Carlo Andrea Rozzi
Professor
Physics
Istituto Nanoscienze Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Pisa
Italy
Biography
Education * 2001: PhD in Physics at the Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Thesis: "Theory of core-level photoemission in transition metal oxides", supervisor: Prof. F. Manghi Professional experiences * 2009-present: Researcher, CNR - Istituto Nanoscienze, Centro S3, Modena * 2005-2009: Tenure-track Researcher, INFM National Research Center S3, Modena * 2004-2005: Postdoc within the European Network of excellence "Nanoquanta" Fellowship (Nanoscale Quantum Simulations for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials), at Institut für Theoretische Physik, Freie Universität Berlin; supervisor Prof. E.K.U. Gross * 2002-2004: Postdoc within the European Research and Training Network "Exciting" Fellowship, at Institut für Theoretische Physik, Freie Universität Berlin; supervisor Prof. E.K.U. Gross * 2001-2003: Postdoc at Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia; supervisor Prof. F. Manghi. * 1992-1997 High school teacher in Physics, Acoustics and Electronics
Research Interest
Ultrafast dynamics in nanostructures for energy photo-conversion, Excitation energies from Time-dependent Density Functional theory, Ab initio calculation of electronic structure in correlated materials, Musical acoustics.
Publications
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Rozzi CA, Falke SM, Spallanzani N, Rubio A, Molinari E, et al. (2013) Quantum coherence controls the charge separation in a prototypical artificial light-harvesting system. Nat commun 4: 1602.
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Cocchi C, Prezzi D, Ruini A, Molinari E, Rozzi CA (2014) Ab initio simulation of optical limiting: the case of metal-free phthalocyanine. Phys rev lett 112: 198303.
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Falke SM, Rozzi CA, Brida D, Maiuri M, Amato M, et al. (2014) Coherent ultrafast charge transfer in an organic photovoltaic blend. Sci 344: 1001-1005.
