Sergio Rampino
May 3 1984, Mesagne (Italy)
Position
- 2023-present
- Lecturer (tenure-track)
Theoretical Chemistry Group
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche
Università degli Studi di Padova
Padova (Italy) - 2022-2023
- Temporary research fellow
Theoretical Chemistry Group
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche
Università degli Studi di Padova
Padova (Italy) - 2017-2022
- Lecturer (fixed-term)
SMART Laboratory
Scuola Normale Superiore
Pisa (Italy) - 2016-2017
- Post-doctoral research fellow
SMART Laboratory
Scuola Normale Superiore
Pisa (Italy) - 2013-2016
- Post-doctoral research fellow
AuCat FIRB 2010 project
Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Perugia (Italy) - 2010-2011
- Temporary research fellow
Computational Dynamics and Kinetics
Dipartimento di Chimica
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Perugia (Italy)
Education
- 2012
- Laurea triennale in Lettere, 110/110 cum laude
Università degli Studi di Perugia - 2011
- Dottorato di ricerca in Scienze Chimiche
Università degli Studi di Perugia - 2007
- Laurea specialistica in Scienze Chimiche, 110/110 cum laude
Università degli Studi di Perugia - 2005
- Laurea triennale in Chimica, 110/110 cum laude
Università degli Studi di Perugia - 2002
- Maturità classica, 100/100
Liceo Classico V. Lilla, Francavilla Fontana (BR)
Visiting fellowships
- 2019
- Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre/University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
July-August, Dr C Morrison, HPC Europa-3 appl code HPC17SA29X - 2011
- ACK Cyfronet/University of Science and Technology, Cracow
January-February, Dr M Sterzel, COST CM0901 STSM n 7513 - 2010
- GENCI-CINES/École Normale Supérieure, Paris
May-July, Dr I Burghardt, HPC Europa-2 appl n 410 - 2010
- Barcelona Supercomputing Centre/Universidad del País Vasco, Barcelona
April-May, Prof E Garcia, MareNostrum Activity QCM-2010-1-0009 - 2010
- University of Bristol, Bristol
February-March, Prof G G Balint-Kurti, COST D37 STSM n 5764 - 2009
- University of Toulouse, Toulouse
November-December, Prof S Evangelisti, COST D37 STSM n 5218 - 2009
- University of Zürich, Zürich
April-May, Prof K Baldridge, COST D37 STSM n 4438 - 2009
- Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre/University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
February-March, June-July, Dr K Lawley, HPC Europa-2 appl n 12
Books
- Rampino S, Chemistry at the Frontier with Physics and Computer Science: Theory and Computation, Elsevier (2022)
Scientific production
- Author of 62 scientific publications, 52 of which on international peer-reviewed scientific journals.
- Author of 43 scientific communications to italian, european and international scientific congresses.
National qualifications
- for Associate Professor in sector 03/B1 Foundations of Chemistry and Inorganic Systems (2019-2030)
- for Associate Professor in sector 03/B2 Chemical Foundations of Technology (2020-2031)
- for Associate Professor in sector 03/A2 Models and Methodologies for Chemical Sciences (2018-2029)
Editorial activity
- Co-founder (2011–present) and editor (2013–present) of the online electronic scientific magazine Virt&L-Comm, ISSN: 2279-8773
- Referee for the Journal of Molecular Modeling (Springer), Molecules (MDPI), the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry (Wiley), physica status solidi (a) (Wiley), Inorganic Chemistry (ACS)
Research projects and funding
- PI of project Development of computational methods and tools for modeling chemical reactions, 4000.00 €, 1 year, Funding program for fundamental research 2019 by Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa, Italy) 2018
- PI of project DIVE: Development of Immersive approaches for the analysis of chemical bonding through Virtual-reality Environments, 45000.00 €, 2 years + 6 months extension, Funding program Progetti di ricerca annuali e biennali by Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa, Italy) selected upon international peer review
- Funding of 25000,00 € by Scuola Normale Superiore for a post-doctoral fellowship Development and applications of computational methods for modeling chemical reactions, Scuola Normale Superiore 2009
- PI of 7 collaborative projects funded by the European Commission through the HPC-Europa and COST programs, and of 2 computational projects at the Italian (CINECA) and Barcelona Supercomputing Centre
Prizes and awards
- 2017
- Top-10 finalist of the Primo Levi 2016 award of the Italian Chemical Society
- 2016
- Eolo Scrocco 2016 award of the Division of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society
- 2010
