Prof. Dr. Enrico Gnecco
Enrico Gnecco is Professor of Physics at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. He received his PhD from the University of GenovaExternal link, and worked as junior researcher at the University of BaselExternal link and as senior researcher at IMDEA NanoscienceExternal link, Madrid. He is internationally recognized for his work in nanotribology and related topics. His current research focuses on friction in different environmental conditions, AFM-based nanomanipulation, contact mechanics and abrasive wear processes on the nanoscale. Prof. Gnecco is author of more than 100 publications on major journals including Science, Nature Materials, PNAS and Nano Letters. He also edited and authored three books on friction and related processes upon invitation by Springer, World Scientific Publishing and Cambridge University Press, and co-edited two thematic series on Nanotribology and Nanomanipulation and environmental nanotechnology in the Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. Prof. Gnecco has co-organized several international workshops and serves as reviewer for many scientific journals and granting agencies in Switzerland, Germany, Israel and USA.
Invited talks at international conferences
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Scientific interests
- Friction and wear processes on the molecular scale (Nanotribology)
- Nanomanipulation
- Atomic force microscopy
- Nanomechanics
Education and Positions
- 2010 – 2015: Senior Researcher, IMDEA Nanoscience, Madrid, Spain
- 2003 – 2010: National Center of Competence in Research "Nanoscale Science", Basel, Switzerland
- 2000 – 2003: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Basel, Switzerland
- 2000: PhD in Physics, University of Genova, Italy
- 1997: MsC in Physics, University of Genova, Italy
Nonscientific interests
- Piano Music (diploma from Conservatory of Music "Niccolò Paganini", Genova, Italy)