European Graphene Forum 2016 Conference and Exhibition
EGF 2016
01 Jun - 03 Jun 2016 | Paris - France
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School of Chemistry, University of Manchester - United Kingdom
Dr Cinzia Casiraghi received her BSc and MSc in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and her PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cambridge (UK) in 2006. In 2005 she was awarded with an Ernest Oppenheimer Early Career Research Fellowship, followed by the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship in 2007 and the prestigious Sofja Kovalevskaja... More Dr Cinzia Casiraghi received her BSc and MSc in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and her PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cambridge (UK) in 2006. In 2005 she was awarded with an Ernest Oppenheimer Early Career Research Fellowship, followed by the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship in 2007 and the prestigious Sofja Kovalevskaja Award, won in 2008. This Prize is given to young, cutting-edge researchers, providing them with risk capital to pursue innovative projects and establish their own lab at a very early stage in their careers. This allowed her to become a Junior Group Leader at the Physics Department of the Free University Berlin (Germany). From 2010 she is also a permanent Staff member of the School of Chemistry, at the University of Manchester (UK), where she has been appointed as lecturer in graphene’s chemistry. She is also member of the Athena Swan committee of the School of Chemistry. Less![]()
Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures- CNRS Paris, France
Giancarlo Faini is in charge of the project and the Director of the future Center for Nanosciences & Nanotechnology (C2N – CNRS/UPSud) that will be open on June 2016. From 2010 to September 2015, he was the Deputy Director of the Institute of Physics of the CNRS, in charge of the Condensed Matter Physics and the Nanosciences.
Giancarlo Faini is in charge of the project and the Director of the future Center for Nanosciences & Nanotechnology (C2N – CNRS/UPSud) that will be open on June 2016. From 2010 to September 2015, he was the Deputy Director of the Institute of Physics of the CNRS, in charge of the Condensed Matter Physics and the Nanosciences.
Senior researcher at the Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures (LPN – CNRS), he defended a PhD thesis in 1988 at the Solid State Laboratory in Orsay University. The subject was the phase diagram investigations of low dimensional Bechgaard’s salts by thermodynamics measurements at very low temperature, using a new original experimental approach developed during this work. He was thus able to investigate the fractional quantum nesting in the organic metal (TMTSF)2ClO4.
Giancarlo’s present research fields of interest are in:
Giancarlo Faini is co-author of more than 150 papers in International peer reviewed journals, of one patent and attended more than 30 conferences as invited speaker. Less |
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Cambridge Graphene Centre, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge- UK
Prof. Andrea C. Ferrari is the director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge- UK. Prof. Andrea is Professor of Nanotechnology and Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award Holder. He is the Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre and Head of the Nanomaterials and Spectroscopy Group at the University of Cambridge Engineering... More Prof. Andrea C. Ferrari is the director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge- UK. Prof. Andrea is Professor of Nanotechnology and Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award Holder. He is the Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre and Head of the Nanomaterials and Spectroscopy Group at the University of Cambridge Engineering Department and Nanoscience Centre. He is Professorial Fellow of Pembroke College. Less![]()
Optoelectronics group at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), Spain
Valerio Pruneri is an ICREA Industrial Professor, Corning Inc. Chair and group leader at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO). Previously he worked for Avanex, Corning, Pirelli, and the Optoelectronics Research Centre (University of Southampton). Valerio Pruneri is an ICREA Industrial Professor, Corning Inc. Chair and group leader at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO). Previously he worked for Avanex, Corning, Pirelli, and the Optoelectronics Research Centre (University of Southampton). ![]()
Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures- CNRS Paris, France
Giancarlo Faini is in charge of the project and the Director of the future Center for Nanosciences & Nanotechnology (C2N – CNRS/UPSud) that will be open on June 2016. From 2010 to September 2015, he was the Deputy Director of the Institute of Physics of the CNRS, in charge of the Condensed Matter Physics and the Nanosciences.
Giancarlo Faini is in charge of the project and the Director of the future Center for Nanosciences & Nanotechnology (C2N – CNRS/UPSud) that will be open on June 2016. From 2010 to September 2015, he was the Deputy Director of the Institute of Physics of the CNRS, in charge of the Condensed Matter Physics and the Nanosciences.
