Francesco Di Stasio completed an MSc degree in material science in 2008 at the University of Genoa, Italy. Before starting the PhD in Physics at University College London, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Genoa in the group of Prof. Davide Comoretto, where he studied three-dimensional photonic crystals. From January 2009 to December 2011, he carried out a PhD in Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London under the supervision of Prof. Franco Cacialli. His PhD was funded by two different European projects in the field of organic electronics: Marie Curie FP6 RTN-THREADMILL and the FP7 ONE-P large-scale project. At the beginning of 2012 he joined Cambridge Display Technology Ltd. (CDT, January 2012 – March 2013), a subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical Co. dedicated to the development and commercialization of conjugated polymers for polymeric organic light-emitting diodes (P-OLEDs). During this period, he had the opportunity to work on state-of-the-art P-OLEDs and to optimize their performance, achieving an in-depth knowledge of fundamental processes governing these devices. In April 2013, he joined the Nanochemistry Department at the Italian Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral researcher under the supervision of Prof. Roman Krahne. Here, his research focus shifted from conjugated polymers to inorganic colloidal nanocrystals for the fabrication of lasers and other optoelectronic devices.
In 2015, Francesco successfully applied for Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions Individual Fellowship (“NANOPTO”, project H2020-MSCA-IF-2015-703018, score: 94.6%) and in September 2016 he moved to the The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Barcelona to work, once again, on optoelectronic applications of colloidal inorganic semiconductor nanocrystals under the supervision of Prof. Gerasimos Konstantatos.
Post-doctoral research associate – from April 2013 to August 2016, Nanochemistry department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa (Italy)
Scientist, device physics – from January 2012 to March 2013, Cambridge Display Technology ltd (Sumitomo chemical Group), Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Research assistant – from April 2008 to December 2008, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Università degli studi di Genova, Genoa (Italy)
PhD in Physics (Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher) – from January 2009 to December 2011, Department of Physics and Astronomy and London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, London (United Kingdom)
M. Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering – from September 2005 to March 2008, Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry and Department of Engineering, University of Genoa, Genoa (Italy), final mark 110/110 cum laude
B. Sc. in Materials Science – from September 2002 to September 2005, Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Genoa (Italy), final mark 110/110 cum laude