- Best paper award ("Accurate quantum dynamics on grid platforms: some effects of long range interactions on the reactivity of N + N2") of the 10th International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications ICCSA10, Fukuoka (Japan), 2010 March 23-16
Teaching
- 2017-2022
- Virtual Laboratory of Chemistry (40h, course leader), Scuola Normale Superiore (undergradute level), Pisa (Italy)
- 2017-2022
- Computational Inorganic Chemistry (40h, course leader) Scuola Normale Superiore (PhD level), Pisa (Italy)
- 2019
- Research Methods and Scientific Writing (10h, visiting lecturer), ITMO University, Saint Petersburg (Russia), 16-18 October 2019
- 2017
- Quantum dynamics (4h, lecturer), SOSC17 School on Open Science Cloud, Perugia (Italy), June 5-9 2017
- 2012
- Electronically adiabatic quantum nuclear motion (8h, lecturer), 7th Intensive Course of the European Master in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling TCCM, Perugia (Italy), September 3-28 2012
- 2010
- Quantum dynamics on grid and D5 formats (1h, lecturer), Hands on Training School on Molecular and Materials Science Grid Applications, Trieste (Italia), March 28-April 01 2012
- 2009
- Parallel computing (4h, lecturer), 4th Intensive Course of the European Master in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling TCCM, Groningen (The Netherlands) / Leuven (Belgium), August 24-September 19 2009
- 2008
- Elements of atomic and molecular sciences (20h, assistant lecturer), Università degli Studi di Perugia (undergraduate level), Perugia (Italia)
- 2006
- Informatics (10h, assistant lecturer), Università degli Studi di Perugia (undergraduate level), Perugia (Italia)
Outreach
- Short interview on HPC-Europa project (2017, in English)
- Video explaining the top-10 finalist work for the Primo Levi 2016 Prize of the Italian Chemical Society (2017, in Italian)
- Lecture on Computational Chemistry, 2h, within the cycle Computational thinking - A course for high-school teachers, University of Pisa, Italy (2018, in Italian)
- Lecture on the periodic table, 1h, organized by Accademia dei Lincei and Scuola Normale Superiore for high-school teachers, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy (2019, in Italian)
Scientific supervision
- 2018-2020
- Dr Nandi S, Development and applications of computational methods for modeling chemical reactions, Post-doctoral project, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Italia)
- 2018-2020
- Ballotta B, Computational development of models and tools for the kinetic study of astrochemical reactions, PhD project, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Italia)
- 2016
- De Santis M, Bond-analysis techniques in the relativistic four-component framework: the chemical bond in coinage-metal cyanides, Master thesis in Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Perugia, February 25 2016
- 2016
- Bazzurri M, From benchmark to real astrochemical reaction quantum calculations using a coordinated distributed computational frame, Master thesis in Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Perugia, February 25 2016
- 2015
- Mora Lagares L, The behavior of the position-spread tensor in noble-gas and alkali-metal difluorides, Master thesis in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling, Università degli Studi di Perugia, May 28 2015
Computer programs
- Waverley (S Rampino, 2014), a GTO-based quantum-chemistry program package
- Cubes (S Rampino, 2014), a toolkit for manipulating Gaussian 'cube' files
- Contributor to the four-component relativistic Dirac-Kohn-Sham program BERTHA
- Contributor to the Q5Cost/D5Cost common data format and library for quantum chemistry
- Designer and project leader of StarRate, an object-based modern-Fortran program for kinetics calculations of multi-step chemical reactions
- Designer and project leader of a Virtual Laboratory for bond analysis within 3D CAVE theatres
- Designer and project leader of AVATAR, a virtual-reality application for the immersive exploration of potential-energy landscapes
Languages
- Mothertongue: italian
- Fluent: english, french
- Novice: german, spanish, polish
- Scholastic: latin, ancient greek
Translations
- 2015
- Henley W E, Diario d'Ospedale. Tre traduzioni inedite dal Diario d’Ospedale di W. E. Henley, Nuovi Argomenti - Officina poesia, 28/6/2015 (first italian translation)
- 2013
- Ricoeur P, La poesia pensante di Lucio Saffaro, Enthymema IX, 66-71 (2013), ISSN: 2037-2426, DOI: 10.13130/2037-2426/3529 (first italian translation)
Books
- 2013
- Rampino S, Ripulire la barca alla battigia, Aguaplano, Passignano s. T. (2013), ISBN: 978-88-97738-27-5