Senior researcher at the Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures (LPN – CNRS), he defended a PhD thesis in 1988 at the Solid State Laboratory in Orsay University. The subject was the phase diagram investigations of low dimensional Bechgaard’s salts by thermodynamics measurements at very low temperature, using a new original experimental approach developed during this work. He was thus able to investigate the fractional quantum nesting in the organic metal (TMTSF)2ClO4.
Giancarlo’s present research fields of interest are in:
Giancarlo Faini is co-author of more than 150 papers in International peer reviewed journals, of one patent and attended more than 30 conferences as invited speaker. Less![]()
University of California, San Diego, USA
Dr. Basov is a Professor of Physics at Columbia University in New York. He is an expert in infrared and optical spectroscopy of quantum materials. Recently, his group has advanced infrared methods to ultra-fast time scales and ultra-short length scales. He has made significant contributions to the field of correlated electron materials by exploring the electronic phase separation... More Dr. Basov is a Professor of Physics at Columbia University in New York. He is an expert in infrared and optical spectroscopy of quantum materials. Recently, his group has advanced infrared methods to ultra-fast time scales and ultra-short length scales. He has made significant contributions to the field of correlated electron materials by exploring the electronic phase separation associated with the insulator-to-metal transition in prototypical correlated electron materials. His recent work on infrared nano-imaging has led to the discovery of propagating surface plasmons and phonon polaritons in two dimensional atomic crystals; a novel class of quantum materials. Dr. Basov has won numerous awards, including an Isakson Prize from the American Physical Society, the Humboldt Prize, and the Ludwig Genzel Prize. He is the Moore Investigator in Quantum Materials (2014). Less![]()
Director, Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Prof. Antonio H. Castro Neto got his Ph.D. in Physics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994. In 1994, he moved to the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara as a postdoctoral fellow. In 1995, he became an Assistant Professor at University of California at Riverside. In 2000, he moved to Boston University as Professor... More Prof. Antonio H. Castro Neto got his Ph.D. in Physics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994. In 1994, he moved to the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara as a postdoctoral fellow. In 1995, he became an Assistant Professor at University of California at Riverside. In 2000, he moved to Boston University as Professor of Physics. At Boston, Prof. Castro Neto became one of the leading theorists in the study of graphene and other two dimensional materials. Since 2010, Prof. Castro Neto is the Director of the Graphene Research Center and in 2014 he became Director of the Centre for Advanced 2D Materials funded by the National Research Foundation of Singapore. Prof. Castro Neto is a Distinguished Professor in the Physics Department and Professor at the Department of Electrical andComputer Engineering and the Department of Material Science Engineering at the National University of Singapore. In 2003, Prof. Castro Neto was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) and in 2011 he was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He is the Colloquia Editor for Reviews of Modern Physics, and member of the Editorial Board of “Chinese Physics B” and “Acta Physica Sinica”. Prof. Castro Neto was awarded the 11th Ross J. Martin Award by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of California Regent Fellowship, the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, the visiting Miller Professorship by the University of California, Berkeley, the visiting Gordon Godfrey Professorship by the University of New South Wales, Australia, the Distinguished Visiting Chair Professor at the SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano-Technology (SAINT), South Korea, the Hsun Lee Lecture Award by the Institute of Metal Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Kramers Professorship at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Prof. Castro Neto has authored more than 250 manuscripts and has published in prestigious journals including Science, Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Physics, and Physical Review Letters, and has over 25,000 citations. Prof. Castro Neto has given more than 300 seminars worldwide. Less![]()
University of Augsburg, Germany
Dr. Sergey Mikhailov received his PhD from the Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics of Russian Academy of Sciences (1987) and conducted research in different Universities and research institutes in Russia, Germany, Sweden and Japan. He is an author of several patents and more than 180 research papers and conference contributions, and an editor of two books on... More Dr. Sergey Mikhailov received his PhD from the Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics of Russian Academy of Sciences (1987) and conducted research in different Universities and research institutes in Russia, Germany, Sweden and Japan. He is an author of several patents and more than 180 research papers and conference contributions, and an editor of two books on graphene. His research interests include the theory of low-dimensional electron systems in semiconductors and in graphene, as well as of the theory of electronic and optoelectronic devices based on these systems. He was the Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, and the Senior Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. At present he is a private lecturer at the University of Augsburg, Germany, and a principal investigator of several national and European research projects related to the physics of graphene based optoelectronic devices. Less![]()
