Tommaso Giovannini

I studied at the University of Pisa (2010-2015, 110/110 cum laude) and the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy (2010-2015, fully funded scholarship).

I obtained a Ph.D. in Methods and Models for Molecular Sciences from the Scuola Normale Superiore (Nov. 2015 - Jan. 2019, cum laude), where I developed theoretical and computational methods for studying molecular systems embedded in external environments, from liquid phase to plasmonic substrates.

From Feb. 2019 to Jan. 2021, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim (Norway), where I developed novel multiscale quantum embedding models for light-matter interaction in complex systems.

From Feb. 2021 to June 2024, I was a junior assistant professor (RTDA) at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, and from June 2024 to May 2026, I was an assistant professor (tenure-track - RTDB) in Theoretical Physics of Condensed Matter at the Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.

In September 2025, I was awarded a prestigious grant of approximately €1.4 million under the ERC Starting Grant (ERC-StG) programme for the CHOPIN project.

Since May 2026, I have been an Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics of Condensed Matter at the Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Awards
2026 Finalist EuChemS Young Chemists' Award (EYCA)
2026 Elected Fellow della Young Academy of Europe (https://yacadeuro.org/giovannini/)
2025 ERC Starting Grant 
2025 “Eolo Scrocco” Award
2024 Raman Award for the best young researcher 
2024-25 Selected as IUPAC Young Observer for Italy 
2024 CASFutureLeaders2024 Top 100 program
2022 Young Physical Chemistry Award 
2018 Philip J. Stephens Award on Vibrational Optical Activity

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