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 |
Honors & Awards
| 2023: | User Organization Executive Committee (UOEC) of the European XFEL: elected member. |
| 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 |
| 2014: | SCNAT/SCS Chemistry Travel Award Invited talk at Gordon Research Conference “Noble Metal Nanoparticles” 2014 Swiss Chemical Society |
| 2014: | Teaching assistant award École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland |
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 |
| 2005– 2010: | Scholarship University School for Advanced Studies IUSS – Pavia, Italy |
Track Record
- Co-authored 68 peer-reviewed articles and proceedings in international journals
- Invited guest and public speaker to 30 international conferences
- Funding ID: 4M€
- Reviewer in Journals: Nature Materials (Nature), Optica & Opt. Expr. & Opt. Lett. (OPTICA), ACS Nano, Nano Letters & J. Phys.Chem. (ACS); Science Advances (AAAS); Matter (Cell Press); Ultramicroscopy & Chemical Physics (Elsevier); Structural Dynamics (ACA); Surface Review and Letters (World Scientific); Crystals (MDPI)
- Project Review Panel (PRP): Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
- Grant Reviewer: Austrian Science Fund (FWF), APRE – Agency for the Promotion of European Research
- Technology Transfer: 1 patent deposited and 1 licensed, UCBoulder, R&D coordinator DARPA and KMLabs Inc. (USA)
- Dissemination in schools: Sumo Science – Participation to the National Championship 2022/23 – Sharper. STEM disciplines dissemination platform in High Schools. European Researchers Night
- Mentoring for Women in Science:
- “Stories by the fireplace” – sharing career path with the mentees of dynaMENT mentoring program, University of Hamburg, D
- NCCR:MUST Molecular Ultrafast Science and Technology Women Scientists, CH
- Women in Science Association, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
- Fix the Leaky Pipeline (FLP) Program for female Researchers in the ETH Domain, CH
