Curriculum vitae et studiorum
Personal data
Last name: MELE
First name: Paolo
Birthday: October 4, 1971
Birthplace: Novi Ligure (AL), Italy
Citizenship: Italian
Marital Status: married
Visa status: Japan permanent resident
Language skills
Italian: mother tongue
English: TOEIC 890/1000
Japanese: JLPT level 3, BJT 353/800
French: Basic level (studied at primary school)
I am currently Professor at the College of Engineering/Innovative Global Program (IGP) of Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan and member of the International Research Center for Green Electronics (IRCGE)
Work address and web research profiles
Dr. Paolo Mele
Professor
Shibaura Institute of Technology
College of Engineering, IGP - Omiya Campus
307 Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, 337-8570 Saitama, Japan
E-Mail: pmele(at)shibaura-it.ac.jp
Education
Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences - 14 February 2000
University of Genova, Italy
Dissertation title: “Study of growth mechanisms of monocrystalline systems and polycrystalline textured materials”
Advisors: Prof. G.A. Costa, Prof. G.L. Olcese.
M.S. (Laurea*) in Chemistry - 19 June 1996
University of Genova, Italy
Dissertation title: “Study of the texture process of YBCO ceramic superconductor”
Advisor: Prof. G.A. Costa.
*”Laurea” in the educational Italian system was the merging of Bachelor and Master degrees
High School Degree -15 July 1990
Liceo Classico “Andrea Doria”, Novi Ligure, Italy
Graduated on classical studies (literature, ancient Greek and Latin)
Academic positions
(detailed research history is here)
April 1, 2018 - present: Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan - Professor
Research & development of advanced materials for green energy: oxide and alloys of thermoelectrics and superconductors. Management of independent research laboratory
April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2018: Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan - Associate Professor
Research & development of advanced oxide materials for green energy: thermoelectrics and superconductors. Management of independent research laboratory
March 1, 2011 - March 31, 2015: ISSD, Hiroshima University, Japan - Lecturer
Research & development of advanced oxide materials for green energy: thermoelectrics and superconductors. Management of independent research laboratory
April 1, 2008 - February 28, 2011 : Department of Material Science, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan - IST-LSI Researcher
Research & development of thermoelectric oxide materials for energy harvesting
April 16, 2007 - March 31, 2008 : Department of Materials Science, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan - CREST-JST Post-doctoral fellow
Research & development of thin films of superconducting oxides with enhanced pinning
April 16, 2004 - April 15, 2007 : Department of Materials Science, Kyoto University, Japan - CREST-JST Post-doctoral fellow
Research & development of thin films of superconducting oxides
April 16, 2003 - April 15, 2004 : ISTEC-SRL, Tokyo, Japan - JSPS Post-doctoral fellow
Research & development of bulk superconducting oxides
November 19, 2000 - April 15, 2003 : Genova University, Italy - Post-doctoral fellow
Research & development of bulk superconducting oxides
Research outcome
(updated 4 November 2022)
Publications
114 refereed research papers in international journals
2 refereed reviews
17 refereed conference proceedings
11 book chapters
9 edited books
2 patents (1 filed)
Details here
Presentations
60 oral contributions in domestic and international conferences (including 37 invited oral presentations and 2 plenary keynote talks)
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Bibliometric indexes
H-Index = 29 (Google Scholar)
H-index = 26 (Scopus)
H-index = 24 (Web of Science)
Awards and honors
Recognized as top 2% world researchers for 2021 in Stanford University Ranking, October 10 2022
Asian Association of Thermoelectrics (AAT) award for “Extraordinary contribution in organizing ACT2017”, Awarded August 27, 2017, Kyoto, Japan
Paper“High pinning performance of YBa2Cu3O7-x films added with Y2O3 nanoparticulate defects.” Superconductor Science and Technology, 28 (2015) 024006 selected by Superconducting Science and Technology editorial board for inclusion in “Highlights of 2015” –Awarded august 2016 at ASC conference, Denver, USA)
Award for “outstanding achievement and contribution to SPARCA 2015 Invited Presentation”, awarded 10/2/2015 by Asia Pacific Society for Materials Science, Taipei, Taiwan
Japanese Applied Physical Society “Best Paper on Superconductivity Award” - 2nd edition, 24 March 2011「第2回応用物理学会超伝導分科会論文賞」for the paper ““Ultra-high flux pinning properties of BaMO3-doped YBa2Cu3O7-x thin films (M= Zr, Sn)” by P. Mele et al., published in Supercond. Sci. Technol. 21 No 3 (March 2008) 032002 (5pp), awarded at JSAP meeting, Yamagata, Japan
Best Presentation Award received for one of the co-authored papers by the organizing committee of NVLS 2006, Japan conference, Kitakyushu (2006)
Awarded with JSPS fellowship, April 1st 2003