Personale docente

Andrea Lapini
Current Position

Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma (since March 2024).

Education
Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences, awarded on February 13, 2009, at the University of Florence.
Dissertation title: “Characterization of Energy and Charge Transfer Processes by Time-Resolved Electronic Spectroscopy”.
Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Righini.
Master’s Degree in Chemistry, obtained on September 21, 2005, at the University of Florence with full marks (110/110).
Thesis title: “Study of Photophysical Processes in Dinuclear Fe(II) Complexes”.
Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Righini.
Scientific High School Diploma, obtained at the “Niccolò Rodolico” Scientific High School, Florence, in July 1996.
Academic and Professional Experience
March 2024 – present
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma.
March 2021 – February 2024
Tenure-track Assistant Professor (RTD-b), Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma.
September 2018 – February 2021
Permanent Researcher at the Italian National Institute of Metrological Research (INRIM), Division of Innovative Materials Metrology and Life Sciences, Turin.
February 2018 – August 2018
Research Fellow at CNR-INO within the IMPRESS2 project: “Metrology for Air Pollutant Emissions”.
February 2017 – January 2018
Research Fellow at the University of Florence on “Two-dimensional IR and Visible Spectroscopy of Molecules in Solution”.
February 2016 – January 2017
Research Fellow at CNR-INO within the project “Optics, Photonics and Matter Waves: From Materials to Applications”, focused on coherent processes and energy transfer in composite molecular systems.
February 2013 – January 2016
Research Fellow at the University of Florence within the FIRB-2010 project RBFR109ZHQ, focused on the development of transient spectroscopic methods for studying molecular systems under high pressure.
February 2010 – January 2013
Research grant within the European project EPHODS devoted to the characterization of sensitizing dyes for third-generation photovoltaic cells.
January 2009 – December 2009
Research Fellow at the University of Florence.
Teaching Activities
University Courses
Academic Year 2025/2026
Lecturer for Physical Chemistry Laboratory I.
Lecturer for Molecular Spectroscopy.
Lecturer for Teaching of Physical Chemistry within the PF60 teacher training program.
Academic Years 2022/2025
Lecturer for Physical Chemistry Laboratory I.
Academic Year 2021/2022
Teaching responsibility for:
Physical Chemistry Laboratory I
Physical Chemistry Laboratory II
Academic Year 2020/2021
Teaching responsibility for Applied Physical Chemistry within the Master’s Degree in Industrial Chemistry.
Ph.D. Teaching
Lecturer in the Ph.D. course Atomic and Molecular Photonics at LENS during 2012–2018.
Specialized course: “Implementation of Multidimensional Spectroscopy Based on Interferometers”.
Tutoring and Supervision
Tutor for Ph.D. students in Atomic and Molecular Photonics.
Academic tutor for undergraduate students since 2022/2023.
Supervisor of 6 Bachelor’s theses.
Co-supervisor of 4 Master’s theses.
Supervisor of 2 Ph.D. student.
Supervisor of 3 post-doc
Additional Teaching Activities
Member of Bachelor’s and Master’s degree examination committees.
Teaching collaboration in the course Experimental Methods for Structural and Dynamical Investigations held by Prof. Roberto Righini.
Institutional Activities
Member of the Ph.D. Board in Atomic and Molecular Photonics (2026).
Member of the Ph.D. Board in Chemical Sciences (2022–2025).
Participation in Ph.D. Examination Committees
2023: External member of the Ph.D. defense committee for Dr. Nerea González Pato at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / ICMC-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain.
Research Activity

Andrea Lapini’s research activity focuses on ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy and the development of nonlinear spectroscopic methodologies for the investigation of complex molecular systems.

Main research topics include:

ultrafast multidimensional spectroscopy (2DIR and 2DVis);
energy and charge transfer in donor-acceptor and excitonic systems;
protein aggregation and co-aggregation processes;
water dynamics in confined systems;
chiroptical properties of molecular and supramolecular systems;
development of coherent Raman microscopy (spectral-focusing CARS) for bioimaging;
investigation of viscoelastic properties of biocompatible hydrogels;
characterization of photoswitching mechanisms;
study of structural and dynamical properties of water under pressure.

Research activities are carried out in close collaboration with the European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (LENS) and several international research groups.

Research Projects
PRIN 2020 – LANTERN
Efficient Light Harvesting with Self-assembled Peptide Nanostructures (2023–2025).
Role: Local Coordinator at the University of Parma.
FIL Incentivante – Action A (2023–2025)
Development of a Spectral-Focusing Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Micro-spectrometer (SFM-CARS).
Role: Project Coordinator.
Visco3DCell (Fondazione CRT, 2021–2023)
Development of a Non-invasive Methodology for the Study of Viscoelastic Properties of 3D Cell Cultures.
Role: Project Coordinator.
i-PHOQS (PNRR, 2022–2025)
Integrated Infrastructure Initiative in Photonic and Quantum Sciences.
Role: Participant.
International Scientific Collaborations
ICMC-CSIC Barcelona, Spain.
University of Basel, Switzerland.
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany.
Universität zu Köln, Germany.
Center for Surface and Nanoanalytics (ZONA).
Invited Seminars and Conferences

Selected invited talks include:

VISPEC2026, Pavia.
Frontiers in Water Biophysics, Erice 2023.
Mini-Symposium “Dye Aggregates: Between Theory and Experiment”, Groningen 2022.
INRIM Turin, 2018.
Stuttgart, 2014.

He also contributed oral and poster presentations at numerous international conferences in the fields of ultrafast spectroscopy, physical chemistry, and multidimensional spectroscopy.

Editorial Activities
Referee for international peer-reviewed journals, including:
Journal of Molecular Structure
Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences
Frontiers in Chemistry
Guest Editor for the journal Photonics (MDPI), Special Issue:
“Ultrafast Spectroscopy: Fundamentals and Applications” (2021–2023).
Bibliometric Indicators

(Source: Scopus, updated May 2026)

Number of publications: 59
Citations: over 960
h-index: 17
Scopus Author ID: 23469664100
ORCID: 0000-0002-2204-7673