Members of Mele Lab

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Current members

• Dr. Paolo Mele - Professor, PI

• Kazuma Ishida, M1, DD program with AGH (Krakow, Poland)

Past members 

University enrolled postdocs, PhD students, and students

• Dr. Giovanna Latronico - JSPS international postdoctoral fellow researcher - April 2022 - June 2024 -  Now at CNR-ICMATE, Lecco (Italy)

• Giovanna Latronico, Shibaura IT - PhD student, Shibaura Institute of Technology (April 2019 - March 2021) Thesis: “Thermoelectric properties of thin films” 

• Dr. Shrikant Saini,  postdoc at Hiroshima University (2011 - 2013) and at Muroran Institute of Technology (2017). Now at ASM, Tama, Japan

• Dr. Shiv Jee Singh,  Muroran Institute of Technology, MuIT postdoc (2016). Now at Institute of High Pressure Physics (UNIPRESS), Warsaw, Poland

• Dr. Deva Arun Kumar Karuppiah, Shibaura Institute of Technology, SIT postdoc (2020 - 2021). Now at University of Orleans, Orleans, France

• Hiroka Abe, Hiroshima University, master student (2012 - 2015). 

• Hiroaki Honda, Hiroshima University, master student (2012 - 2015).

Internship and exchange students

• Priscilla Pelleriti, master student, Department of Physics, University of Messina, Italy - March 31 - June 24 2025. Topic "preparation of WO3/ZrO2 thermoelectric thin films" (Internship in the "paper-based programs" of SIT)

• Cecilia Piscino - PhD student, Department of Chemistry, University of Genoa, Italy - March 7 - June 30 2024

• Alberto Giribaldi - exchange master course student from University of Genova (Italy) - September 25 - March 5 2024

• Hayato Takahashi, undergraduate student, Nihon University, Chiba, Japan - 12 June-25 March 2024. Topic "Investigation on thin films of the spinel MnFe2O4 as high-performant thermoelectric" (Internship as part of the graduation thesis at Nihon U.)

• Michela Iebole, PhD student, Department of Physics and CNR-SPIN, University of Genoa, Italy - March 27 - June 20 2023. Topic "Synthesis and characterization of high-quality BaZrO3-doped Fe(Se,Te) PLD thin films" (Internship in the "paper-based programs" of SIT)

• Tommaso Milone, master student, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Italy - January 6-February 27 2020. Topic: “RET2Mg (RE - rare earths, T - late transition metal) Heusler phases: synthesis and thin films deposition aiming thermoelectrical properties studies” (internship to accomplish part of the graduation thesis)

• Greta Patrone, maters student Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Italy - January 6-April 3 2020. Topic: “Deposition of thin films of Sb-doped TiFe2Sn compounds and study of their low temperature thermoelectric properties”   (internship to accomplish part of the graduation thesis)

• Francesca Valente, master student, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Italy - January 6-April 3 2020. Topic: “Deposition of thin films of the filled skutterudite (Sm,Gd)y(Fe1-xNix)4Sb12 and study of their thermoelectric properties”  (internship to accomplish part of the graduation thesis)

• Jariya Phadetsuek “Fern”, master student, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand - June-July 2019. Topic: “Synthesis and characterization of thermoelectric oxide thin films”  (internship program to accomplish "nanotechnology studies" as part of master courses of KMUT)

Visiting professors

• Cristiano Giordani (University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia) - January 16 - February 14 2025. Topic: "Optimization of Oxide Thin Films Embedded with Polymer Nanoparticles for Enhanced Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting Efficiency" - Visit in the framework of MoU Univ. of Antioquia - SIT.                                                    

• Cristiano Giordani (University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia) - November 20 - December 8 2023. Topic: "Study of thin film samples of zinc oxide fabricated from organic solutions using spin coating technique" - Visit in the framework of MoU Univ. of Antioquia - SIT.                                                    

• Hannes Rijckaert (Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium) - July 4 - 28 2023 . Topic: "Study of novel architectures for piezoelectric devices based on oxide thin films prepared by PLD and spin coating"

• Marco Antonio de la Torre (UCLM, Toledo, Spain)  - February 1- 25 2023. Topic: “Study of transport and thermoelectric properties of thin film samples of delafossite and spinel oxides using pulsed laser deposition (PLD)” - Visit in the framework of MoU UCLM- SIT.                                                    

• Marco Antonio de la Torre (UCLM, Ciudad Real, Spain) - September 8 – November 30 2019. Topic: “Fabrication of CuAlO2 thermoelectric thin films by PLD method” - Visit in the framework of MoU UCLM - SIT.