Giovanni Finocchio

Giovanni Finocchio is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Physical Sciences, and Earth Sciences at the University of Messina. He maintains significant research affiliations as an associate researcher at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Roma2 section) since 2014 and serves as co-director of the Joint Laboratory UNIME-SINANO of PETAscale computing and SPINtronics (PETASPIN) since 2018. His international experience includes visiting scholar positions at Northwestern University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2019 and 2022.

Finocchio earned his PhD (XVIII cycle) in "Advanced Technologies for Optoelectronics, Photonics, and Electromagnetic Modeling." His academic journey has positioned him at the forefront of spintronics research, with expertise spanning nanomagnetism, unconventional computing, and micromagnetic modeling.

His research interests focus on cutting-edge areas of spintronics, including antiferromagnetic spintronic devices, skyrmion-based memory systems, magnetic solitons, and unconventional computing approaches. His work bridges fundamental physics with practical applications in next-generation computing and memory technologies. He has made significant contributions to understanding magnetic vortices, skyrmion dynamics, and the development of energy-efficient spintronic devices for both conventional and emerging computing paradigms.

Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong focus on advancing spintronic memory technologies, particularly through the investigation of skyrmions and magnetic solitons for high-density storage applications. His research also explores novel computing architectures based on Ising machines and spintronic oscillators, demonstrating a strategic shift toward energy-efficient unconventional computing paradigms. The interdisciplinary nature of his work connects materials science, electrical engineering, and computational physics to address fundamental challenges in next-generation information technologies.

• American Physical Society (APS) Outstanding Referee (2020)
• Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2016 (New Journal of Physics)
• "Research Highlights" from Applied Physics Letters (American Institute of Physics) (2013)

Finocchio serves as Principal Investigator for significant projects including the EU-funded "Low Power Spintronics Wireless Autonomous Node (SWAN)" (SWAN-on-chip code 101070287) and the MUR-funded national project "The Italian factory of micromagnetic modeling and spintronics" (PRIN 2020LWPKH7). He has co-authored over 180 publications in prestigious journals including IEEE, Nature group, APS, IOP, AIP, and Wiley publications, and holds 5 patents while having co-founded two spin-off companies.

He directs the SpintronicFactory at the University of Messina and serves as president of the petaspin.com association. As one of the leading coordinators of Transverse Theme 2: Design and Modelling, he plays a pivotal role in shaping research directions in spintronics and magnetic computing at both institutional and national levels.