PD Dr.-Ing. Alberto Leonardi earned
his Ph.D. in Materials Science and
Engineering from the University of
Trento, Italy. Over the next 15 years,
he dedicated his career to investi-
gating nanomaterials, holding
prestigious postdoctoral positions at
Indiana University Bloomington (USA),
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, and ISIS Neutron and Muon
Source (UK). In 2022, he joined the UK Synchrotron
facility Diamond Light Source as a research scientist
for the Dual Imaging and Diffraction instrument.
He became a member of the International Centre
for Diffraction Data (ICDD) in 2020, a prestigious
invitation-only scientific society. He is also a UK STEM
Ambassador and a member of the UKRI EPSRC peer
review college.
His research focuses on the chemical-physical pro-
cesses affecting the synthesis and performance of
nanoarchitectured materials, integrating computational
and experimental methods. Nanomaterials, with their
structural disorder, offer exciting possibilities as their
properties can be significantly different from bulk
materials and can be tuned via their microstructure.
These materials address key societal challenges,
enhancing performance in medicine, aerospace,
environmental remediation, electronics, and energy
sectors. Recently, he has embarked on studying clays
and layered nano materials, which are environmentally
compatible and abundant in Europe, making them
ideal for sustainable applications