Marco Affronte
- Spins and Molecular spins for Quantum Technologies
- Cavity magnonics and interplay between superconductivity and magnons
- Magnetism and Molecular Magnetism
- Superconductivity
- Molecular Quantum Spintronics
Email: marco.affronte@unimore.it
Role: Full Professor, UNIMORE, CNR-NANO Affiliate
Group leader: LowT Lab
Stefano Frabboni
- Advanced TEM of materials
- Electron interferometry and beam shaping
- Ion/electron-beam nanofabrication
Email: stefano.frabboni@unimore.it
Role: Full Professor, UNIMORE, CNR-NANO Affiliate
Group leader: SPEQTEM
Marco Beleggia
- Electron holography
- Nanoscale electromagnetic-field mapping
- Electron optics and beam shaping
Email: marco.beleggia@unimore.it
Role: Full Professor, UNIMORE / CNR-NANO Affiliate
Group leader: SPEQTEM
Andrea Alessandrini
- Mechanobiology;
- Models of biological membranes;
- Antimicrobial peptides interacting with lipid bilayers.
Email: andrea.alessandrini@unimore.it
Role: Associate Professor, UNIMORE, CNR-NANO Affiliate
Group leader: NanoBioLab
Roberto Biagi
- Physical-chemical processes devoted to decarbonization
- Heterogeneous Catalysis
- Green Hydrogen production
Email: roberto.biagi@unimore.it
Role: Associate Professor, UNIMORE, CNR-NANO Affiliate
Andrea Bizzeti
- Rare decays of strange mesons and tests of Standard Model predictions
- Measurement of Magnetic and Electric Dipole Moments of charmed baryons
- Development of particle detectors
Email: andrea.bizzeti@fi.infn.it
Role: Associate Professor, UNIMORE, CNR-NANO Affiliate
Giuseppe Cantarella
- Flexible Electronics
- Green & Sustainable Devices;
- Thin-Film Sensors and Circuits.
Email: giuseppe.cantarella@unimore.it
Role: Associate Professor, UNIMORE, CNR-NANO Affiliate
Group leader: FUELab
Sergio D’Addato
- Synthesis of ultrathin films and nanoparticles for phovoltaic and sensors;
- Electron Spectroscopies;
- Synchrotron Radiation.
Email: sergio.daddato@unimore.it
Role: Associate Professor, UNIMORE, CNR-NANO Affiliate
Valentina De Renzi
- Spins and Molecular spins for Quantum Technologies
- Cavity magnonics and interplay between superconductivity and magnons
- Magnetism and Molecular Magnetism
- Superconductivity
- Molecular Quantum Spintronics
Email: valentina.derenzi@unimore.it
Role: Associate Professor, UNIMORE, CNR-NANO Affiliate
Jonathan Pellicciari
- X-ray scattering and spectroscopy of quantum materials
- Emergent phenomena (superconductivity, magnetism in low dimensional systems)
- Single photon emission
Email: jonathan.pelliciari@unimore.it ; pelliciari@unimore.it
Role: Associate Professor, UNIMORE, CNR-NANO Affiliate
Group leader: Pellicciari Group
Francesco Rossella
- Semiconductor-based and hybrid quantum technologies
- Energy harvesting iontronics and sensing
Email: francesco.rossella@unimore.it
Role: Associate Professor, UNIMORE, CNR-NANO Affiliate
Group leader: NanoFab
Alberto Rota
- Tribology at the multi-scale;
- Hard and self-lubricant coatings;
- Triboelectricity;
- Scanning Probe Microscopy.
Email: alberto.rota@unimore.it
Role: Associate Professor, UNIMORE, CNR-NANO Affiliate
Group leader: SUP&RMAN
Antonio Ballestrazzi
- Hard and self-lubricant coatings;
- Spectroscopical/morphological analyses;
- Tribochemistry;
- UHV systems
Email: antonio.ballestrazzi@unimore.it
Role: UNIMORE Technical Staff
Enrico Gualtieri
- Surface engineering;
- Experimental tribology;
- Morphological/topographical analyses;
- Scanning microscopy.
Email: enrico.gualtieri@unimore.it
Role: UNIMORE Technical Staff
Claudia Menozzi
- Electron-beam lithography
- FIB/SEM nanofabrication
- Process development and user training
Email: claudia.menozzi@unimore.it
Role: UNIMORE Technical Staff
Elisabetta Salerno
- Triboelectricity and Functionalized Surfaces;
- Microfluidic Systems and Components;
- Spectroscopy, Microscopy and Image Processing.
