Francesco Armetta

Biography

He is graduated in chemistry in 2013 and got a Ph.D. with a thesis in Materials Engineering. He was also a research grant holder at Centro Nazionale delle Ricerche and performed six months of Advanced Training at the ISIS neutron spallation source of the Science and Technology Facilities Council in the United Kingdom. Since 2019 he is a Researcher at the STEBICEF Department of the University of Palermo. His interest has focused on preparing and characterizing luminescent nanomaterials and composites by developing new and standard synthetic routes with tailored performances for high efficiency and low-cost production. He is also interested in the chemical study of objects of historical and cultural interest, as well as the application of statistical tools and machine learning algorithms for analyzing chemical data from large collections.