Roberta Sessoli | |
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![]() Roberta Sessoli asking a question at the IBS Conference on Quantum Nanoscience 2023. | |
Born | 23 June 1963 |
Education | University of Florence (BS) University of Florence (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry |
Employer | University of Florence |
Roberta Sessoli is Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry " Ugo Schiff" at the University of Florence. Renowned as a pioneer in the field of magnetic bistability and quantum effects in mesoscopic materials, her research centers around investigating the magnetic properties of molecular clusters and chains, with a focus on designing and characterizing molecular magnetic materials. [1]
Roberta Sessoli was born in Florence on the 23 June 1963. [2] She attended Liceo Scientifico Guido Castelnuovo in Florence. [3] She graduated in Chemistry from the University of Florence in 1987. In 1992, she obtained her PhD from the same university, under the supervision of Professor Dante Gatteschi. [3] She conducted a part of her studies at the Institut d’Electronique Fondamentale – Université Paris-Sud, France. Her PhD thesis was on "Molecular Magnetic Materials" (original title in Italian: "Materiali Magnetici Molecolari"). [4]
Sessoli began working at the University of Florence in 2000, and became full Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry " Ugo Schiff" at the University of Florence in 2012. [4] She has been an invited professor at Pierre & Marie Curie University, Paris, in 2001, and at Otago University, New Zealand, in 2017. From 2018 to 2019, she was awarded a visiting professorship at Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany.
Sessoli is interested in molecular and low-dimensional magnetism. She also worked on the spin dynamics of nanostructured materials. She investigated the nature of single molecules magnets. [5] Part of her research also focusses on quantistic technologies and spintronic molecular materials. More recently, her studies concentrated on the characterization of magnetic materials through the use of unpolarised light. [6] She uses a range of characterization techniques such as magnetometry, electron paramagnetic resonance, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray absorption.
Sessoli's most influential publication is "Magnetic bistability in a metal-ion cluster", published in Nature in 1993 only one year after the completion of her PhD. This was a particularly influential article in the field of molecular magnetism, and was co-authored with Dante Gatteschi, Andrea Caneschi and Miguel A. Novak. [7] Since then the article has received more than 2770 citations. [7] In 2018, Sessoli was nominated as one of the most highly cited researchers by Clarivate Analytics. [8]
Sessoli co-authored the book "Molecular Nanomagnets" with Dante Gatteschi and Jacques Villain, which was published by Oxford University Press in 2006. [9]
For her work in chemistry, Sessoli received a wide range of awards:
Sessoli has three sons. [2]
The fire station in via La Farina in Florence is named after Sessoli's grandfather, Giuseppe Sessoli, who was a fireman during the Second World War and died trying to save a woman and a little girl who were on a mined bridge. [24]
Roberta Sessoli | |
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![]() Roberta Sessoli asking a question at the IBS Conference on Quantum Nanoscience 2023. | |
Born | 23 June 1963 |
Education | University of Florence (BS) University of Florence (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry |
Employer | University of Florence |
Roberta Sessoli is Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry " Ugo Schiff" at the University of Florence. Renowned as a pioneer in the field of magnetic bistability and quantum effects in mesoscopic materials, her research centers around investigating the magnetic properties of molecular clusters and chains, with a focus on designing and characterizing molecular magnetic materials. [1]
Roberta Sessoli was born in Florence on the 23 June 1963. [2] She attended Liceo Scientifico Guido Castelnuovo in Florence. [3] She graduated in Chemistry from the University of Florence in 1987. In 1992, she obtained her PhD from the same university, under the supervision of Professor Dante Gatteschi. [3] She conducted a part of her studies at the Institut d’Electronique Fondamentale – Université Paris-Sud, France. Her PhD thesis was on "Molecular Magnetic Materials" (original title in Italian: "Materiali Magnetici Molecolari"). [4]
Sessoli began working at the University of Florence in 2000, and became full Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry " Ugo Schiff" at the University of Florence in 2012. [4] She has been an invited professor at Pierre & Marie Curie University, Paris, in 2001, and at Otago University, New Zealand, in 2017. From 2018 to 2019, she was awarded a visiting professorship at Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany.
Sessoli is interested in molecular and low-dimensional magnetism. She also worked on the spin dynamics of nanostructured materials. She investigated the nature of single molecules magnets. [5] Part of her research also focusses on quantistic technologies and spintronic molecular materials. More recently, her studies concentrated on the characterization of magnetic materials through the use of unpolarised light. [6] She uses a range of characterization techniques such as magnetometry, electron paramagnetic resonance, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray absorption.
Sessoli's most influential publication is "Magnetic bistability in a metal-ion cluster", published in Nature in 1993 only one year after the completion of her PhD. This was a particularly influential article in the field of molecular magnetism, and was co-authored with Dante Gatteschi, Andrea Caneschi and Miguel A. Novak. [7] Since then the article has received more than 2770 citations. [7] In 2018, Sessoli was nominated as one of the most highly cited researchers by Clarivate Analytics. [8]
Sessoli co-authored the book "Molecular Nanomagnets" with Dante Gatteschi and Jacques Villain, which was published by Oxford University Press in 2006. [9]
For her work in chemistry, Sessoli received a wide range of awards:
Sessoli has three sons. [2]
The fire station in via La Farina in Florence is named after Sessoli's grandfather, Giuseppe Sessoli, who was a fireman during the Second World War and died trying to save a woman and a little girl who were on a mined bridge. [24]