!!Liberato Manna - Curriculum Vitae
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__Professional Preparation__
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*Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy, 2001\\
*M.S. in Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy, 1996
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__Appointments__
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*2024 - current Associate Director for Blue-Sky Research, IIT, Genova, Italy\\
*2022 - current Associate Editor – Nano Letters (American Chemical Society)\\
*2018 - 2022 Associate Editor – Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances (Royal Society of Chemistry)\\
*2016 - current Part-time professor, University of Genova, Italy\\
*2015 - 2023 Associate Director for Materials and Nanotechnologies, IIT, Genova, Italy\\
*2010 - 2021 Part-time Professor of Quantum Nanoscience, TU Delft, The Netherlands \\
*2009 - current Head of the Nanochemistry Department at IIT, Genova, Italy\\
*2003 - 2009 Head of the Chemistry Division, National Nanotechnology Lab, Lecce, Italy\\
*2003 - 2004 Visiting Scientist at the Center for Nanoscience, Munich, Germany\\
*2001 - 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, USA\\
*1999 - 2000 Visiting student, University of California, Berkeley, USA\\
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__Other scientific output and impact__\\
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__Talks:__
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*~ 250 keynote, plenary/invited talks
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__Scientific Publications & Patents:__
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*~ 500 publications, ~ 80,000 citations, h-index 130 ‬(Google Scholar, April 2026).‬‬‬‬‬‬‬\\
*Co-inventor of more than 40 patents
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__ERC & ERC-like projects:__
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*Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (FIS2 Advanced) (awarded in March 2025)\\
*ERC Starting grant (NANO-ARCH, contract n. 240111, 2009 - 2013)\\
*ERC Consolidator grant  (TRANS-NANO, contract. n. 614897, 2014 - 2019)\\
*ERC Advanced grant (NEHA, contract n. 101095974, 2023 - 2028)\\
*ERC Proof of Concept grant (HyCat, contract n. 899412)
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__Teaching Expertise__
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*Since 2025 Physical Chemistry of Confined Structures (Univ. of Genoa)\\
*2016 - 2025 Theoretical Chemistry (Univ. of Genoa)\\
*Since 2015 Electronic Structure of Solids (Univ. of Genoa, also given online to various institutions in Italy and worldwide)\\
*2014 - 2015 Fundamentals of Crystallography (Univ. of Genoa)\\
*2006 Physical Chemistry of interfaces (Univ. of Lecce)\\
*2004 Polymer Science (Univ. of Lecce)
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__Industrial Translation__
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*2024 Co-founder of Antares Electrolysis
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__Selected Awards, recognitions & research highlights:__
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*2026 Elected member of the Academia Europaea\\
*2108 - 2025 Highly cited researcher (Clarivate Analytics), 8 consecutive years\\
*2025 Elected member of the European Academy of Sciences\\
*2025 Elected member of the Italian Academy of Engineering and Technology\\
*2020 Ufficiale dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana\\
*2019 Sacconi Medal in Inorganic Chemistry (Italian Chemical Society)\\
*2017 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry\\
*2013 American Chemical Society Early Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry \\
*2011 Ranked #24 among the top 100 Chemists of the 2000-2010 decade (Thomson Reuters)\\
*2011 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship Award (Royal Society of Chemistry)\\
*2009 R&D 100 Award recipient for ‘Cost Competitive Solar Cells’\\
*2007 “Campisano” Young Investigator Award in Materials Science\\
*2002 Berkeley Lab Technology Transfer Award\\ \\[{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW edit lmanna}][{ALLOW upload lmanna}][{ALLOW comment All}]