Lecturers

Ivano Alessandri is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Brescia, where he leads the research group of Sustainable Chemistry and Materials, coordinating multidisciplinary projects that combine materials synthesis, optical nano-engineering and operando vibrational spectroscopies. This group pioneered research on plasmon-free/all-dielectric SERS, which enabled strong Raman enhancement without noble-metal plasmons and contributed to set the conceptual framework for a rapidly growing field, with manifold applications in environmental sensing and photocatalysis..

Stefano Fornasaro studied Pharmacy before earning a PhD in Nanotechnology from the University of Trieste. He is now an assistant professor of Analytical Chemistry at the same university. His research interests include chemometrics, design of experiments, and SERS spectroscopy, with a specific focus on their applications in the biomedical and bioanalytical fields.

Vanni Lughi is full professor of materials at the University of Trieste. He received a PhD and a MS in Materials from the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he worked on functional thin films. His current research and teaching activity focuses on nanostructured materials for energy-related applications, such as for photovoltaic cells. His expertise about materials cover many characterization techniques, including Raman spectroscopy. 

Giorgia Sciutto is an Associate Professor of Chemistry of the Environment and Cultural Heritage at the University of Bologna, Italy. Her research activities are focused on the development of analytical methods  for the characterisation of complex samples, such as paintings and microplastics in environmental matrices, integrating vibrational spectroscopy, spectral imaging and advanced chemometric data processing.