Ceotto Michele

Associate Professor

Dipartimento di Chimica

Università degli studi di Milano

Contacts

Room 10S Corpo B
via Golgi 19, Milano 20133, ITALY
Tel & Fax : +39 02 503 14258
Email: michele.ceotto@unimi.it

I am a quantum molecular "mechanic": I reproduce quantum uncertainty with classical determinism.

Curriculum vitae

2022 - present: ERC Proof of Concept Group Leader for the project SEMISOFT at the Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano
2015 - 2022: ERC Consolidator Group Leader for the project SEMICOMPLEX at the Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano
2015 - present: Associate Professor Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano ("chiamata diretta per chiara fama")
2006 - 2015: Assistant Professor (Ricercatore) Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano
2005 - 2006: Postdoctoral Researcher, H. Eyring Center for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (USA); Prof. G.A. Voth's group
2005: PhD in Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley (USA); advisor Prof. W.H. Miller
2000: Laurea (M.S.) in Physics (110/110), Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
2000: TMR Researcher, "Consejo Superior de las Investigaciones Cientificas" (CSIC), Madrid
1999: Laurea (M.S.) in Chemistry (110/110 e lode), Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"; advisor Prof. F. A. Gianturco

Fellowships and awards

2024: "Semiclassical Spin Dynamics in Condensed Phase (SCSD)" Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (call: HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01 European Fellowships). Supervisor. Hampus Karlsson, MC fellow.
2023: "Post Born-Oppenheimer Approximation for Semiclassical Spectroscopy Investigation of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Processes (NEOSC)" Individual Fellowship Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions: (call: HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 Global Fellowships). Supervisor. Chiara Donatella Aieta, MC felow.
2022: Seal of excellence: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions call Horizon Europe-MSCA-GP-2021 (as Hosting PI); Certificate delivered by the European Commission
2022: European Research Council (ERC): ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2022, “A web-platform interfaced software for spectroscopic molecular characterization and early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (SEMISOFT)”, Principal Investigator (PI)
2018: Seal of excellence: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions call H2020-MSCA-IF-2017 (as Hosting PI); Certificate delivered by the European Commission
2017: FARE Grant (Framework for attracting and strengthening of research excellence in Italy) – MIUR, “A theoretical- computational study of photocatalytic remediation of polluted atmospheres (QURE)”, Principal Investigator (PI)
2017: Seal of excellence: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions call H2020-MSCA-IF-2017 (as Hosting PI); Certificate delivered by the European Commission
2015: European Research Council (ERC): ERC Consolidator Grant 2014, “Divide and Conquer ab initio Semiclassical Molecular Dynamics for Spectroscopic Calculations of Complex Systems (SEMICOMPLEX)”, Principal Investigator (PI)
2000 - 2005: University of California at Berkeley (USA): International student fellowship for graduate studies in Theoretical & Computational Physical Chemistry
2000: Fellowship by the "Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche" (CNR) for studies outside Italy
2000: European Union Training and Mobility for Researchers (TMR) Fellowship at the C.S.I.C.(Consejo Superior de las Investigaciones Cientificas) in Madrid
1998: Visiting student Fellowship at University of Warwick (UK), Chemistry Department
1992: Italian National Federation "Cavalieri del Lavoro" Fellowship: about 20 grants each year nationwide (over the entire Italian University student population).