Raffaello Mazzaro

 Current Position

• Associate Professor -Department of Physics and Astronomy. Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage Gorup - N-REX

Research Experience 

• 2023-2026 - Senior Assistant Professor -Department of Physics and Astronomy. University of Bologna (IT)

• 2021-2023 - Junior Assistant Professor - Department of Physics and Astronomy. University of Bologna (IT)

• 2019-2021 - Postdoctoral Fellow - CNR-IMM Bologna (IT)
  

• 2017-2019 - Postdoctoral Fellow - Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics. Luleå University of Technology (SE)

• 2016-2017 - Postdoctoral Fellow - Department of Chemistry. University of Bologna (IT)

• 2015 May-Aug. - Visiting Researcher - INRS-EMT Varénnes (CA)

• 2013-2016 -PhD Student - Department of Chemistry. University of Bologna (IT)
  

Research Data

• Researcher ID: N-2550-2014
• ORCID: 0000-0003-4598-9556
• Peer-reviewed papers: 82 (Source: Scopus)
• H-index: 32 (Source: Scopus) i10-index: 38 (Source: Google Scholar)
• Citations: 2963 (Source: Scopus)

Projects participation

• FIS 2023 - Consolidator Grant HERMES - Principal Investigator
• Bando Strutture 2025 UNIBO - Principal Investigator 
• Horizon Europe project - SPECTRUM (GA 101172891) - Participant
• PRIN 2022-PNRR project ReSET - Unit Leader
• PRIN 2022 project EPiCX - Principal Investigator
• ESRF experiments – Principal Investigator
• EU RIA-H2020 (grant agreement No 101006839) project CONDOR - - Task Leader
• Participation to European Flagship Core 3 project (Project ID: 881603 WP Coordinator: Vincenzo Palermo) as Recognised researcher (R2).
• Participation to European Flagship Core 2 project (Project ID: 785219 WP Coordinator: Vincenzo Palermo) as early stage researcher (R1).
• Participation to FP7 IRSES project “INTERNEW” (Project ID: 612570 Coordinator: Vittorio Morandi) as early stage researcher (R1).
• Participation to ERC Starting Grant project “PhotoSi” (Project ID: 278912, PI: Prof. Paola Ceroni) as early stage researcher (R1).

Education

• 2010 - Bachelor in Materials Chemistry, cum laude, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
• 2012 - Master of Science in Photochemistry and molecular Materials, cum laude, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
• 2016 - PhD in Chemistry, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
  

Fellowships and Awards

• XVIII cycle PhD fellowship, Chemistry Department “G.Ciamician”, University of Bologna.
• SISM (Italian society for microscopic science) 2015 award for young researchers within the MCM conference in Eger, Hungary.
• G.P.Spada Award XVIII cycle, Best PhD Thesis in Chemistry in the University of Bologna - scientific area: inorganic chemistry.
  
• GIF - Italian Photochemistry Group, Best Italian PhD Thesis in Photochemistry 2016. No protocol number available, verbale GIF 19/06/2016, president Prof. Alberto Credi, protocol not available.
• SISM (Italian society for microscopic science) Best PhD Thesis in Microscopy sciences 2017- scientific area: materials science.
• Kempe & Knut and Alice Wallemberg foundations postdoctoral fellowship.
• Royal Society of Chemistry - Journal of Materials C Emerging Investigator 2025.

Scientific Habilitation

• Italian Scientific Habilitation as Associate Professor “ASN seconda fascia”, subject experimental physics “02/B1, Fisica Sperimentale della Materia”. From 06/07/2020 to 06/07/2029.

• Italian Scientific Habilitation as Associate Professor “ASN seconda fascia”, subject Inorganic Chemistry (03/B1), Physical Chemistry (03/A2) and Chemical engineering (03/B2). From 05/06/2023 to 05/06/2034.

• Italian Scientific Habilitation as Associate Professor “ASN prima fascia”, subject experimental physics “02/B1, Fisica Sperimentale della Materia”. From 06/07/2024 to 06/07/2035.

Editorial Activity

• Guest Editor of a Special Issue: “Nanostructured Crystalline Semiconductors: Structure, Morphology and Functional Properties”, edited by Crystals (MDPI, IF: 2.404, ISSN 2073-4352).
• Member of the Topic Editorial Board of Crystals (MDPI, IF: 2.404, ISSN 2073-4352).
• Peer-review activity for specialized journals in Chemistry, Physics and Nanotechnology (ACS Omega, Applied Nano Materials, Chemical Engineering Journal, Crystals, Nanomaterials, Dalton Transaction, J. Materials Chemistry B, Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Nano Energy, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells)
• Scientific review and co-autoring of a topic insert for the 4th edition of the High School book “J.E. Brady and F. Senese: Chimica”, edited by Zanichelli Editore.

Conferences organization

• 2026 - Director of Summer School on Future Energy Materials and Technologies (FEMT) - 1st edition
• 2025 - Symposium organizer at FisMAT 2024 - Venice
• 2016 - Member of the local organizing committee of Graphita2016 international conference.
• 2017 - Member of the local organizing committee of CNIF 7th edition (National Introduction to Photochemistry School)
  

Invited Contributions and Outreach

• Invited talk at MRS Spring 2027 - Seattle (US)
• Invited talk at Matsus Fall 2026 - Palma (ES)
• Invited talk at Nanoinnovation 2024 - Rome (IT)
• Invited talk at Matsus Fall 2024 - Lausanne (CH)
• Oral keynote presentation at 1st Joint Italian-French meeting of Photochemistry and Photobiology, Bari (IT), September 2016.
• Invited Talk Pint of Science 2019, Bologna, Birreria Popolare, 22 May 2019.
• Invited Seminar at University of Padova, Department of Chemistry, 18 June 2019.
• Invited Outreach Seminars within the “La Scienza a Scuola 2019” & “La Scienza a Scuola 2020” conferences cycle, organized by Zanichelli editore. 8 invited seminars in different Italian High Schools on the topic Photovoltaics and renewable Energies topic.