Prof. Dr. Diego Muraca |
Associate Professor at the “Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics (IFGW) at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), affiliated with the Department of Quantum Electronics (DEQ). Research Productivity Fellow of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, Brazil) since 2017. Since 2023, he has also served as a Corresponding Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET, Argentina). Currently, he is Coordinator of University Outreach at IFGW (since 2024), Coordinator of the Multiuser Laboratory of Electron Microscopy (LM2E, since 2025), the Metals and Alloys Laboratory (LML, since 2023), and the Fundamental and Applied Magnetism Group (GMFA), certified by CNPq since 2020. He coordinated the Laboratory for Physics Education Instrumentation (LIEF) from 2020 to 2024. Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the National University of Mar del Plata, Argentina (2005), and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Buenos Aires (2009). Worked as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor (JTP) at the National University of Mar del Plata (20102015), and as an Assistant Researcher (foreign) at CONICET (20102011). Completed postdoctoral research at IFGW/UNICAMP (20112016), funded by FAPESP and CNPq. Has held visiting professor/researcher positions at BCMaterials (Basque Country, Spain), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico), Federal University of ABC (Brazil), National University of Colombia, and National University of La Plata (Argentina). Also worked as a visiting researcher at the Electron Microscopy Laboratory at LNNano/CNPEM (Campinas, SP, Brazil, in 2017). His academic background is in Physics, with expertise in magnetism, magnetic materials, superparamagnetic polymers, and advanced characterization techniques using transmission electron microscopy (TEM, STEM, HAADF, EDS, ED, and Cryo-STEM), with extensive experience as a user of these techniques. He has published over 91 articles in peer-reviewed international journals, with more than 2400 citations and an h-index of 30 (Google Scholar). His publications include papers in Nature Communications, Nano Letter, Nanoscale, Nano Research, Scientific Reports, ACS Applied Nano Materials, Applied Physics Letters, Physical Review Applied, Acta Biomaterialia, among others. Has participated in more than 40 national and international conferences, symposia, and workshops. Acts as an ad hoc reviewer for research projects submitted to ANII (Uruguay), CNPq (Brazil), and ANPCyT (Argentina), as well as serving on evaluation panels for proposals submitted to LNLS (2011, 2012, 2017), LME/LNNano/CNPEM (since 2019), and Sirius (since 2023). Reviewer for over 25 high-impact international journals. Member of the Brazilian Physical Society (SBF), Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC), and the Brazilian Materials Research Society (SBPMat). |
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Selected Publications
- Engineering Graded Magnetic Anisotropy via Cation Interdiffusion in Core/Shell Nanoparticles. Nano Letters,
- Magnetic properties and dipolar interactions of Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticle clusters produced by bottom-up self-assembly. Journal of Materials Chemistry C.
- Voltage-tunable spin resonance in quantum phase-separated material . APL Materials,
- Control of Anisotropy and Magnetic Hyperthermia Effect by Addition of Cobalt on Magnetite Nanoparticles . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
- Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in a Dynamic Flux: Magnetic Hyperthermia Effect on Flowing Heavy Crude Oil . ACS Omega,
- Observation of magnetic vortex configuration in non-stoichiometric Fe 3 O 4 nanospheres, Nanoscale Advances,
- Size and Doping Effects on the Improvement of the Low-Temperature Magnetic Properties of Magnetically Aligned Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles. Journal of Alloys and Compounds.
- Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in a Dynamic Flux: Implications for Magnetic Hyperthermia-Controlled Fluid Viscosity. ACS Applied Nano Materials,
- Sciatic nerve regeneration after traumatic injury using magnetic targeted adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Acta Biomaterialia, Featured article by Science journal.
- Energy Evolution, Stabilization, and Mechanotransducer Properties of Fe3O4 Vortex Nanorings and Nanodisks. Physical Review Applied,
- Hybrid magneto-luminescent iron oxide nanocubes functionalized with europium complexes: synthesis, hemolytic properties and protein corona formation. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. . Editor’s Choice: Hybrid Materials
- Significant coercivity enhancement at low temperatures in magnetically oriented cobalt ferrite nanoparticles. Applied Physics Letters.
- Control of Multiferroic properties in BiFeO3 nanoparticles. Scientific Reports. Top 100 Scientific Reports physics papers in 2019
- Fe3O4@SiO2 Nanoparticles Concurrently Coated with Chitosan and GdOF:Ce3+,Tb3+ Luminophore for Bioimaging: Toxicity Evaluation in Zebrafish Model. ACS Applied Nano Materials. Article selected to Journal Cover.
- In situ electron microscopy observation of the redox process in plasmonic heterogeneous-photo-sensitive nanoparticles. Nanoscale Advances. Article selected to “Introducing the new Nanoscale Advances “Photocatalysis and Photoelectrochemistry article collection“” , RSC Nanoscale Advances.
- Exploring the Synthesis condition to control the morphology of gold-iron heterostructures. NanoResearch. 12, 8, 1781, 2019.
- Nanoclusters of crystallographically aligned nanoparticles for magnetic thermotherapy: aqueous ferrofluid, agarose phantom and ex vivo melanoma tumour assessment. Nanoscale.
- Edge phonons in black phosphorus. Nature Communications .
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Professional Experience
05/2025 – Present
Coordinator of the Multiuser Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, “Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics (IFGW), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
05/2024 – Present
Coordinator of University Outreach, “Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics (IFGW), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
05/2023 – Present
Corresponding Researcher, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina.
02/2021 – Present
Associate Professor, “Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics (IFGW), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
08/2017 – 02/2021
Assistant Professor, “Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics (IFGW), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
02/2017 – 08/2017
Researcher, Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
06/2016 – 02/2017
Visiting Professor, Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André, SP, Brazil.
11/2015 – 12/2015
Visiting Researcher, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico City, Mexico.
02/2014 – 05/2014
Researcher, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures (BCMaterials), Bilbao, Spain.
02/2011 – 06/2016
Postdoctoral Researcher, “Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics (IFGW), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
02/2010 – 02/2011
Assistant Researcher, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina.
05/2009 – 02/2011
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences (FCEyN), National University of Mar del Plata (UNMdP), Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
05/2005 – 05/2009
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
05/2003 – 05/2005
Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences (FCEyN), National University of Mar del Plata (UNMdP), Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
