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

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CV/Resume
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Research Interests

Ultrafast Coherent Diffractive Imaging with Ptychography, High-Harmonic Generation (HHG), Orbital angular momentum beams, Ultrafast X-rays and electrons science, Free Electron Lasers, Hybrid and ligand-coated nanoparticles supracrystals, Excited-state Dynamics, Structure-properties relations, order-disorder correlations, functional nanomaterials, metrology

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)

Research expertise: Characterization of structure-property relationships, order-disorder correlations and light-activated functionality in nanostructured hybrid materials and interfaces, in the ultrafast (10-15s) time and ultrasmall (10-10m) domains. Development of novel experimental time-resolved approaches based on coherent diffractive imaging with structured beams and scattering non-linear techniques, bridging tabletop and facility X-rays with electrons pulsed sources.

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

Research expertise: Charge-carrier dynamics in functional oxides and perovskites. Development of ultrafast spectrometers (TR-XES, TR-RIXS) and correlative spectroscopy and diffraction experiments (TR-XAS and TR-XRD) at Free-Electron Lasers. SwissFEL and EXFEL beamline commissioning, pilot & users experiments.

2015–2017:    Postdoctoral Research Associate
JILA (Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics), University of Colorado-Boulder and NIST, Kapteyn-Murnane Group (USA)

Research expertise: Dynamic, quantitative and record resolution in X-ray Coherent Diffractive Imaging (CDI) of nanostructured materials and interfaces using soft X-rays, from tabletop light sources based on High-order Harmonic Generation.

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

Research expertise: Photo-induced ordering/disordering phenomena in ligand-capped nanoparticle supracrystals. Development of a state-of-the-art Ultrafast Electron Diffraction (UED) and Speckle Imaging system with tunable spatial coherence.

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

2025: X-lites Executive Leadership Committee – Formal representative of NEXT COST Action at the consortium “Extreme Light in Intensity, Time, and Space (X-lites) network”
Ohio State University
2024: National Scientific Qualification to Full Professorship – experimental physics of matter and applications (PHYS-03/A, 02/PHYS-03)
Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR)
2023: PI of PRIN 2022 2022PR7CCY DynaMAT – 207’477 €
“Ultrafast dynamics in next generation sustainable materials”
Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR)
2023: Vice-Chair and co-PI of COST ACTION CA22148 NEXT 680’000 €
“An international network for Non-linear Extreme Ultraviolet to hard X-ray techniques”
European Research Council (ERC)
2023: PI of ERC Proof of Concept HYPER – 150’000 €
“Real-time, High-throughput, Coherent X-ray Microscopy: from Large-Scale Installations to Tabletop device”
European research Council (ERC)
2022: PI of FARE – MUR grant R207A8MNNJ – PiXiE – 378’880 €
“Tailoring intra-and inter structural interaction in hybrid suPerlattices: correlative ultrafast X-ray and cryo-electron microscopy”
Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR)
2022: Host PI of HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 – DECIPHER 215’937 €
“Dynamic Electron Imaging with Phase Retrieval” – Dr. Charles Bevis
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
2021: co-PI of Competence center for sustainable bio-nanotechnology 1’012’500 € 
“Development of collaboration agreement with Universities for Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer”
Bando Regione Lombardia
2020: PI of Fondazione Cariplo Grant 2020-2544 NanoFast 328’562 €
“Probing functionality at the nanoscale: multimodal electron and soft X-ray ultrafast imaging”
Fondazione Cariplo
2020: Mildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship 30’000 € in research & travel funding
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 1’894’577 €
“Advanced EUV/soft X-ray microscopy in the ultrafast regime: imaging functionality of nanomaterials across length scales”
European Research Council (ERC)
2019: ASPASIA Grant 50’000 €
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 the Dutch Research Council (NWO)
2019: PI of VIDI-NWO Grant VI.Vidi.192.037 800’000 €
“Controlling functionality in the ultrafast regime: advanced microscopy of nanoparticle superlattices”
Dutch Research Council (NWO)
2019: Rosalind Franklin Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship 800’000 €
University of Groningen
Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
2017: NCCR MUST: InterMUST Grant 90’000 CHF
Swiss National Science Foundation
2015: PI of SNSF Early.PostDoc Mobility Grant (P2ELP2_158887) – 51’000 CHF
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

Memberships and panels

  • Member of the FERMI Free Electron Laser Proposal Review Panel (PRP)
  • W&T2 Panel Member of the National Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
  • Elected member of the User Organization Executive Committee (UOEC) of the European X-ray Free Electron Laser
  • Vice-Chair of the International COST Action CA22148 “NEXT: An international network for Non-linear Extreme Ultraviolet to hard X-ray techniques”
  • X-lites Executive Leadership Committee – Formal representative of NEXT COST Action at the consortium “Extreme Light in Intensity, Time, and Space (X-lites) network”

 Reviewer for Funding Agencies, PRPs, Journals

  • Grants external reviewer: Dutch Research Council (NWO), LASERLAB-EUROPE research infrastructures (EU), COST Association (EU), Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Agency for the Promotion of European Research (APRE).
  • Proposals Review for international large-scale facilities: Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
  • Peer – Review in Scientific Journals – Editorial groups: AAAS, ACA, ACS, Cell Press, Elsevier, Nature, OPTICA, World Scientific.

Conferences: Organizer, Technical program committee member, Chair

  • EOSAM 2025 – European Optical Society Annual Meeting: Face2Phase meeting on computational imaging
  • FISMAT 2025 – CNISM: “From ultrafast magnetism to quantum materials: new insights with new instruments”
  • CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2025 Committee – Ultrafast Optical Science: Technical Program – OPTICA
  • SPICE workshop 2025: “Characterization and control of quantum materials with optical vortex beams”
  • 2024 High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena (HILAS 2024): Technical Program – OPTICA
  • NEXT “An international network for Non-linear Extreme ultraviolet to hard X-ray Techniques” COST Action Annual Meetings 2024 & 2025

 Faculty:

  • Doctoral School in Physics – Teaching Body & Colloquia Committee member, University of Pavia (IT)
  • Tenure-track selection committee member in Inorganic Chemistry – ETH Zurich (CH)
  • External evaluator for tenure and promotion to Associate professorship – Colorado School of Mines (USA).

 Track-record:

  • Invited talks: 30
  • h-index 21
  • Guest Editorship: “Structure and dynamics of halide perovskite semiconductors” – Small Structures (2026)
  • Invited review in Nature Communications Physics: “Tabletop vs facilities (X-FELs, Synchrotron) in imaging and study of materials”

 Technology Transfer:

  • 1 patent deposited and 1 licensed, UCBoulder, R&D coordinator DARPA and KMLabs Inc. (USA)

 Mentorship and outreach:

  • 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