Rosario Roberto Riso
About
Research
I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Henrik Koch group, working on the QuantumLight ERC project.
I am a theoretical chemist by training. I studied in Pisa for my Bachelor's and Master's and got my PhD at the chemistry department in Trondheim with a thesis titled "Engineering chemistry in the strong coupling regime: theoretical insights and new perspectives".
Presently my interests focus on:
- strong coupling between light and matter focusing on how to tailor molecular properties using optical cavities;
- Molecular-aided positron capture,
- Chirality-induced spin selectivity, which has applications for quantum computing.
Publications
2026
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el Moutaoukal, Yassir;
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Bianchi, Andrea;
Koch, Henrik.
(2026)
Unveiling chiral electron–photon correlation effects in circularly polarized optical devices.
Journal of Chemical Physics
Academic article
-
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Trabski, Jan Haakon Melka;
Rossi, Federico;
Green, Dermot G.;
Koch, Henrik.
(2026)
Coupled-cluster theory for positron binding in anions and polyatomic molecules.
Journal of Chemical Physics
Academic article
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Folkestad, Sarai Dery;
Kjønstad, Eirik Fadum;
Paul, Alexander Christian;
Myhre, Rolf Heilemann;
Alessandro, Riccardo;
Angelico, Sara;
Balbi, Alice;
Barlini, Alberto;
Bianchi, Andrea;
Cappelli, Chiara.
(2026)
eT 2.0: An efficient open-source molecular electronic structure program.
Journal of Chemical Physics
Academic article
2025
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el Moutaoukal, Yassir;
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Castagnola, Matteo;
Ronca, Enrico;
Koch, Henrik.
(2025)
Strong Coupling Møller-Plesset Perturbation Theory.
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
Academic article
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Castagnola, Matteo;
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
el Moutaoukal, Yassir;
Ronca, Enrico;
Koch, Henrik.
(2025)
Strong Coupling Quantum Electrodynamics Hartree-Fock Response Theory.
Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Academic article
-
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Castagnola, Matteo;
Ronca, Enrico;
Koch, Henrik.
(2025)
Chiral polaritonics: cavity-mediated enantioselective excitation condensation.
Reports on progress in physics (Print)
Academic article
2024
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Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Ronca, Enrico;
Koch, Henrik.
(2024)
Strong Coupling to Circularly Polarized Photons: Toward Cavity-Induced Enantioselectivity.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Academic article
-
el Moutaoukal, Yassir;
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Castagnola, Matteo;
Koch, Henrik.
(2024)
Toward Polaritonic Molecular Orbitals for Large Molecular Systems.
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
Academic article
2023
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Romanelli, Marco;
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Haugland, Tor S.;
Ronca, Enrico;
Corni, Stefano;
Koch, Henrik.
(2023)
Effective Single-Mode Methodology for Strongly Coupled Multimode Molecular-Plasmon Nanosystems.
Nano Letters
Academic article
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Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Grazioli, Laura;
Ronca, Enrico;
Giovannini, Tommaso;
Koch, Henrik.
(2023)
Strong Coupling in Chiral Cavities: Nonperturbative Framework for Enantiomer Discrimination.
Physical Review X
Academic article
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Castagnola, Matteo;
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Barlini, Alberto;
Ronca, Enrico;
Koch, Henrik.
(2023)
Polaritonic response theory for exact and approximate wave functions.
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Computational Molecular Science
Academic article
2022
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Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Haugland, Tor S.;
Ronca, Enrico;
Koch, Henrik.
(2022)
On the characteristic features of ionization in QED environments.
Journal of Chemical Physics
Academic article
-
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Haugland, Tor S.;
Ronca, Enrico;
Koch, Henrik.
(2022)
Molecular orbital theory in cavity QED environments.
Nature Communications
Academic article
Journal publications
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el Moutaoukal, Yassir;
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Bianchi, Andrea;
Koch, Henrik.
(2026)
Unveiling chiral electron–photon correlation effects in circularly polarized optical devices.
Journal of Chemical Physics
Academic article
-
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Trabski, Jan Haakon Melka;
Rossi, Federico;
Green, Dermot G.;
Koch, Henrik.
(2026)
Coupled-cluster theory for positron binding in anions and polyatomic molecules.
Journal of Chemical Physics
Academic article
-
Folkestad, Sarai Dery;
Kjønstad, Eirik Fadum;
Paul, Alexander Christian;
Myhre, Rolf Heilemann;
Alessandro, Riccardo;
Angelico, Sara;
Balbi, Alice;
Barlini, Alberto;
Bianchi, Andrea;
Cappelli, Chiara.
(2026)
eT 2.0: An efficient open-source molecular electronic structure program.
Journal of Chemical Physics
Academic article
-
Romanelli, Marco;
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Haugland, Tor S.;
Ronca, Enrico;
Corni, Stefano;
Koch, Henrik.
(2023)
Effective Single-Mode Methodology for Strongly Coupled Multimode Molecular-Plasmon Nanosystems.
Nano Letters
Academic article
-
el Moutaoukal, Yassir;
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Castagnola, Matteo;
Ronca, Enrico;
Koch, Henrik.
(2025)
Strong Coupling Møller-Plesset Perturbation Theory.
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
Academic article
-
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Haugland, Tor S.;
Ronca, Enrico;
Koch, Henrik.
(2022)
On the characteristic features of ionization in QED environments.
Journal of Chemical Physics
Academic article
-
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Grazioli, Laura;
Ronca, Enrico;
Giovannini, Tommaso;
Koch, Henrik.
(2023)
Strong Coupling in Chiral Cavities: Nonperturbative Framework for Enantiomer Discrimination.
Physical Review X
Academic article
-
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Haugland, Tor S.;
Ronca, Enrico;
Koch, Henrik.
(2022)
Molecular orbital theory in cavity QED environments.
Nature Communications
Academic article
-
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Ronca, Enrico;
Koch, Henrik.
(2024)
Strong Coupling to Circularly Polarized Photons: Toward Cavity-Induced Enantioselectivity.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Academic article
-
Castagnola, Matteo;
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Barlini, Alberto;
Ronca, Enrico;
Koch, Henrik.
(2023)
Polaritonic response theory for exact and approximate wave functions.
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Computational Molecular Science
Academic article
-
el Moutaoukal, Yassir;
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Castagnola, Matteo;
Koch, Henrik.
(2024)
Toward Polaritonic Molecular Orbitals for Large Molecular Systems.
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
Academic article
-
Castagnola, Matteo;
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
el Moutaoukal, Yassir;
Ronca, Enrico;
Koch, Henrik.
(2025)
Strong Coupling Quantum Electrodynamics Hartree-Fock Response Theory.
Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Academic article
-
Riso, Rosario Roberto;
Castagnola, Matteo;
Ronca, Enrico;
Koch, Henrik.
(2025)
Chiral polaritonics: cavity-mediated enantioselective excitation condensation.
Reports on progress in physics (Print)
Academic article