People

Prof. Filippo Romanato

Full Professor, Coordinator of the Nanodevices group - Dept. of Physics and Astronomy “G. Galilei”, University of Padua.

Work experience

2020 - present Senior Research Associate at IOM-CNR of Trieste
2017 - present Coordinator of the biomedical nanodevices group at the Pediatric Research Institute of the Città della Speranza Foundation
2008 - present Associate professor at the Department of Physics “Galileo Galilei” of Padua University, leader of the Nanodevices Research Group
2008 - present Director of the Laboratory for Nanofabrication of Nanodevices (LaNN)
2014 - present Group leader of the Biomedical Characterization Group at the Institute of Pediatric Research - Fondazione Città della Speranza (Padova)
1998 - present Senior researcher and member of IOM-CNR, and member of scientific committee of the LILIT (Laboratory for Interdisciplinary LIThography) Facility of Nanofabrication

Education, training and work experience

1989 graduated in Physics from the University of Padua
1994 PhD in Physics from Padua University
1994-96 Postdoc at Padua University
1996-97 Postdoc at MIT at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
1997 Postdoc at the beamline of Materials Science at the European Synchrotron ESRF
1998-2007 Researcher at TASC-CNR, beam line scientist and responsible
2005-2009 Professor at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore

Scientific production

223 scientific papers published in international journals and refereed conference proceedings (at Jun 2019)
3612 citations, H-index 29 (source Scopus, Jun 2019)
60+ invited talks at international conferences, workshops, universities and research centers
Director/organizer/committee of 8 scientific conferences & workshops
Co-author of 13 international patents

Scientific interests

High resolution lithographic and fabrication techniques for the realization of 3D nano structures for photonics, plasmonics, and for the development of nanodevices
Foundation and managing of facilities of nanofabrication
Development of photonic devices based on the orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light
Development of bio-plasmonic sensors
Design and simulation of photonic and nano-optical devices
Development of semiconductor epitaxial heterostructures
Synchrotron-based techniques and design of beam lines

Teaching experience

2008 - present Lecturer of Nanofabrication at Materials Science and Engineering Dept., University of Padua (Laurea Magistrale)
2008 - present Lecturer of Laboratory of Material Physics at Materials Science and Engineering Dept., University of Padua (Laurea Triennale)
2002-2009 Lecturer of Materials Science at NTU - Nanyang Technological University of Singapore
2009-2010 Development and Management of Projects course
2004 Nanofabrication methods and techniques course for PhD in Nanotechnologies at Univ. of Trieste
1994-1995 Assistant professor of Laboratory of Physics course at Univ. of Padua
2008 - present Tutor of 24 students (master's degree) at Padua University
2008 - present Tutor of 13 PhD students in Physics and Materials Science and Engineering at Padua University
2009-2011 Tutor of 1 PhD student in Nanotechnology at Trieste University
2002-2008 Tutor of 3 PhD students at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore

Other professional activities

2012 Founder of the spin-off company Twist-off srl for the development of the OAM radio technology
2008 Founder of ThunderNIL srl, Nanochallenge award for the best nanotechnology spin-off
2009 Founder of Protolab srl, spin-off for advanced materials and electronic devices
2014 Scientific advisor of STRAND srl for fiber telecommunication
Expert reviewer for international funding agencies: Israeli Ministry of Science, ETH Zurich, Austrian Science Fund
Member of PhD committee