Federico Loi, MSc., Ph.D. - Curriculum Vitae
Current position
| since 2023 | Postdoc at The Department of Nanocatalysis, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague |
Professional preparation
| 2019 - 2022 | PhD in Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, University of Trieste, Titte of the PhD thesis: “Oxidation of Transition and Noble Metal Size-selected Clusters Supported on Epitaxial Graphene” |
| 2017 - 2019 | Master of Science in Physics, curriculum in Condensed Matter Physics, Department of Physics, University of Trieste, Title of the thesis:” Growth and characterization of a graphene-MoS2 interface” |
| 2014 - 2017 | Bachelor of Science in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Trieste, Title of the thesis: “Development and optimization of a MOKE setup and measurements on magneto-electric nano-structured systems” |
Awards
2023 – Best career award received from the Board of the Doctoral program in Nanotechnology of the University of Trieste for the results achieved during his PhD
Research interests
Synthesis and characterization of mono and bimetallic size-selected clusters and their applications in heterogeneous catalysis, with particular focus on Green chemistry applications.
Areas of research interest
• Gas phase synthesis of metallic mono and bimetallic size-selected clusters
• Synchrotron-based characterization techniques
• Surface science
• Design and characterization of novel low-dimensional systems and interfaces
