Where I worked
December 2022 – current: R&D Project Manager @ Barberini, EssilorLuxottica, Pescara, Italy and Grünenplan, Germany.
June 2021 – August 2021: Freelance Consultant @ Sastre Consulting Ltd, Vienna, Austria. Consultant for in-depth country analysis to help guide investment decisions.
April 2017 – June 2017: Project Assistant @ Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria. Research role in synthesis and characterization of polyimide-based membranes.
2004 – 2017: Exhibition Assistant @ Lineasette Snc, Marostica, Italy. Represent the company at international trade exhibitions in Milan, Frankfurt, New York, Dubai, and others, establishing contact with potential customers and ensuring business acquisition.
2008 – 2017: Freelance Private Tutor. One-on-one chemistry lessons for high-school students.
Where I studied
PhD – Materials Science (2017 – ongoing)
Synthesis and characterization of molecular crystals and their use for the synthesis of high-performance polymers.
Institute of Materials Chemistry, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria. Supervisor: Prof. Miriam M. Unterlass (link to website).
MSc – Pure and Applied Chemistry (2013 – 2017)
Synthesis of high-performance polymers using hydrothermal techniques.
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy and Institute of Materials Chemistry, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria. Experimental work conducted within Erasmus+ at TU Wien in the group of Miriam M. Unterlass (link to website). Supervisor at Università degli Studi di Padova: Prof. Silvia Gross (link to website).
BSc – Pure and Applied Chemistry (2008 – 2013)
Characterization of structural properties of diphenytellurides using DFT computational techniques.
Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy. Supervisor: Ass. Prof. Laura Orian (link to website).
What I can do
Languages: Italian (mother tongue), English (C2), German (B2/C1).
Materials synthesis: Crystal growth in gel and solution, solid-state polymerization, hydrothermal synthesis, mechanochemical synthesis, glass melting and casting.
Materials characterization: FT-ATR-IR and UV-Vis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical microscopy, scanning electron microscope (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).
Computational methods: Single-molecule and periodic density functional theory (DFT and TD-DFT) in Orca and Quantum Espresso.
Data production and analysis: Design of experiments (DOE) and multivariate analysis with Numpy, Scipy, Pandas, and Matplotlib or R (tidyverse).
Programming: Functional and object-oriented Python, R, SQL (SQLite, PostgreSQL), HTML, CSS, JavaScript, LaTeX, Git version control.
Other software: Windows, Mac OS, Linux, MS Office, CCDS Suite, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
Awards
2019
- Best Presenter Award: FuNMat 2019, Berlin, Germany. Featured article on Advanced Science News
- Best Poster Award: 11th European NESY Winter school & Symposium on Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation, Altaussee, Austria. Link to NESY news
2018
- Best Poster Award, 2nd place: SACS – Self-Assembly of Colloidal Systems 2018, Bordeaux, France.
- Best Poster Award: VSS – Vienna Young Scientist Symposium, Vienna, Austria.
My science contributions
Publications
- Sulzgruber, V.; Unterlass, M.; Cavalli, T.; Walter, H. Micro Encapsulated Phase Change Material for the Application in Thermal Energy Storage. J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2022, 144 (5), 052001. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4051734.
Talks
- Cavalli, T; Unterlass M. M. Controlling the Crystallization of All-Organic Salts. Presented at FuNMat 2019, Berlin, Germany, May 2019.
- Cavalli, T; Unterlass M. M. Design of Non-Spherical Colloidal Polymer Particles for Self-Assembled Materials. Presented at Vienna Young Scientist Symposium (VSS), Vienna, Austria, June 2018.
- Cavalli, T; Taubländer, M. J.; Unterlass M. M. Expanding the Scope of Hydrothermal Polymerization. Presented at Vienna Polymer-Group Symposium 2018, Vienna, Austria, February 2018.
- Cavalli, T; Unterlass M. M. Self-assembly of Shape- and Function-Anisotropic Colloidal Particles. Presented at FuNMat 2017, Pilsen, Czech Republic, September 2017.
Posters
- Cavalli, T; Unterlass M. M. Synthesis and Characterization of Crystalline Shape-Anisometric Polymer Particles as Model Systems for Self-Assembled Materials. Presented at 11th European NESY Winter school & Symposium on Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation, Altaussee, Austria, February 2018.
- Cavalli, T; Unterlass M. M. Synthesis of Angular Polymer Particles as Building Blocks for Advanced Materials by Self-Assembly. Presented at Self-Assembly of Colloidal Systems 2018, Bordeaux, France, September 2018.
- Cavalli, T; Unterlass M. M. Synthesis of Anisometric Polyhedral Homopolymer Particles. Presented at European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS) 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 2018.
- Cavalli, T; Unterlass M. M. Salt Exchange Reactions – A Versatile Detour to Otherwise Hardly Accessible Monomer Salts. Presented at Danube Vltava Sava Polymer Meeting (DVSPM) 2017, Vienna, Austria, September 2017.
- Cavalli, T; Unterlass M. M. The Effect of Pressure in the Hydrothermal Polymerization of Polyimides. Presented at Austrian Chemistry Days 2015, Innsbruck, Austria, September 2015.
- Cavalli, T; Unterlass M. M. Synthesis of Highly Crystalline Polyimide/Carbon Composite Nanoparticles by Hydrothermal Polymerization. Presented at FuNMat 2015, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2015.
Exhibitions
- Cavalli, T.; Cerrón-Infantes, D. A.; Unterlass, M. M. CRYS: Highly Crystalline Polyimide Particles for Polymer Composites. Presented at SIAE – 53rd International Paris Air Show 2019, Paris Le Bourget, France, June 2019.
Public outreach and science communication
2019
- Tutor at 2nd Workshop “Introduction to Scientific Graphic Design”. CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Science, Vienna, Austria, April 2nd – 3rd 2019.
- Tutor at 1st Workshop “Introduction to Scientific Graphic Design”. CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Science, Vienna, Austria, April 13th – 14th 2019.
2018
- Wiener Forschungfest, Vienna, Austria. Booth co-organizer.
- SOM18 – Synthesis of Organic Materials Symposium, Vienna, Austria. Conference co-organizer.
- Lange Nacht der Forschung, Vienna, Austria. Booth co-organizer.