About
Summary
I’m an Optoelectronic Engineer with a PhD in Electronics Engineering and a strong experience in nanofabrication.
My PhD research was focused on the design and fabrication of optofluidic tools like fiber optical stretcher and fiber optical tweezers for contactless cell analysis.
I worked as postdoc in micro-nano fabrication processes involving dual beam SEM-FIB lithography, EBL and RIE and I designed and fabricated plasmonic substrates for single molecule activation (micro-nano hole arrays, nanoantennas, nanocones).I learned to use SNOM, AFM and profilometers for sample characterization and metrology. As extension to this postdoc, I worked on the nanopatterning of non-conventional substrate, studying techniques to distribute nanoparticle on top of optical fibers and tapered capillaries. FIB milling, annealing and Mask lithography were involved in the process.
In the following years I used my optical knowledge for the development of an optoelectronic brain (Si Elegans European Project) and to create new and cost effective optometer for eye length measurement (MedUniWien and Carl Zeiss Jena project).
I'm currently an external collaborator for Zeiss Meditec in Jena, working as system engineer for biometry.
I have a reliable hands-on approach and I’m excited about learning new techniques, enriching my skills. Coming from a research background I can adapt and communicate between different departments and I’m used to present my job through scientific submissions. I have a good knowledge of data analysis and programming with Labview and Matlab and expertise with lithography software like Raith and NPGS.
I’m fluent in English and at the moment I enrolled in a German class to improve my level to B2.
Positions
System Engineer Jul 2021 -
Development of ophtalmic devices.
Postdoc Jul 2017 - Dec 2019
Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna
Cost-effective Swept Source Optical Biometry.
Design and development of PCI interferometric setup for optical biometry based on VCSEL technology.
Study of motion artefact suppression,
Design of single pixel camera with DMD technology
In vivo application for eye length measurement and OCT
Optimisation for low cost devices
Postdoc Jul 2014 - Jun 2017
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Design and development of passive and active optical modules for the emulation of the connectome of the C.elegans. Si-elegans Project.
Optoelectronic setup design for the emulation of a full neural connectome.
Control and programming of spatial light modulators through Labview interface.
Fabrication and prototyping of 3D plastic components. CAD design.
Fabrication of optical distribution elements through lithography and replica molding technique.
Design and development of an optical system based on DMD technology for high
resolution photo-lithography
Postdoc Oct 2011 - Jul 2014
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Design, fabrication and characterization of nanostructured devices for the study of the adhesion and migration of golden atoms on silicon substrates.
Fabrication through ion beam milling, electron beam lithography and annealing. Spectral characterization in VIS and NIR.
Spinning and nanostructuring on non-conventional substrates.
Plasmonic substrates fabrication through lithographic FIB-EBL techniques.
Mask aligner, CVD and PVD deposition
Fabrication of nanoantennas and nanoholes
SNOM and AFM analysis and stimulation.
Fabrication through two-photon polymerization.
Clean room and chemical benches expertise
RIE and wet etching expertise
Education
Università degli Studi di Pavia 2007 - 2011
Field of study: Electronics Engineering, Biophotonics
Degree: PhD in Electronics Engineering
Curriculum: Photonics - Electromagnetic waves
Thesis: "Design and Characterization of integrated optical devices for biophotonics"
Thesis topics: Fiber optical tweezers and optical strecther fabrication. Management of an all-fiber optical setup.
Focused Ion Beam fabrication of optical tweezers and optical forces analysis.
Biological samples analysis and manipulation.
Analysis of cell membrane stretching for early diagnosis application.
Labview automation for laser and CCD control.
Opto-Microfluidic setup.
Università degli Studi di Pavia 2003 - 2007
Field of study: Electronics Engineering
Degree: Master in Electronics Engineering
Optoelectronics background.
Thesis: "EUV filter characterization for UVCI coronagraph"
Thesis topics: High-vacuum system management. Hollow-cathode light source. Labview interface for
UV spectrum analysis.
Skills
biometry
Keywords: laboratory, MATLAB, nanotechnology,, optic, researchProfessional interests
Keywords: Biophysics, In vivo experimentation, microscopy, nanotechnology,, optic, researchCV
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