Members of Mele Lab
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Current members
Dr. Paolo Mele - Professor, PI
Dr. Giovanna Latronico - JSPS international postdoctoral fellow researcher
Alberto Giribaldi - exchange master course student from University of Genova (Italy) - September 25 - March 5 2024
Past members
University enrolled postdocs, PhD students, and students
Giovanna Latronico, Shibaura IT - PhD student, Shibaura Institute of Technology (April 2019 - March 2021) Thesis: “Thermoelectric properties of thin films” - Now at SIT, Mele lab, JSPS International postdoctoral fellow.
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
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) - 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.