Domenico Corona

Biography

Dr. Domenico Corona was born in Rome in 1998, and he received his B.Sc. from the Sapienza University of Rome (IT) in 2020. DC earned his M.Sc. ( Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT) in 2022, and he obtained his M.Eng. ( Masterkolloquium: 1.0) from the TH-Wildau (DE) in 2023. He holds a PhD in Physics ( Doctor Europaeus and Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT), completed in 2026.

• In 2022, DC was a Research Intern at the Laboratory of High Performance Computing of the ENEA (IT); working on solid-state electrolytes interfaces with Dr. Francesco Buonocore and Dr. Massimo Celino.
• In 2023, DC was a MSCA Early Stage Researcher at the Quantum Systems and Nanomaterials Group of the University of Exeter (UK) and at MaxLLG Ltd., within the frame of the DiSeTCom Project (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2018, G.A. ID: 823728); working on opto-valleytronics in Xenes with Prof. Dr. Mikhail Portnoi and Dr. Eros Mariani.
• In 2025, DC was a Visiting Doctoral Student at the Laboratory of Theory and Simulation of Materials of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH) and at the Laboratory for Materials Simulations of the Paul Scherrer Institut; working on strongly correlated materials with Prof. Dr. Nicola Marzari and Dr. Iurii Timrov.
• In 2026, DC was a a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Condensed Matter Theory Group of the University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT); working on plasmonic nanomaterials with Prof. Dr. Olivia Pulci and Dr. Tommaso Giovannini.
• Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Optics of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE).

His focus is on quantum many-body theory and HPC in Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, for Advanced Energy and Optical Materials.