Dr pietro giuseppe gucciardi

Pietro G. Gucciardi earned a PhD in physics from the University of Firenze after obtaining a Laurea in Physics at the University of Pisa, in Italy. He is currently Research Director at the Istitute for Chemical-Physical Process (IPCF) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) in Messina, Italy. He is Founder and Responsible of the NanoSoftLab@IPCF. Dr Gucciardi has extensive experience in near-field optical microscopy and plasmon-enhanced spectroscopies (SERS/TERS). His research includes the combination of optical tweezers with Raman/SERS spectroscopy for the analysis of individual nanostructures and nanoplastics, and the development of advanced nanobiosensors based on hybrid metal-2D layered materials. In 1997 he received the "Philip Morris award for scientific research and technology" and the "CNR award for strategic research 2005."