Emilio Bellingeri
Emilio Bellingeri is research scientist at CNR-SPIN unit of Genoa. His research activities are focused on the preparation and physical properties investigation of advanced functional materials such as superconductors and oxides. Competences include preparation of materials, in particular in powder, bulk, tapes and films shape, by both conventional and innovative techniques; thin films deposition, epitaxial growth; structural characterization: low and high energy x-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction, electron diffraction (RHEED); Electron microscopy and correlated techniques (EDX, EBSD); physical characterization: transport and magnetic properties measurements.
Riccardo Bertacco
Riccardo Bertacco is full professor at the Physics Department of Politecnico di Milano, where he leads the Nanomagnetism for Biology and Spintronics group and associated member of CNR-IFN, Unit of Milano. He is also the deputy director of PoliFab.
Barbara Cagnana
Barbara Cagnana is technologist head of CNR-SPIN project office. She is highly specialized in management of international contracts. She works in close contact with European and national agencies, giving diffusion to the scientific community of updated information on funding opportunities and calls at national and international level for research as well as technological development. She supports scientific community in the submission of proposals, in the negotiation of projects and in the preparation of executive plans and all consequent fulfilments (contract, agreements, meetings, accounts, periodic and final reports).
Leonélio Cichetto Junior
Leonélio Cichetto Junior is OXiNEMS research fellow at the CNR-SPIN unit of Genoa. His research activities are thin film deposition by Pulsed Laser Deposition and their structural, morphological and functional characterization. He will also fabricate oxide NEMS and develop new fabrication protocols for oxide thin film devices.
Silvia Cella
Silvia Cella is a technologist in force as patent manager at CNR - Technology Transfer Office. She deals with technical aspects of IPR protection as well as exploitation of research results. In addition to the activities of patent filing and IPR management, she gives assistance in negotiation and drafting of technology transfer agreements (i.e. license agreements, NDA & MTA, consortium agreement etc.) and in IPR related clauses within research contracts.
Simone Cuccurullo [*]
Simone Cuccurullo is a PhD student in Physics at the Politecnico di Milano; his work is centered on the integration of functional materials with novel MEMS architectures. During the M. Sc. Degree, he worked on the design and the fabrication of the first proof-of-concept device for the OXiNEMS project
Roberta De Donatis
Roberta De Donatis provides administrative, legal and strategic advice for the technology transfer and the intellectual property valorization at CNR-SPIN. She assists CNR-SPIN in negotiating contracts and collaboration agreements with industries and research organizations, with particular reference to the intellectual property matters, such as non-disclosure agreements, sponsored research contracts, license agreements, memorandum of understanding.
Gabriele Gatani [*]
Gabriele Gatani graduated from Politecnico di Torino in Nanotechnologies for ICTs. His thesis work was carried out at PoliFAB, Milan, within the context of the OXiNEMS project. It dealt with the design and fabrication of a second generation of proof-of-concept devices for the OXiNEMS project.
Nicola Manca
Nicola Manca is research scientist at CNR-SPIN unit of Genoa. His research interests are low-temperature magneto-transport, PhotoEmission Electron Microscopy, RF resonators, X-Rays diffraction at synchrotron sources, fabrication, measurement and simulation of (nano) electrical and mechanical devices, oxide-based mechanical actuators, detectors and transducers.
Daniele Marré
Daniele Marré is associate professor at the Physics Department of Genova University and CNR-SPIN associated member. His research activities are focused on the preparation and physical properties investigation of advanced functional materials such as high temperature superconductors and transition metal oxides, with a special attention to the realization of innovative micro and nanodevices for applications in energy and electronics. Fields of interest include: thermoelectrics, spintronics, micro-electromechanical systems, Mott transistors, superconducting devices, low dimensional systems.
Federico Maspero [*]
Federico Maspero is research fellow at CNR-IFN unit of Milan operating at PoliFAB laboratories within the frame of the European FET Open OXiNEMS project. He has been working in the development of inertial microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors, both gyroscopes and accelerometers and the related electronics.
Elisabetta Narducci
Elisabetta Narducci is technologist at CNR (National Research Council) in the Technical Administrative Support Office with tasks of scientific support to projects, writing and managing reporting, promotion activities and external communications; management of project evaluation process. She was involved in writing several successful EU and Italian projects and in their development as regards management aspects, reporting activities, communication and dissemination.
Luca Pellegrino
Luca Pellegrino is research scientist at CNR-SPIN unit of Genoa and coordinator of OXiNEMS. His main research interests are oxide electronics and oxide-based (nano)devices (field effect transistors, non-volatile memories, magnetic devices), oxide microelectromechanical systems (strain devices, micromechanical resonators, microactuators), oxide thin film deposition by Pulsed Laser Deposition, nanofabrication techniques (AFM nanolithography), inkjet printing.
Alejandro Plaza [*]
Alejandro Plaza is research fellow at the CNR-SPIN unit of Genoa under the OXiNEMS project. His research interests are thin film deposition by Physical Vapor Deposition methods and their structural, morphological and transport properties characterization. During the project he will mainly work on oxide thin film deposition by Pulsed Laser Deposition and oxide NEMS fabrication.
Gaia Tarsi [*]
Gaia Tarsi received the Master degree in Material Science from the University of Genoa. She worked on the fabrication and characterization of microelectromechanical systems based on EuTiO3.
Lucia Varbaro [*]
Lucia Varbaro received the Master degree in Physics from the University of Genoa. She worked on the measurements and simulation of the mechanical behavior of (La,Sr)MnO3 freestanding microbridges.
