Professor,
Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Dipartimento di Fisica,
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
tel.: +39 06 4991 3443 (office #1), +39 06 4991 4086 (office #2), +39 335 6550248 (mob.)
fax.: +39 06 4463158
e-mail: giancarlo.ruoccoroma1.infn.it

Scientific area of interest:
physics of liquid crystals and soft matter

Representative recent publications:

• Sette F., Krisch M.H., Masciovecchio C., et al., Dynamics of glasses and glass-forming liquids studied by inelastic X-ray scattering, Science, 1998, 280, No. 5369, 1550-1555.
• Angelani L., Di Leonardo R., Ruocco G., et al., Saddles in the energy landscape probed by supercooled liquids, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2000, 85, No. 25, 5356-5359.
• Sette F., Ruocco G., Krisch M., et al., Collective dynamics in water by high-energy resolution inelastic x-ray-scattering, Phys. Rev. Lett., 1995, 75, No. 5, 850-853.
• Benassi P., Krisch M., Masciovecchio C., et al., Evidence of high frequency propagating modes in vitreous silica, Phys. Rev. Lett., 1996, 77, No. 18, 3835-3838.
• Scopigno T., Ruocco G., Sette F., et al., Is the fragility of a liquid embedded in the properties of its glass? Science, 2003, 302, No. 5646, 849-852.