Giulia Rossi

Associate Professor
Fisica teorica della materia, modelli, metodi matematici e applicazioni | PHYS-04/A
GIULIA ROSSI
Giulia Rossi

Bio

2020 - today: Associate Professor
2013 - 2020: researcher, DIFI
2011 - 2013: EU FP7 Marie-Curie post-doc fellow, INSERM, Paris (France)
2008 - 2011: post-doc researcher, Aalto University, Helsinki (Finland)
2007 - 2008: post-doc researcher, DIFI
2007 - 2008: project writing consultant for EU FP7 projects, D'Appolonia S.p.A., Genoa (Italy)
2007: PhD in Physics, DIFI
2006: Master in Science Communication, SISSA, Trieste (Italy)
2004: Degree in Physics, DIFI

 

Contacts

e-mail
giulia.rossi@unige.it
Phones
+39 010 353 6239

Research activity

I am a researcher in the field of condensed matter. I use theoretical and computational tools to investigate the properties of hard and soft matter, including artificial and biological systems, at the nanoscale.

In our research group, we use computational tools to investigate the properties of organic, inorganic, synthetic, and biological matter. We are interested in understanding how the physicochemical characteristics of matter, such as size, composition, phase, and structure, can drive functionality at the nanoscale.

We adopt this approach to study systems with different applications: for instance, metal nanoalloys as cost-effective catalysts, monolayer-protected metal nanoparticles as biomedical therapeutic and diagnostic agents, colloidal suspensions for ceramic processing.

We develop new potential interaction models with atomistic or coarse-grained resolution. We also develop new algorithms to solve global optimization problems, and to study dynamics in more and more realistic conditions.

Research group

Our research group is the Nanobiocomp group. Please go to www.nanobiocomp.com to know more about who we are, what we do, news and events, and open positions.

A monolayer-protected gold nanoparticle entering the core of a lipid bilayer
A monolayer-protected gold nanoparticle entering the core of a lipid bilayer
A silver-nickel nanoparticle deposited on an oxide surface
A silver-nickel nanoparticle deposited on an oxide surface

Research at DIFI

Colloidal nanoparticles and crystals
Interaction between synthetic nanomaterials and biological membranes
Metal clusters and nanoalloys

Research groups

Theoretical and computational condensed matter physics
Ricerca

Pubblicazioni IRIS

Lista completa pubblicazioni IRIS

Appointment

Upon request by phone or mail.
Giulia Rossi, Dipartimento di Fisica, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, floor 7th, room 704
Phone: 010 3536239; email: giulia.rossi@unige.it

Thesis proposals

Development of a coarse-grained model for polystyrene to study its interaction with lipid membranes
Nanoparticelle per la fusione e la fissione controllata di membrane cellulari

Teachings

Link to list of publications