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Present position
Assistant professor,
Molecular, Macromolecular Chemistry, and Materials (UMR 7167)
Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI), Paris
10 rue Vauquelin, 7505 Paris, France
Office phone number: +33 1 40 79 51 21
Email: stefano.aime at espci.fr
Education
2018 - 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Weitzlab, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2014 - 2017 PhD in Soft Matter Physics, Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, Montpellier, France.
Topic: Failure precursors in soft matter. Advisors: L. Cipelletti, L. Ramos. [link]
2012 - 2014 Master degree in Condensed Matter Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Master thesis: DLS study of stress-induced plasticity in colloidal solids. Advisors: A. Vailati, L. Cipelletti [link]
2008 - 2012 Bachelor degree in General Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Bachelor’s thesis: Optical microscopy study of the dynamics of thermosensitive colloids. Advisors: A. Vailati, R. Cerbino [link]
Awards and grants
2024 Project “Transforming Gels Through Training” (TRAINGEL) funded by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (FWF/ANR)
2024 Project “History dependence of the rheology of yield-stress fluids” (HISTORYS) funded by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
2022 Project “Microscopic energy dissipation mechanisms in composite materials” (MEDICO) funded by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR JCJC)
2021 Project “Rheo-optical platform for the characterization of structural rearrangements in porous materials” funded by Respore excellence network
2019 Postdoctoral fellowship funded by Harvard MRSEC (1 year)
2018 Postdoctoral fellowship funded by Harvard SEAS - CUPB Joint Laboratory on Petroleum Science (1 year)
2018 Award assigned for best student oral contribution at AERC 2018 conference.
2017 Prix de thèse 2017 assigned by GFR (Groupe Français de Rhéologie) for best PhD thesis in rheology.
2016 Award assigned by Montpellier University for best presentation at DOCTISS 2016 conference.