Senior Scientist at the Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy (ISMN-CNR, www.ismn.cnr.it). Dr. Ingo's background and experience lie in Materials Chemistry. He has been involved into the surface chemical-physical study of materials of technological interest such as innovative optoelectronic and semiconducting materials, sensors and microsystems, advanced metal and ceramic materials for technological applications including aerospace industry and materials for jewellery production. Other area of interest includes the identification of degradation mechanisms occurring in ancient metal and ceramic artefacts. In this latter field, the attention of dr. Ingo is devoted to the study of: the study of ancient extractive metallurgy and manufacturing processes; the study of degradation phenomena such as corrosion and ageing of ancient works of art; the designs and evaluation of effectiveness of innovative tailored methods and materials for conservation; the identification of fake artefacts. Dr. Ingo was and is scientific responsible of Italian and European projects (also as Coordinator, V and VI FP) finalised to produce innovative equipments for the study of degradation phenomena and to identify the best tailored strategies to stop degradation and corrosion phenomena occurring in ancient metal artefacts. Dr. Ingo is author of about 100 papers published on international magazines and of more than 60 papers published on proceedings of international conference.
