ETH - THEORY - Scaramucci Andrea, Dr.

Jan. 2011 - now:	Postdoctoral research position at the ETH Zürich. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. N. A. Spaldin
2010 - 2011:	Postdoctoral research position at the University of Groningen. Supervisor: Prof. Dr M. Mostovoy.
2006 - 2010:	Ph.D. at the University of Groningen. Date of Ph.D promotion: 29 November 2010. Supervisors: Prof. Dr M. Mostovoy and Prof. Dr J. Knoester. Thesis: “On Ferroelectricity of Magnets”.
1999 - 2005:	Graduation in Physics (secondary subject Theoretical Physics) at “Alma Mater Studiorum” University of Bologna. Final thesis: “Entanglement and phase transitions in a spin 1 system with anisotropy”. Final grade: 110/110 magna cum laude. Supervisor: Prof. Dr E. Ercolessi.

Publications and Pre-Prints

[5]	A. Scaramucci, E. Bousquet, M. Fechner, M. Mostovoy, and N. A. Spaldin, Linear Magnetoelectric Effect by Orbital Magnetism, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 197203 (2012)
[4]	J.-H. Kim, M.A. van der Vegte, A. Scaramucci, S. Artyukhin, J.-H.Chung, S. Park, S.-W. Cheong, M. Mostovoy, S.-H. Lee, Magnetic Excitations in the Low-Temperature Ferroelectric Phase of Multiferroic YMn2O5 Using Inelastic Neutron Scattering, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 097401 (2011)
[3]	M. Mostovoy, A. Scaramucci, N. A. Spaldin, K. T. Delaney, Temperature-Dependent Magnetoelectric Effect From First Principles, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 087202 (2010)
[2]	A. Scaramucci, T. A. Kaplan and M. Mostovoy, Clamping of Ferroelectric and Ferromagnetic Domain Walls in Conical Spiral Magnets, arXiv:0906.5298 (2009)
[1]	L. Campos Venuti, C. Degli Esposti Boschi, M. Roncaglia, and A. Scaramucci, Local measures of entanglement and critical exponents at quantum phase transitions, Phys. Rev. A 73, 010303 (R) (2006)

Teaching Experiences

During my postgraduate studies I have been teaching assistant for the following courses:

“Statistical Physics” (2008/2009)
“Classical Mechanics and Electromagnetism” (2007/2008)
“Statistical Physics II” (2006/2007)

Poster and Presentations

Microscopic Theory of Temperature-Dependent Magnetoelectric Effect in Cr2O3, American Physical Society March Meeting 2011, Dallas, USA (Presentation)
Microscopic Theory of Temperature-Dependent Magnetoelectric Effect in Cr2O3, European School on Multiferroics 2010, L' Aquila, Italy (Poster)
Domain Walls in Conical Spiral Multiferroics, International Symposisum on Ferroic Domains ISFD-10 2010, Prague, Czech Republic (Presentation)
Magnetoelectric Switching in Spiral Magnets, European Material Research Society Fall Meeting 2010, Warsaw, Poland (Presentation)
Theory of Magnetoelectric Switching in Spiral Magnets, American Physical Society March Meeting 2010, Portland USA (Presentation)
Domain Walls and Switching Phenomena in Spiral Multiferroics, Physics at FOM 2010 Veldhoven, The Netherlands (Presentation)
Multiferroic and Magnetoelectric Behavior of Conical Spirals, European School on Multiferroics 2009, Groningen, The Netherlands (Poster)
Multiferroic and Magnetoelectric Behavior of Conical Spirals, International Symposium Spin Waves 2009, St. Petersburg, Russia (Poster)
Magnetoelectric effects induced by domain walls, American Physical Society March Meeting 2009, Pittsburgh, USA (Presentation)
Ferromagnetic Insulator State in Doped FeTiO3, Physics at FOM 2009, Veldhoven, The Netherlands (Poster)
Ferromagnetic Insulator State in Doped FeTiO3, ICMR Summer School on Multiferroics and Beyond 2008, Santa Barbara, USA (Poster)
Thin Film Multiferroics, 3rd Indo-Japan Conference on Ferroics and Multiferroics 2008, Kolkata, India (Poster)
Thin Film Multiferroics, Physics at FOM 2008, Veldhoven, The Netherlands (Poster)

Computer Science Skills

Knowledge of Fortran 77, C/C++, Matlab, Mathematica, bash scripting and Unix-like operating systems

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