Domenico Corona

Dr. Domenico Corona was born in Rome in 1998, and he graduated high school from the Liceo Classico “Francesco Vivona”. He received his BSc in Chemistry from the Sapienza University of Rome in 2020, with a thesis in Solid State Chemistry supervised by Prof. Dr. Sergio Brutti. DC earned his MSc in Materials Science ( Summa Cum Laude ) from the University of Rome Tor Vergata in 2022, with a thesis in Solid State Physics supervised by Prof. Dr. Olivia Pulci and Dr. Francesco Buonocore. DC obtained his MEng in Photonics ( Masterkolloquium: 1.0 ) from the TH Wildau (DE) in 2023, with a thesis in Nano- und Oberflächenphysik supervised by Prof. Dr. Carolin Schmitz-Antoniak and Prof. Dr. Olivia Pulci. He completed his PhD in Physics ( Doctor Europaeus and Summa Cum Laude ) at University of Rome Tor Vergata in 2026, with a thesis in Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter Physics advised by Prof. Dr. Olivia Pulci and Dr. Francesco Buonocore. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Condensed Matter Theory Group.

In 2022, DC was a Research Intern at the Laboratory of High Performance Computing of the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (IT); working on solid-state electrolytes interfaces with Dr. Francesco Buonocore and Dr. Massimo Celino.

In 2023, DC was a MSCA Early Stage Researcher at the Quantum Systems and Nanomaterials Group of the University of Exeter (UK) and at MaxLLG Ltd., within the frame of the DiSeTCom Project (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2018, G.A. ID: 823728); working on opto-valleytronics in Xenes with Prof. Dr. Mikhail Portnoi and Dr. Eros Mariani.

In 2025, DC was a Visiting Doctoral Student at the Laboratory of Theory and Simulation of Materials of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH) and at the Laboratory for Materials Simulations of the Paul Scherrer Institut; working on strongly correlated materials with Prof. Dr. Nicola Marzari and Dr. Iurii Timrov.

Since 2026, DC is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Optics of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE).

Since 2021, DC has been a Scientific Associate at the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN, CSN4); since 2022, he has been a member of the University Centre for Computation in Science and Technology (CAST), concurrently a Young Researcher at the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF) and a Member of the Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics (MIFP). DC is the winner of 6 merit-based scholarships as Teaching and Laboratory Assistant; of an Erasmus+ Scholarship; and the PI of 5 CINECA ISCRA Projects. His current focus is on quantum many-body theory and HPC in Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, for Advanced Energy Materials.

CONFERENCES, INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS AND SEMINARS:

• 2022, Online - EuroCC National Competence Centre Sweden (ENCCS) Workshop: "Efficient materials modelling on HPC with Quantum ESPRESSO, YAMBO and BigDFT". Hands-on sessions for efficient exploitation of HPC resources using Quantum ESPRESSO, YAMBO, and BigDFT.
• 2023, Rome (IT) - MaX Centre of Excellence (MaX) School: "Ab Initio Many-Body Perturbation Theory: From Equilibrium to Time-Resolved Spectroscopies and Nonlinear Optics". Hands-on sessions led by the main developers of the codes YAMBO and CHEERS. Poster presentation.
• 2023, Strasbourg (FR) - European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 2023 Spring Meeting & 40th Anniversary. Poster presentation at the Energy Materials Symposium "Advanced sustainable materials for energy applications".
• 2023, Zaragoza (ES) - European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF) - 19th YRM. Oral presentation at the session "Quantum Computing in Condensed Matter".
• 2023, Online - California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) Workshop on PERTURBO, software for ab initio calculations of electron interactions, transport, and nonequilibrium dynamics. Hands-on sessions led by the developer team of the code PERTURBO.
• 2024, Rome (IT) - Italian Workshop on Energy Storage (IWES) 2024. Oral presentation at the session "Advanced characterizations and electrodes".
• 2024, Lausanne (CH) - Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire (CECAM) Flagship School: "Theoretical Spectroscopy Lectures". Lectures on linear/nonlinear theoretical spectroscopy in TDDFT and MBPT; hands-on sessions led by the main developers of the codes ABINIT, DP, 2Light and EXC.
• 2024, Online - National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 5th Questaal School on Many-Body Perturbation Theory. Workshop on QSGW + BSE approximation implemented in the QUESTAAL platform.
• 2024, Toulouse (FR) - European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF) - 20th YRM. Oral presentation at the session "Electronic Structure and Methods Development".
• 2024, Erice (IT) - International School of Solid State Physics (EPIOPTICS) - 88th Course at the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture. Oral presentation.
• 2024, Rome (IT) - NanoInnovation Conference & Exhibition (NANOINNOVATION) 2024. Invited oral presentation at the workshop "Technologies for energy transition".
• 2025, Grindelwald (CH) - MARVEL Review and Retreat (MARVEL) 2025. Workshops on computational design and discovery of novel materials. Invited.
• 2025, Rome (IT) - Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (LINCEI) Workshop: "Quantum Mechanics applied to Earth Sciences".
• 2025, Bologna (IT) - E-TECH EUROPE (E-TECH) 2025. ENEA workshop on scientific research in electrical energy storage. Invited.
• 2025, Trieste (IT) - European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF) - 21th YRM. Oral presentation at the session "Strongly Correlated Systems and Magnetism".
• 2025, Thun (CH) - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa). Invited seminar at the Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials & Nanostructures.
• 2025, Palaiseau (FR) - European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF) - Correlation Meeting 2025.