Catalogo dei Corsi di studio

Professore Ordinario in Fisica Sperimentale della Materia (SC 02B1, SSD FIS01 )

CURRICULUM DETTAGLIATO
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Ordinaria in Fisica Sperimentale della Materia (FIS01)
Università di Roma La Sapienza
e-mail: maria.grazia.betti@roma1.infn.it
tel +39 339 7775800

POSIZIONI
dal 2019 Professoressa Ordinaria presso il Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza
1999-2019 Professoressa Associata presso il Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza
1992-1999 Ricercatrice presso l'Università degli Studi di Modena
1998 Visiting professor presso Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Parigi (Francia)
1989-1992 Ricercatrice ex-art. 36 presso l'Istituto di Struttura della Materia di Frascati del CNR
1988 Professoressa visitatrice presso la Scuola di Studi Avanzati SISSA Trieste
1988 Visiting scientist presso Montana State University USA e University of Irvine Californa USA

FORMAZIONE
1985-1988 Dottorato in Fisica presso l'Università degli Studi di Modena
1985 Laurea con lode in Fisica, Università La Sapienza
RICERCA
Gli interessi di ricerca sono a carattere prevalentemente sperimentale nel campo delle nanoscienze e della fisica delle superfici e dei sistemi quantistici a bassa dimensionalità.
Ha progettato e realizzato apparati sperimentali complessi on campus per microscopie e spettroscopie di punta; presso la Sapienza è responsabile di un laboratorio per la fisica delle superfici e le nanoscienze. Svolge inoltre attività sperimentali presso le maggiori facilities europee di luce di sincrotrone (ESRF, Soleil, ELETTRA, Alba, BESSY).
Oltre 180 lavori in riviste internazionali. Coordinatrice di progetti di ricerca e membro di Program/Advisory Committees di conferenze nel campo. H index 31 (luglio 2021 Scopus). PUBLICATIONS https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/Maria-Grazia-Betti_nC1875_IT.aspx

COMITATI SCIENTIFICI E DI VALUTAZIONE DELLA RICERCA
Dal 2019 Collegio dei Docenti del Dottorato in Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza
Dal 2018 Steering committee dell'Amaldi Research Center (MIUR-Dipartimento di Eccellenza )
Dal 2013 Commissione di Ateneo per il premio Tomassoni-Chisesi
2012-2017 Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) Grenoble
2013-2016 Senato Accademico dell'Università La Sapienza, Roma
2014 Scientific Evaluation Panel of the European Science Foundation for the Graphene Flagship
2009-2015 Revisore per l'Agence National de Recherce (ANR), Francia
2000-2013 Collegio dei Docenti dottorato di ricerca in Fisica Università La Sapienza
2007-2012 Consiglio Direttivo e Consiglio Scientifico del Centro Interdipartimentale CNIS della Sapienza
2006-2014 Review Committee, SOLEIL (Source Optimisée de Lumière d'Énergie Intermédiaire de LURE)
2004-2017 Surface Science Division Electoral College, International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique, and Applications (IUVSTA)
2004-2007 Committee della Surface Science Division della IUVSTA
1998-2014 Alternate Councilor, Executive Council della IUVSTA
1999-2002 User Committee del Sincrotrone-LURE a Orsay (Francia)
1998-2004 Consiglio direttivo dell'Associazione Italiana del Vuoto (AIV)

MARIA GRAZIA BETTI SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY AND EVALUATION BOARDS
In recent years, I have served in scientific review panels of national and international research institutions. Among these, I was scientific member and Italian representative in the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) Grenoble for two terms (2012-2017). During this period, the new upgrade project EBS (Extremely Brilliant Source) at ESRF was approved by SAC and eventually launched. I participated to the search committee of the SAC with the task to select the new six innovative beamlines for the future upgrade of ESRF. I participate as SAC observer to the review panels of several beamlines to audit the scientific activity and the performance of the beamlines. In 2020, I was elected in the Search Committee to select the Scientific Directors of ESRF.
In the past, I held appointments in international synchrotron radiation facilities where I have a longstanding collaboration with several research lines. See for example the participation for eight years in the review panel for Electronic and Magnetic properties of solids in the Proposal Review Committee of the National French Synchrotron Radiation Facility SOLEIL Saint-Aubin (France).
I am/was part of the evaluation committee and referee of several research funding agencies in Italy and abroad. Among them: Agence National de Recherche - France, Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Austria, MIUR (PRIN)- Italy, CNR Italy, several research infrastructures (Synchrotron radiation laboratory ESRF, SOLEIL, ELETTRA, and CERIC) and of several international journals (Physical Review Letters, Journal of American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, etc).
I have held several academic appointments at the University La Sapienza and now I am member of the Collegio dei Docenti of the PhD in Physics and of the Steering Committee of the Amaldi research Center ( dipartimento di eccellenza MIUR). From 2013 to 2016 I served in the Senato Accademico, where I participated in many panels and executive committees, including the Commissione chiamate dirette , to encourage the call of candidates with excellent academic positions abroad or winners of European projects of excellence.
I am interested in scientific communication and in promoting the debate on science policy issues. I was the promoter of the agreement between Città della Scienza in Naples and University La Sapienza in Rome, supporting several exhibitions, and conferences. I have promoted several projects to support gender equality and the career of women in science and I was member of the Italian delegation at the 1st International Conference of Women in Physics, with 67 national delegation; I am now active in the Department and in the Faculty where an observatory on gender and diversity is present.

MARIA GRAZIA BETTI BUILDING EXPERIMENTAL LABS
I am responsible of a surface and nano-science laboratory at Department of Physics La Sapienza with an experimental activity focused on nanostructures at surfaces. During my whole scientific experience, I have designed and realized several experimental facilities on campus. Already in my PhD thesis, (i) I participated to the construction of the first experimental apparatus for high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy in Italy, then (ii) I personally contributed to the creation of the LOTUS (Low Temperature Ultraviolet Spectroscopy) laboratory at the University of Modena (laboratory moved to Rome in 2003) with high-energy (less than 4 meV) and angle (less than 0.01o) resolved photoemission spectroscopy. In November 1999 I moved to the Department of Physics La Sapienza where a surface science/nanoscience experimental activity was missing. I have designed realized a complete ultra-high-vacuum (UHV) system for core level photoemission (XPS), Auger and thermal desorption spectroscopies with all ancillary facilities to deposit organic and organometallic molecules with high controlled molecular beam sources.
Now, a new perspective is open with the realization of a spectro-microscopy laboratory financed by MIUR-Dipartimento di Eccellenza. I have designed a UHV apparatus for spatially-resolved X-ray photoemission at low temperature (below 20 K) and the design of micro-Raman and luminescence all in UHV, in collaboration with a working group, collecting different expertise of our department. A third chamber, connected with the spectro-microscopy stages, will be dedicated to the in-situ growth of 2D materials, and nanostructures on surfaces. This spectro-microscopy apparatus is strategic to study and functionalize 2D materials. The project on gravitational waves financed by MIUR can exploit this expertise of spectro-microscopies to characterize, optimize and discover new materials/solutions for the coating of the mirrors of VIRGO/LIGO projects. Importantly, this experimental facility was designed, procured, acquired and installed with the planned performance according to the planned timeline.