• Research interests

  Hybrid perovskites for solar cells and light emitters

  Advanced materials for optoelectronics

  Optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures and microcavities

  Bose-Einstein condensation of atom gases and microfabricated devices for atom optics

   

  Scientific activities

  Experiments on ultrafast spectroscopy, semiconductor nanostructures and cold atoms

  Publications in leading journals (Physical Review, Science, Nature, Advanced Materials)

  Participation to international conferences

  Physical Review, ACS and Nature referee

   

  Employment

  Full Professor, University of Cagliari, Italy, 2020-

  Associate Professor, University of Cagliari, Italy, 2014-2020

  Staff Researcher, University of Cagliari, Italy, 2010-2014

  Contract Professor, University of Cagliari, Italy, 2006-2009

  Postdoctoral Associate at the Center for Ultracold Atoms, MIT, 2003-2006

  Research assistant, EPFL, Switzerland 1999-2002

   

  Teaching experience

  Laboratory Physics for physics majors, 2012-

  General physics for informatics (140 students), 2006-2012

  Optical spectroscopy for physicists, 2011-2014

  Quantum optics and electronics for physicists, 2007-2010

  Renewable Energies for physics majors, 2011-present

  Third generation solar cells, Master in Renewable energies (2007 Sardegna Ricerche, 2009 API)

  Teaching assistance, general and experimental physics: EPFL 1999-02, Cagliari 2002-03

   

  Awards and fellowships

  Swiss Physical Society Award 2002 in Applied Physics (sponsored by Phonak AG)

  2002 Swiss National Science Foundation prospective researcher fellowship

  2005 Grant “Rientro dei cervelli” from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research

  2008 INFM-CNR (Italian National Research Council) Seed project for young researchers

  2011 Grant ‘Ricerca Fondamentale’ – Regione Sardegna – Nanocrystals for H2 production from solar energy (211 kEuro)

   

  Education

  2002 Ph.D. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

  “Optical coherence and stimulated scattering in semiconductor microcavities”

  1998 Degree in Physics, full marks (110/110) cum laude, University of Cagliari, Italy.

  1993 High school, Liceo Classico “G.M. Dettori”, Cagliari, full marks (60/60)

   

  Language skills

  Italian, French (fluent), English (fluent) and German (basic)

• Bibliometric data (source Scopus)

Hirsch index: 20

Total number of citations: over 1600