Email: elisabetta.salerno@unimore.it
Role: UNIMORE Technical Staff
Claudio Bonizzoni
- Spins and Molecular spins for Quantum Technologies
- Quantum information processing, Quantum Memories and Quantum Sensing
- Microwave spectroscopy with superconducting resonators at cryogenic temperature
Email: claudio.bonizzoni@unimore.it
Role: Post-Doc
Dianne Corsino
- Electronics integration on unconventional substrates
- Oxide-based thin-film transistors and circuits
- Sustainable electronics
Email: dianne.corsino@unimore.it
Role: Post-Doc
Eleonora Spurio
- Functional oxides for energy conversion and environment
- Ultrafast light-induced dynamics
- Spectroscopies at syncrotrons and free-electron lasers
Email: eleonora.spurio@unimore.it
Role: Post-Doc
Payam Habibzadeh Kavkani
- MEMS/electrostatic phase plates
- FEM/COMSOL electron-optics simulations
- AI-assisted TEM workflows
Email: payam.habibzadehkavkani@unimore.it
Role: Researcher (CNR NANO)
Faiz Ahmad
- Flexible & Sustainable Electronics
- Device Design, Fabrication & Characterization;
- End-of-Life & Environmental Impact Assessment
Email: faiz.ahmad@unimore.it
Role: PhD Student (FIM Unimore)
Maryam Bibi
- Flexible & Sustainable Electronics
- Green Materials for Electronic Devices
- Thin-Film Sensors
Email: maryam.bibi@unimore.it
Role: PhD Student (FIM Unimore)
Matteo Lanza
- Low temperature experiments for qubit encoding with Molecular Spins
- Quantum Sensing
Email: matteo.lanza@unimore.it
Role: PhD Student (FIM Unimore)
Mattia Cavani
- Cavity magnonics with magnet-superconductor hybrid circuits
Nonlinear magnonics
Email: mattia.cavani@unimore.it
Role: PhD Student (FIM Unimore)
Aqib Aziz
- Cavity magnonics with magnet-superconductor hybrid circuits
- Multiferroics
Email: aqib.aziz@unisalento.it
Role: PhD Student (FIM Unimore)
Federico Rapuzzi
- Low dimensional material-enabled probes for environmental sensing and particle-beam detection
- Simulation and development of low dimensional nanomaterial-based sensors for environmental applications and advanced monitoring of charged particle beams
Email: federico.rapuzzi@unimore.it
Role: PhD Student (FIM Unimore)
Miriam Vergara
- Thermal conductivity measurement in nanostructures: new perspectives for the 3-omega method
Email: miriam.vergara@unimore.it
Role: PhD Student (FIM Unimore)
Francesca Giovannini
- Triboelectricity;
- Tribo-chemical investigations
Email: francesca.giovannini@unimore.it
Role: PhD Student (FIM Unimore)
Caterina Chiari
- Inelastic electron–matter scattering
- Beam-induced charge transport and plasma effects
- Multiscale TEM/STEM modelling
Email: caterina.chiari@unimore.it
Role: PhD Student (FIM Unimore)
Lorenzo Viani
- Computational ghost imaging
- Structured electron illumination
- AI-based image reconstruction
Email: lorenzo.viani@unimore.it
Role: PhD Student (FIM Unimore)
Vincenzo Grillo
- Electron-beam shaping
- Quantum-enhanced electron microscopy
- Light–electron interaction
Email: vincenzo.grillo@nano.cnr.it
Role: CNR Research Director
Group leader: SPEQTEM
Gian Carlo Gazzadi
- DualBeam FIB nanofabrication
- TEM cross-section lamella preparation
- FIB-SEM material analysis
Email: giancarlo.gazzadi@nano.cnr.it
Role: CNR Technology Director
Giovanni Bertoni
- Monochromated EELS and nanospectroscopy
- Quantitative HRTEM/STEM
- AI/ML for microscopy and energy materials
Email: giovanni.bertoni@nano.cnr.it
Role: Senior Researcher (CNR NANO)
Alberto Ghirri
- Spins and Molecular spins for Quantum Technologies
- Cavity magnonics and interplay between superconductivity and magnons
- Nonlinear magnonics
Email: alberto.ghirri@nano.cnr.it
Role: Senior Researcher (CNR NANO)
Paola Luches
- AI-based microscope automation
- Quantitative TEM/STEM
- Electron–matter interaction simulations
Email: paola.luches@unimore.it
Role: Senior Researcher (CNR NANO)
Guido Paolicelli
- Nano-scale tribology
- 2D materials and self lubricant coatings;
- Surface Characterization: Scanning Probe Microscopy (AFM, STM);
- Surface Characterization: Spectroscopy (XPS, Auger, LEED, Raman);
Email: guido.paolicelli@nano.cnr.it
Role: Senior Researcher (CNR NANO)
Stefania Benedetti
- Transparent conducting oxides for optoelectronics, sensing, nonlinear optics
- Reducible oxides for clean hydrogen production
- Ultrafast dynamics of charge excitations in nanostructured oxides
Email: stefania.benedetti@cnr.it
Role:Researcher (CNR NANO)
Enzo Rotunno
- AI-based microscope automation
- Quantitative TEM/STEM
- Electron–matter interaction simulations
Email: enzo.rotunno@nano.cnr.it
Role: Researcher (CNR NANO)
Paolo Rosi
- Electron-beam shaping
- AI/ML for electron microscopy
- Automated alignment and microscope control
Email: paolo.rosi@nano.cnr.it
Role: Researcher (CNR NANO)
Andrea Mescola
- AFM and nanoscale mechanical characterization;
- 2D materials and surface functionalization;
- Biointerfaces and biophysics of soft matter;
- Biosensing and bioelectronic interfaces;
Email: andrea.mescola@nano.cnr.it
Role: Researcher (CNR NANO)