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Born: December 12, 1966, Italy
 
Present position:
Researcher at CNR (National Research Council) Institute for Superconductors and Innovative Materials and Devices (SPIN)
Deputy Director in Rome
 
Work address:
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ingegneria Informatica
Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, I-00133 Roma
Phone/Fax. +390672597226/+390672597005, carmela.aruta[at]spin.cnr.it
 
Education:
1999: Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Naples Federico II
1992: Degree in Physics, University of Naples Federico II
 
Employement/Post-graduation scientific career:
 
2006-2012: Staff researcher at CNR-SPIN in Naples
2009: CNR short-term mobility, at CRISMAT, CNRS, Caen (France)
2004-2006:Tenure track researcher, Center for Research and Development Coherentia CNR-INFM (now CNR-SPIN) in Rome
2004-2006:Professorship in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics and teaching activity in Physics
2003 – 2004: University fellowship, Physics Department of University of Salerno
2002– 2003: Temporary position as Researcher, CNR- IMEM, Parma
2001–2002: Visiting Scientist, ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility), Grenoble (France)
2000 – 2001: INFM fellowship for Research, University of Tor Vergata, Rome
1998 – 2000: Post-doc position, ID32 beamline, ESRF(European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) Grenoble (France)
1996 – 1998: PhD research activity in Condensed Matter Physics, University of Naples Federico II
1995 – 1996: Grant of CNR-FSE (European Structural Fund), University of Tor Vergata and La Sapienza, Rome
1992 – 1995: Grant of PNMA(National Plan for Innovative Advanced Materials),Consortium for Innovative Research in the South (CRIS) and INFM units of Naples and Salerno
 
Professional skills

• RHEED (Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction) assisted growth of thin films and multilayers by Pulsed Lser Deposition and Molecular Beam Epitaxy
  

• Electrical and magnetic characterizations by PPMS, VMS, SQUID
  

• Structural, spectroscopy and morphological characterizations by laboratory and synchrotron facilities
  

Scientific production:

• > 90 publications in peer-reviewed journals with more than 700 citations, h-index 16 (ISI)
  
• > 10 invited talk and seminars at international conferences and Universities or Institutes worldwide
  
• > 20 contributed presentations at international conferences
  

Committees:

• Delegated to represent the CNR as a Partner of CRdC TECNOLOGIE Scarl in Naples since (2011-2012)
  
• Scientific Manager of the European Network for Superconductivity SCENET-2 (2002-2003)
  
• Representative of the Electronic Structure and Magnetism community in the ESRF Users’ Organization (2010-2012).
  
• Member ofthe committee for disposal of disused scientific assets for CNR-INFM Coherentia (2008-2009)
  
• Member of the committee for grants appointment for post-doctoral scientific research at CNR-INFM Coherentia (2007-2009).
  

Honors and Awards:
 
1999 Bonus performance at ESRF, Grenoble (France)
 
Professional Societies:
 
ESRF Users’ Organization (Electronic Structure and Magnetism representative)
Italian Society for Physics
Italian Society for Synchrotron Light
 
Teaching experience:
 
2006 Introductory Physics I, Engineering Course, University of Tor Vergata, Roma
2006 Introductory Physics II, Engineering Course, University of Tor Vergata, Roma
2005 Experimental Condensed Matter Physics,Engineering Course, University of Tor Vergata, Roma
2001 Introductory Physics I, Engineering Course, University of Naples
 
Graduate and undergraduate students supervised (last 6 years):

• Masters thesis: Marco Lanzano (2010/2011), new position as Ph.D student at Max Planck Institute, with Prof. Jochen Mannhart in Stuttgart (Germany)
• PhD: Alice Galdi (2008/2010), new position as Post Doc with Prof. L. Maritato, Salerno (Italy)
• PhD: Elisa Marenna (2006/2008), new position as Research Assistant at CIRA, Italian Aerospace Research Center (Italy)

Organization of international conferences and schools since 2002
 
2012

• Member of the organizing committee of XCVIII Congress of the Italian Society of Physics “SIF”, Napoli, Italy.
  
• Member of the scientific committee of I Conference on Superconductivity and Functional Oxides – SuperFox, Como, Italy
  
• Co-chair of the workshop “Multifunctional Advanced Materials: Probe and Theory” - MAMA-protheo, Vietri sul Mare, Italy
  
• Member of the organizing committee of the Users Meeting of ESRF and the Parallel Session “Electronic Structure and Magnetism”, Grenoble, France
  
• Member of the organizing committee of the workshop “Magnetic Materials under estreme conditions”,Grenoble, France
  

2011
Member of the organizing committee of the Users Meeting of ESRF and the Parallel Session “Electronic Structure and Magnetism”, Grenoble, France
 
2010
Member of the organizing committee of the Users Meeting of ESRF and the Parallel Session “Electronic Structure and Magnetism”, Grenoble, France
 
2009
Member of the organizing committee of the I Conference on Functional Oxide for Electronics – FOXE, Massa Lubrense, Italy
 
2006
Member of the organizing committee of XIV Congress of the Italian Society of Synchrotron Light “SILS”, Naples, Italy
 
2003
Member of the organizing committee of Fourth School of European Network for Superconductivity SCENET-2 Cargese, France
 
Experiment at Large Facilities
20 peer-reviewed proposals accepted since 2002, 6 of them as main proposer, at ESRF (Grenoble, France), SINQ-PSI (Villigen, Switzerland), Elettra (Trieste, Italy).