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Associate professor at the University of Bologna since 2016, he carries out experimental research in the field of materials physics and nanoscience. His research activity is mainly focused on the growth of nanoparticles and nanostructures by physical methods and on the investigation of structure-property relationships. His current interests include hydride materials for solid-state hydrogen storage and semiconducting oxide nanostructures for solar energy conversion.

Raffaello holds a PhD in chemistry and currently acts as Associate Professor in condensed matter physics. His research focus is to explore the interface between these two worlds in the field of energy conversion materials and devices. His current leading interest is the development of nanostructured materials and structures for the the solar-induced photoelectrochemical conversion of renewable compounds, (e.g. water, carbon dioxide and biomass derivatives), into valuable chemicals. 

Alberto Piccioni is currently a Laboratory Technician at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Bologna. He has a Master's Degree in Condensed Matter Physics and a PhD in Nanoscience for Medicine and the Environment. After the PhD he did a two-years postdoc fellowship within the European Research Project CONDOR Horizon 2020. His research background is based on the synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials in form of thin films and nanoparticles for photoelectrochemical (PEC) conversion of solar energy into chemical energy. He is involved in the design and building of experimental setup for a wide variety of PEC characterizations, operando spectroscopic X-ray characterization and high-throughput synthesis of materials for solar energy conversion.

Viola is currently a PhD student in Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Physics and a Master Degree in Materials Physics and Nanoscience, obtained in 2024 at the University of Bologna.

Her research focuses on solid-state hydrogen storage. In particular, she studies intermetallic hydrides , with the aim of combining experimental data and computational material modelling to discover novel efficient compounds suitable for storage at mild conditions.

Matteo is currently a research fellow at N-REX. Graduated in “Chemistry” from the Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff" in Florence and completed a master’s degree in “Industrial Chemistry” at the department “T. Montanari” from the University of Bologna. 

Nicolò is a PhD student of the programme: Nanoscience for Medicine and the Environment.

Graduated with Bachelor's degree in "Physics" at the University of Trento and Master's degree in "Physics", curriculum "Material Physics and Nanoscience" obtained in 2025 in University of Bologna.

His research consists mainly in photo-electrochemical characterization of materials for photo-assisted energy conversion.

Most of his work is focused in in-situ/operando characterization both with X-ray and UV-Vis Absorption Spectroscopy.

Evans Pericoli (Research Fellow) - Current position: PhD candidate at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Trento, IT)

Antonio Barile (Research Fellow) - Current position: PhD student

Dario Verna (PhD Student)

Marco Salvi (PhD & Postdoctoral Fellow) - Current position: Engineer @ Marposs Metrology SPA

Irene Carrai (PhD & Postdoctoral Fellow)