovative nanoscale materials by using physical and chemical approaches. Includes: carbon
based materials (carbon nanotubes and nanowires), metal nanoparticles and nanoparticles’
assembly (core/shell structures and alloys)
Teaching
 Molecular and solid state spectroscopy
 Physics and chemistry of materials
 Fundamentals of physical chemistry