CURRICULUM VITAE

2006 - Full Professor, University of California, San Diego.
2004 - 2006 Associate Professor, University of California, San Diego.
2003 - Associate Professor, Virginia Tech.
2000 - 2002 Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech.
1998 - 2000 Visiting Scientist, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.
1999 - 2000 Research Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University.
1997 - 1999 Research Associate, Vanderbilt University.
1993 - 1997 Ph.D. in Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland).
1992 - 1993 Military Service.
1991 "Laurea" (Diploma) in Physics 110/110 cum laude, University of Trieste.

AWARDS/HONORS

Plenary Lecture, Sanibel Symposium, St. Augustine, FL (2/2003)
Fellow, Institute of Physics (2002)
NSF Early CAREER Award (2002)
Plenary Lecture, Nano and Giga Challenges in Microelectronics, Moscow (9/2002)
New Century Technology Council Innovation Award (2002)
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (2001)
University of Trieste Fellowship for Research Abroad (1993)
National Institute for the Physics of Matter (INFM) Fellowship (1991)
Diploma in Physics cum laude, University of Trieste (1991).
Editorial Board, Computational Science and Discovery
Editorial Board, International Journal of Modern Physics B
Editorial Board, Modern Physics Letters B
Editorial Board, International Journal of Nanoscience (2001-2007)
Editorial Board, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience (2003-2006)
Editorial Board, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2004-2005)