Academic staff

Francesco Rossella, PhD
Associate Professor
Principal Investigator
francesco.rossella@unimore.it
+39 059 205.5585
Doctoral students

Muhammad Isram, MSc
XXXVII Physics and Nanoscience PhD program
Progamma Operativo Nazionale (PON) Fellowship
“Development of novel tools, approaches, and systems based on nanotechnologies for thermoelectricity and energy harvesting”
Prototype systems for the generation/storage of electricity. Nanostructured thermoelectric devices: electrical measurements and field effect control.
muhammad.isram@unimore.it

Alberta Carella, MSc
XXXVIII Physics and Nanoscience PhD program
Centro Nazionale Mobilità Sostenibile (MOST) Fellowship
“Sustainable nanomaterials for battery and supercapacitor technology development”
Fundamental investigation of nanostructured solid state chiral materials for the development of innovative cathodes in next-generation batteries.
alberta.carella@unimore.it

Arslan Liaquat, MSc
XXXVIII Physics and Nanoscience PhD program
UNIMORE Fellowship
“2D electronics: Impact of Electric Field on Electric Double Layer Transistors”
Development of innovative ion-gated and chemical field effect transistors based on 2D materials for electronics and sensing
arslan.liaquat@unimore.it

Luca Nappi, MSc
XL Physics and Nanoscience PhD program
UNIMORE Fellowship
“Multi-gate nanotransistors exploiting electrolytes as dielectrics”
Design, modeling and experimental validation of ionic-gated nanoelectronic device architectures based on semiconductor nanostructures
luca.nappi@unimore.it

Federico Rapuzzi, MSc
XL Physics and Nanoscience PhD program
UNIMORE Fellowship
“Low dimensional material-enabled probes for
environmental sensing and particle-beam detection”
Simulation and development of low dimensional nanomaterial-based sensors for environmental applications and advanced monitoring of charged particle beams
ferderico.rapuzzi@unimore.it
Research fellows, visitors and collaborators

Ghassem Baridi , MSc
Research visitor, Doctoral student
XXXVIII Information and Communication Technlogies PhD program
UNIMORE (ECOSISTER) Fellowship, Co-supervisor Prof. Rossella, supervisor Prof. Luigi Rovati, Engineering Department “Enzo Ferrari”
“Optoelectronic methods and instrumentation for biomedical smart sensors“

Alessia Colosimo, MSc
Research collaborator, Doctoral student
Double doctoral degree program in co-supervision and collaboration between:
Scuola Normale Superiore, XXXVI Nanoscience PhD program, external supervisor Prof. Rossella, and Ecole Doctorale de Physique et Astrophysique, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 – Institut Lumière Matière

Matteo Barduzzi, MSc
Research collaborator
UNIMORE fellowship, supervisor Prof. Alice Ruini
Master students and undergraduates

Diego Ferri, BSc
Ambipolar electrical transport in InSb nanowires enabled by iontroncs

Abdulrahman Parideh, BSc
Electronic devices for bio-sensing based on 2D-materials: a review
External co-supervisorr: Dr. Leonardo Martini, Scuola Normale Superiore

Elaheh Abdollazhede, BSc
Gas detectors based on thin films prepared by laser ablation
External co-supervisor: Somayeh Asgary, Azad University Tehran

Giulia Piccinini, BSc
Quantum nanomaterials and Iontronics: the case of InSb nanoflags

Miriam Vergara, BSc
Thermal conductivity measurement in nanostructures: new perspectives for the 3-omega methodthe 3-omega method
External cosupervisor: Dr. Valeria Demontis, Università di Cagliari

Kasun Herath, BSc
Graphene-based devices for beta-2 microglobuline detection
External co-supervisor: Dr. Leonardo Martini, Scuola Normale Superiore
Former group members, students and scientists supervised by Prof. Rossella

Leonardo Martini, PhD physics
now technical staff member at Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa

Domenic Prete, PhD physics
now postdoctoral fellow at Kouwenhoven lab, QuTech, Delft University of Technology

Chiara Cocchi, MSc physics
now PhD candidate at Radboud University and European Magnetic Field Laboratory, Nijmegen