Giulia Fulvia Mancini

Associate Professor in Physics & Head of Research
Laboratory for Ultrafast X-ray and Electron Microscopy

University of Pavia
Department of Physics​
Office 2-53
Via Agostino Bassi 6
27100 Pavia (PV) – ITALY

​Phone: +39 0382 98 7503
Email: giuliafulvia.mancini@unipv.it

Researcher unique identifiers:
ORCiD: 0000-0002-7752-2822
Scopus Author ID: 57201126139
Google Scholar: giulia fulvia mancini

Biography
CV/Resume
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Research Interests

Functional nanomaterials, Excited-state Dynamics, Structure-properties relations, Ultrafast X-rays and electrons science, Ultrafast Coherent Diffractive Imaging,  High-Harmonic Generation

Publications

Professional Experience/Education

2021–now: Tenured Associate Professor in Physics
Department of Physics, University of Pavia, Italy
P.I. of  Laboratory for Ultrafast X-ray and Electron Microscopy (LUXEM)
2017–2021: Senior Scientist – Team Leader 
Swiss Free Electron Laser (SwissFEL, PSI) and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratory for Ultrafast Spectroscopy (EPFL, LSU), Switzerland
2015–2017:    Postdoctoral Research Associate
JILA (Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics), University of Colorado-Boulder and NIST, Kapteyn-Murnane Group (USA)
2015: Ph.D. Degree in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering – Special Distinction
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratory for Ultrafast Microscopy and Electron Scattering (EPFL, LUMES), Switzerland
2010: M. Sc. in Physical Chemistry – summa cum laude
Physical Chemistry Department, University of Pavia, Italy
Diploma Degree in Science & Technology
University School for Advanced Studies IUSS – Pavia, Italy
2008: B. Sc. in Physical Chemistry – summa cum laude
University of Pavia, Italy 

Funding ID & Career Advancement

2024: National Scientific Qualification to Full Professorship – Sector: 02/B1
Italian Ministry of University and Research
2023: PI of PRIN 2022 2022PR7CCY DynaMAT
“Ultrafast dynamics in next generation sustainable materials”
Italian Ministry of University and Research
2023: co-PI of COST ACTION CA22148
“NEXT: An international network for Non-linear Extreme Ultraviolet to hard X-ray techniques”
European Research Council
2023: PI of ERC Proof of Concept HYPER
“Real-time, High-throughput, Coherent X-ray Microscopy: from Large-Scale Installations to Tabletop device”
European research Council
2022: PI of FARE – MUR grant R207A8MNNJ – PiXiE
“Tailoring intra-and inter structural interaction in hybrid suPerlattices: correlative ultrafast X-ray and cryo-electron microscopy”
Italian Ministry of University and Research
2022: Host PI of HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 – DECIPHER
“Dynamic Electron Imaging with Phase Retrieval” – Dr. Charles Bevis
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
2021: co-PI of Competence center for sustainable bio-nanotechnology
“Development of collaboration agreement with Universities for Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer”
Bando Regione Lombardia
2020: PI of Fondazione Cariplo Grant 2020-2544 NanoFast
“Probing functionality at the nanoscale: multimodal electron and soft X-ray ultrafast imaging”
Fondazione Cariplo
2020: Mildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship
The program provides excellent research conditions (funds for organizing workshops, travel funds, research budget, and housing costs) in order to enable a successful female researcher to work within CUI for a period of two to six months and serve as a role model for young women in the physical sciences as well as attract world leading researchers to Hamburg.
Cluster of Excellence “CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter” – University of Hamburg
2019: PI of ERC Starting Grant ULTRAIMAGE
“Advanced EUV/soft X-ray microscopy in the ultrafast regime: imaging functionality of nanomaterials across length scales”
European Research Council
2019: ASPASIA Grant
Funded to encourage the promotion of top-ranked Vidi grant female candidates to an associate professorship through a fast (2 years) tenure-track.
Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Association of Universities in the Netherlands and NWO
2019: PI of VIDI-NWO Grant VI.Vidi.192.037
“Controlling functionality in the ultrafast regime: advanced microscopy of nanoparticle superlattices”
NWO – Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
2019: Rosalind Franklin Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship
University of Groningen
2017: NCCR MUST: InterMUST Grant
Swiss National Science Foundation
2015: PI of SNSF Early.PostDoc Mobility Grant (P2ELP2_158887)
PI of SNSF Gender Equality Grant
Swiss National Science Foundation

Honors & Awards

2021: ICO/IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics
for “contributions to imaging and scattering of nanostructured materials using high- harmonic soft X-ray sources and research on extreme ultraviolet imaging”
2020: Mildred Dresselhaus Prize for Junior Researchers
for “outstanding scientific achievements”
Cluster of Excellence “CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter” – University of Hamburg
2019: Aspasia Prize
NWO – Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
2016:  Special distinction for Ph.D. thesis
“Femtosecond Diffractive Imaging of Structures, Charge and  Spin Textures”
Research Commission – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

Commission of Trust

  • International Grants – Panel Reviewer: LASERLAB-EUROPE research infrastructures (EU), COST Association (EU), Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Austrian Science fund (FWF), Agency for the Promotion of European Research (APRE)
  • European XFEL User Organization Executive Committee elected member
  • NEXT COST Action CA22148 Vice-Chair
  • Technical program committee member of international conferences: CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2025 Committee – Ultrafast Optical Science, SPICE workshop 2024 (Uni-Mainz), 2024 High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena (HILAS 2024), COST Association
  • International Project Review Panel (PRP) for large-scale facilities: Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
  • Scientific Journals Peer Reviewer for publishing groups AAAS, ACA, ACS, Cell Press, Elsevier, Nature, OPTICA, World Scientific
  • Technology Transfer: 1 patent deposited and 1 licensed, UCBoulder, R&D coordinator DARPA and KMLabs Inc. (USA)
  • Mentor for Women in Science platforms: DynaMENT (D); NCCR-MUST (CH); Fix the Leaky Pipeline (CH, I); Women in Science Association (USA)
  • Outreach and Dissemination national and international activities: NEXT COST Action; European Researchers Night; Italian Association of Students in Physics (AISF); LAB2GO; UniPaviaExperience