Antonio Stocco

I am an experimentalist working in the area of physics and physical chemistry of interfaces, lipid membranes, wetting, active colloids, nanoparticles, amphiphilic polymers and surfactants. After my studies in Italy, I obtained a PhD in Physical Chemistry in 2007 at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Potsdam University, Germany) and a HDR in Physics in 2018 at the University of Montpellier. After two postdocs, in Germany and France, I was hired by the CNRS in October 2011 where I continued to develop a career as an experimentalist in the area of Soft Matter Science. At the core of my expertise is the design of dedicated experiments to investigate soft matter systems showing unexpected interactions and dynamics. Within this area, one of my main research goals is dedicated to understanding and controlling the interactions between particles and interfaces, focussing in particular on the dynamics of the particles. ### **Short Bio** - **12/2018** HDR in Physics, University of Montpellier “[Wetting, Diffusion and Active Motion of Colloidal Particles at the Fluid Interface](/tel-02059101/document)” - **4/2018** CRCN CNRS Position, Institut Charles Sadron (ICS, Strasbourg), Physics of Membranes and Soft Matter, [Mcube Team](https://ics-mcube.cnrs.fr/) - **2016** CR1 CNRS Position, Laboratoire Charles Coulomb (Laboratoire Charles Coulomb), Montpellier, [Soft Matter Team](https://coulomb.umontpellier.fr/-Equipe-Matiere-Molle-?lang=en) - **2014-2015** Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researcher, DWI RWTH, Aachen, Germany - **2012-2016** CR2 CNRS Position, Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, Montpellier, Soft Matter Team - **2011** Post Doctorate Position “Scattering methods”, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Berlin, Germany. Supervision: Dr. M. Russina. - **2010** Post Doctorate Position “Phase transfer of nanoparticles across liquid-liquid interfaces”, [Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces](https://www.mpikg.mpg.de/en), Department of Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany. Supervision: Prof. D. Wang, Prof. H. Möhwald - **2008-2009** Marie Curie (ITN) Post doctorate position “Aqueous foams stabilised by nanoparticles” at the [Laboratoire de Physique des Solides](https://www.lps.u-psud.fr/), Orsay. Supervision: Dr. D. Langevin - **2005-2007** PhD at [Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces](https://www.mpikg.mpg.de/en), (Potsdam, Germany) ”Amphiphilic block copolymers at the liquid-fluid interface, investigated by evanescent light scattering and ellipsometry”. Supervision: Dr. R. Sigel, Prof. M. Antonietti