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Luca Bursi

  • CNR Post-Doc
  • luca.bursi@nano.cnr.it
  • Modena
  • +39-059-2055273
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • Aug. 2020 – Current: Senior Postdoctoral Researcher

Institute for Nanoscience, CNR-NANO-S3, Modena, Italy

Advisor: Dr. Arrigo Calzolari

  • Aug. 2020 – Current: Visiting Scholar

Department of Physics, University of North Texas (UNT), Denton, TX 76203, USA

Advisor: Prof. Oliviero Andreussi

  • May 2019 – Jul. 2020: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Physics, University of North Texas (UNT), Denton, TX 76203, USA

Advisor: Prof. Oliviero Andreussi

  • May 2017 – May 2019: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Physics and Astronomy & Laboratory for Nanophotonics,

Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005, USA

Advisor: Prof. Peter Nordlander

  • Oct. 2015 – Feb. 2016: Visiting Scholar

Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA

Advisor: Prof. Peter Nordlander

EDUCATION

  • Mar. 2017: PhD in Physics and Nano Sciences (cum Laude)

Department of Physics, Informatics and Mathematics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia & Institute for Nanoscience, CNR-NANO-S3, Modena, Italy

Thesis: Quantifying the plasmonic character of optical excitations at the nanoscale

Advisors: Prof. Stefano Corni, Dr. Arrigo Calzolari, Prof. Elisa Molinari

  • Oct. 2013: MSc in Physics (cum Laude)

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Thesis: π-conjugated carbon-based nanosystems: optical excitations and size-effects

Advisors: Dr. Arrigo Calzolari, Prof. Stefano Corni, Prof. Elisa Molinari

  • Oct. 2010: BSc in Physics (cum Laude)

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Thesis: First principles investigation of the Cu(111) surface

Advisors: Dr. Carlo Cavazzoni, Prof. Giorgio Santoro

  • May 2010: Visiting Student (May – Jul. 2010)

CINECA Supercomputing Center, Bologna, Italy

Advisor: Dr. Carlo Cavazzoni

Research Interests

My research interest involves the investigation of electronic and optical properties of solid state materials, nanostructures and molecular assemblies, using state-of-the-art ab initio density-functional theory (DFT), time-dependent DFT, and beyond; modeling catalytic and electrochemical processes on solvated interfaces by means of state-of-the-art implicit solvation schemes for DFT-based condensed matter simulations; and computational modeling of plasmonic nanostructures through advanced electromagnetic simulation techniques.

Currently, my activity focuses on the development, testing and application of first principles simulations and high-throughput workflows for the study of defective and/or complex systems (e.g. disordered, polycrystalline, amorphous, etc.), in order to improve the modeling and understanding of next-generation devices for synaptic electronics and neuromorphic computing, as part of the European project INTERSECT.

Selected Recent Projects

INTERSECT https://intersect-project.eu/

Selected Publications