Education

 

2011 PhD in Nanostructures and Nanotechnologies at University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)
Thesis title: “Top down and bottom up approach to self-assemble functional porous films”

 

2008 Second-level Professional Master's Degree (Master di II livello) in Material Science - Materials for micro-nano technologies at Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori IUSS Pavia (Italy)
Thesis title: “Accommodation of epitaxial misfit in Si1-xGex layers grown by LEPECVD on ultra-thin-body silicon on insulator substrates”.

 

2006 Master’s Degree in Physics at University of Cagliari (Italy)
Thesis title: “Manganiti epitassiali su substrati ferroelastici: struttura di La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 su LaAlO3” (Epitaxial manganites on ferroelastic substrates: structure of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 on LaAlO3)

 

 

Research experience

 

Associate professor at University of Cagliari (Italy), department of Physics (Oct 2021-present)

Tenure track assistant professor at University of Cagliari (Italy), department of Physics (2018-2021)

Research on new materials for photovoltaics and LED. Hybrid perovskite devices and double perovskite materials.

 

Visiting researcher at Eri@n (Energy Research Institute at Nanyang Technological University - Singapore) Oct - Dec 2023;
Project: thermal evaporation of highly efficient and stable metal-halide perovskite solar cells.

 

Visiting researcher at Northwestern University (Illinois-USA), Department of Chemistry (June 2019 – Sept 2019);
Project: perovskite chemistry, research on the synthesis of new solid state materials with interesting optical properties, preparation and characterization of lead-free perovskites.

 

Post doc position at University of Cagliari (Italy), department of Physics (Oct 2012 – Oct 2018);
Skills: synthesis, fabrication and optical, electric and structural characterization of lead-halide hybrid perovskites for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications. Solar cells fabrication based on lead-halide perovskites and Bi2S3 colloidal nanoparticles.
Surface characterization by optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) and contact angle. Spectrophotometry and spectrofluorimetry UV-Vis, measurements of photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY). Solar cells characterization through power conversion efficiency (PCE) and external quantum efficiency (EQE). Characterization by X-ray diffraction (XRD) on epitaxial films and powder.

 

Post doc position at University of Sassari (Italy), LMNT Laboratory of Materials and Nanotechnology (Jul 2010 – Jul 2012);
Skills: synthesis and characterization of sol-gel mesoporous oxides (SiO2, TiO2) thin films deposited by dip-coating e spin-coating. , X-ray scattering with synchrotron radiation (SAXS, GISAXS, GIWAXS). Mesoporous thin film patterning by deep X-ray lithography with synchrotron radiation (DXRL).

 

Visiting scholar at Purdue University (Indiana-USA), Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering (Nov 2009 – Apr 2010);
Skills: X-ray scattering, nanostructured thin films, and energy conversion devices.

 

Post graduate position at L-Ness (Laboratory of Epitaxial Nanostructures on Silicon and Spintronics), Como (Italy); (Jul 2007 – Dec 2007)
Skills: characterization of epitaxial Si1-xGex surface difects. Use of clean room e glove box for semiconductors surface cleaning and activation.

 

 

Updated on February 2024