Gianfelice Cinque is Principal Beamline Scientist for the Multimode InfraRed Microscopy And Imaging (MIRIAM) beamline at Diamond since the start of B22 project in 2006. He joined Diamond from the INFN labs of Frascati (I) where he was responsible of the Soft X-ray beamline, and previously scientist at the SINBAD infrared beamline at DAFNE storage ring since 2001. His expertise in synchrotron radiation and absorption spectroscopy is related to IR and soft X-rays experimental methods respectively for FTIR vibrational analysis in the mid-IR to THz and XANES in the energy region 1 to 4 keV. As background, he graduated in Physics at Padua University in 1990 and had his PhD in General Physics from Ferrara University in 1994, followed by a Post Doc in Physics at Verona University. He was teaching Medical Physics at the Faculty of Medicine in Verona University from 1994 to 1997. InfraRed absorption spectroscopy is a non-destructive and quantitative analytical probe of the molecular composition especially of soft/condensed matter. Via an IR microscope the 2-dimensional molecular distribution is also accessible at microscopic scale for the benefit of a variety of researches, from biomedicine to new material sciences or cultural heritage. Its coupling to a broadband and bright Synchrotron Radiation source like Diamond boosts the IR microprobe molecular sensitivity beyond the capabilities of conventional methods and the spatial resolution to the diffraction limit. His scientific activity at the MIRIAM beamline covers several collaborative researches in Synchrotron Radiation IR: BioMedicine - e.g. assessing chemotheraphy time-to-dose response at single cell level or searching for stem cells IR biomarkers for their location in tissue sections; Material Science - vibrational analysis of catalysers microcrystal or of composite/polymeric material microstructure under stress-strain; Archaeology and Cultural Heritage – elucidating the physicochemistry of ancient (XV century) painting fragments in terms of environmental changes and historical pigment evolution. State-of-the-art SR based IR microanalysis is by scanning microscopy, particularly advantageous in confocal mode. One of his current research focus is to develop full field IR microscopy via broadband SR illumination in order to provide fast IR imaging at high magnification (74x), and optimal molecular map oversampling for ultimate resolution retrieval. THz spectroscopy can probe elusive low energy excitations, e.g. molecular collective modes or conformational changes, and superconductors gaps. My THz activity uses the intense Coherent Synchrotron Radiation emitted at Diamond in low alpha mode and MIRIAM set up allowing the broadest spectral range (<3 THz) available at SR facility. Alongside optical methods, his major project is on near field IR spectroscopy: based on innovative detection method via submicron cantilever tips, it will open the field to sub-IR wavelength spectroscopy e.g. molecular imaging of living cells at organelle scale. As Principal IR Beamline Scientist, he is responsible of operations and research activity at the Multimode InfraRed Microscopy And Imaging (MIRIAM) beamline B22 at Diamond.