Curriculum Vitae

Education

Laurea Degree (5-years Master Degree) in Electronic Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, Italy (2003)

PhD in Electronic Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, Italy (2007)

Professional Experience

12/2017 - present, Associate Professor at University of Padova, Italy

2017, Research Scientist at AEgis Technologies Inc., Huntsville, AL (USA)

2012 - 2017, Senior Research Associate at The National Academies - National Research Council

2009 - 2012, Research Scientist at AEgis Technologies Inc., Huntsville, AL (USA)

2007 -2009 Technical Consultant at Altran Italia S.p.A., Milan, Italy

2006 - 2007 Research Fellow at US Army, Charles Bowden Laboratory, (USA)

2007 Research Assistant at Politecnico di Bari, Italy

Awards

National Research Council (The National Academies) Award

US Army ITCA Grant for Research Activity (Contract no. R&D 1304-AM-01)

Plasmonics: A New Tool for the Design of Photovoltaic Cells

US Army ITCA Grant for Research Activity (Contract no. R&D 1253-AM-01)

New insights into diffraction by very small, sub-wavelength apertures

US Army ITCA Grant for Research Activity (Contract no. W911NF-07-1-0560)

Analysis and design of plasmonic structures and metamaterials for superresolution and superguiding device

US Army ITCA Grant for Research Activity (Contract no. R&D 1110-AM-06)

Study and analysis of focussing and guiding properties of metallo-dielectric structures

US Army ITCA Grant for Research Activity (Contract no. R&D 1073-AM-06)

Enhcancement and Inhibition of Stimulated Processes in Negative Index Cavities

US Army ITCA Grant for Research Activity (Contract no. R&D 1014-AM-06)

Analysis and design of photonic-crystal-assisted waveguides for high-efficiency second harmonic generation

Faculty Fellowship at the Politecnico di Bari

ERASMUS Grant for Research Activity on Master's thesis at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Terrassa, Spain