Education

1993     Ph.D. in Physics at   the ``International School for Advanced Studies'' (SISSA/ISAS)  in Trieste, Italy, under the supervision of Prof. S. Baroni.

1991      M.Sc. in Physics at the ``International School for Advanced Studies'' (SISSA/ISAS) in Trieste, Italy, under the supervision of Prof. S. Baroni.

1989      Degree ( Laurea ) in Physics summa cum laude at the University of Rome ``La Sapienza''under the supervision of Prof. C.M. Bertoni.

Professional Experience

Aug. 2001 to present .            Assistant professor, Department of Physics,   North Carolina State University.

Nov. 1998 to Aug. 2001 .        Research associate, Department of Physics,   North Carolina State University; group of Prof. J. Bernholc.

Nov. 1995-Nov. 1998 .            Postdoc, Department of Physics,   North Carolina State University; advisor: Prof. J. Bernholc.

Nov. 1993-to Nov. 1995 .        Postdoc, Laboratorio INFM/TASC   (Advanced Technology in Surface Science and Catalysis), Trieste, Italy,   in a joint theoretical-experimental project on   ``Electronic structure calculations of semiconductor micro-structures, surfaces and interfaces'': advisor Prof. F. Tommasini.

Nov. 1994 - Nov. 1995     Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Trieste,   course: ``Modern methods in electronic structure theory'' (graduate level).

Jan. 1995 to Jul. 1995 .             Postdoc, ``Laboratoire de Recherches sur   les Materiaux dans leur Environnement'', Université de   Marne-la-Vallée, Paris, France; advisor: Prof. P. Cortona.   

Honors and awards

•  Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award, NCSU Chapter, May 2004

•  Member, Proposal Review Committee, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences CNMS, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

•  Chair, DCOMP/DMP focus session on "Theory of Nanotubes", APS March Meeting, Austin, TX, March 3-7, 2003.

•  Faculty Research and Professional Development Award, North Carolina State University, $4,000, 2003.

•  First Annual North Carolina State University International Research Exposition Award in recognition of ``Outstanding Research in Physics'', Raleigh, April 16, 1999.

Patents and inventions

•  "BN/C nanotubes for Micro-Electro-Mechanical (MEM) applications", M. Buongiorno Nardelli, NCSU # 000-133, June 2000, pending.

•  "Coulomb Buffer as a Method for Adjusting Band Offset and Alignment at Semiconductor/Insulator and Semiconductor/Semiconductor Interfaces", F. Walker, R. Mc Kee, M. Buongiorno Nardelli, W.J. Shelton and M.G. Stocks, ORNL #1037, January 2002, pending.

•  "Piezoelectric and pyroelectric polymers with boron nitride backbone", S. Nakhmanson, M. Buongiorno Nardelli and J. Bernholc, NCSU #04-011, August 2003, pending.

Grants

• UT-Battelle-ORNL – joint faculty appointment, “Research and development in high performance computing and computational nanoscale science”, $53,275/year, 8/16/2001 – 5/15/2005

•  American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund (ACS-PRF) research grant - type G, " Ab initio Theory of Electronic Transport in Carbon Nanotubes and Nanotube-based Structures", $37,500.00, 9/1/2002 - 9/1/2004.

•  NSF - NIRT (Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team) program: "Reduced Degree of Freedom Predictive Methods for Control and Design of Interfaces in Nanofeatured Systems: Nanocrystalline Materials, Sensors and Composites", $100,000/year for four years (July 2003-July 2007).

•  DoE - Office of Science - NSET: "Integrated Multiscale Modelling in Molecular Computing Devices", PI's M. Buongiorno Nardelli, J. Bernholc, $230,000/year for five years.

• ORNL-SEED - "Real Space Imaging of High Frequency Transport on the Nanoscale."  PI’s S. Kalinin, V. Meunier, A. P. Baddorf, M. Buongiorno Nardelli and D. B. Geohegan,  $100,000 for one year (2004).

Scholarships

•  C.N.R. (Italian National Research Council)-N.A.T.O. Senior Scholarship, 1995.

•  A.R.E.A. di Ricerca di Trieste - Bull HN Information Systems Italia Grant for ``Electronic structure calculations of semiconductor micro-structures, surfaces and interfaces'', 1993-1995.

•  C.N.R. Scholarship, 1993.

•  SISSA Fellowship, 1989-1993.

•  C.N.R. scholarship for ``Models and simulations in super-computer applications'', 1989.

Professional Affiliations

•  American Physical Society

•  Materials Research Society

•  SigmaXi, the Scientific Research Society

•  Referee for: Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, European Journal of Physics, IEEE Transactions in Nanotechnology, Surface Science.

•  Proposal reviewer for: National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, American Chemical Society, CNMS-ORNL, US Civilian Research and Development Foundation, Royal Irish Academy, Ireland Higher Education Authority