Francesco graduated in Chemistry at the University of Perugia and held his Ph. D. in Biophysics (University of Genova) on protein thin film technology and surface modifications. Since 2000 he worked in the field of Material Science studying the field of thin films technology and nanostructured material synthesis and characterization. In the last years, he has coordinated the EU project LAMP from 2010 to 2013 and the EU project MiLEDI from 2018 to 2022 in the field of material science and photonics. Since 2015 he works at ENEA Centre of Frascati at the Fusion and Technologies for Nuclear Safety and Security Department where he is involved in the chemical synthesis and photo-physical characterisation of nanostructured materials for photonics applications.