Dr. Giovanni Zangari joined CESE September 2002 as an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He received his M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano and his Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino (Italy). He was an assistant professor in the Center for Materials for Information Technology (MINT) at the University of Alabama. He has been a visiting research associate in the Forschungsinstitut fuer Edelmetalle und Metallchemie (Research Institute for the Precious Metals and Chemical Metallurgy) in Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany, and a postdoctoral research associate in the Data Storage Systems of Carnegie Mellon University. His research includes the electrodeposition of metals and alloys for applications in magnetic recording and microelectronics and developing methods for the investigation and control of nucleation and growth processes in thin films. He has co-authored more than 20 technical papers and several contributions to books.