Director of the Institut de Science et d´Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), University of Strasbourg, France
Paolo Samorì (Imola, Italy, 1971) is Distinguished Professor (PRCE) and director of the Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS) of the Université de Strasbourg (UdS Paolo Samorì (Imola, Italy, 1971) is Distinguished Professor (PRCE) and director of the Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS) of the Université de Strasbourg (UdS) where he is also head of the Nanochemistry Laboratory. He is also Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC), member of the Academia Europaea (MAE) and junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). He obtained a Laurea (master’s degree) in Industrial Chemistry at University of Bologna in 1995. In 2000 he received his PhD in Chemistry from the Humboldt University of Berlin (Prof. J. P. Rabe). He was permanent research scientist at Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche of Bologna from 2001 til 2008, and Visiting Professor at ISIS from 2003 til 2008. He has published >190 papers on applications of scanning probe microscopies beyond imaging, hierarchical self-assembly of hybrid architectures at surfaces, supramolecular electronics, and the fabrication of organic-based nanodevices. His work has been awarded various prizes, including the Young Scientist Awards at E-MRS (1998) and MRS (2000) as well as the IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists (2001), the "Vincenzo Caglioti" Award (2006) granted by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italy), the "Nicolò Copernico" Award (2009) for his discoveries in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology, the "Guy Ourisson" Prize (2010) of the Cercle Gutenberg (France), the ERC Starting Grant (2010) and the CNRS Silver Medal (2012). He is member of the advisory boards of Advanced Materials, Small, ChemPhysChem and ChemPlusChem (Wiley-VCH), Chemical Society Reviews, Chemical Communications, Journal of Materials Chemistry and Nanoscale (RSC). More infos at: www.nanochemistry.fr Less![]()
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Dr. Norbert Fabricius graduated in Physics and received his PhD from the University of Essen in 1985. In his industrial career between 1986 and 2002 he developed materials and processes for the manufacturing of integrated optical components used in telecommunication networks. His last industrial position was Director Operations at JDS Uniphase in Germany. Dr. Norbert Fabricius graduated in Physics and received his PhD from the University of Essen in 1985. In his industrial career between 1986 and 2002 he developed materials and processes for the manufacturing of integrated optical components used in telecommunication networks. His last industrial position was Director Operations at JDS Uniphase in Germany. In 2003 he joined the Research Centre Karlsruhe (now KIT) as the head of the Helmholtz Program “Microsystem Technologies” and “Nanotechnology”. Since 2008 he is responsible for nanotechnology standardization. He has experience in standardization on the national (DKE, DIN) and international (IEC, ISO) level for 25 years in different technology areas as well as in industrial and academic environments. He acts as the Secretary for the IEC Technical Committee 113 “Nanotechnology standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems” and is a member in a number of related IEC and ISO technical committees. On the national level he is Divisional Chairman of Div. 1 “General electrical engineering, materials for electrotechnology, environmental protection” at the DKE and active in a number of national standardization committees. His most recent activity is the establishment of a standardization committee within the EU FET Flagship Initiative Graphene and the CENELEC Workshop on “Specifications for Graphene Related Material”. Less![]()
Peking University, China
Prof. Zhongfan Liu graduated from Changchun Institute of Technology in 1983 and received his PhD from University of Tokyo in 1990. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Institute for Molecular Science, Japan, he became an associate professor (1993), full professor (1993) and Cheung Kong Chair professor (1999) of Peking University. He was elected as the member of Chinese... More Prof. Zhongfan Liu graduated from Changchun Institute of Technology in 1983 and received his PhD from University of Tokyo in 1990. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Institute for Molecular Science, Japan, he became an associate professor (1993), full professor (1993) and Cheung Kong Chair professor (1999) of Peking University. He was elected as the member of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011 and as one of the six outstanding scientists in Ten-Thousand-Talents Program in 2013. He is now the directors of Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons. He is the chairman of nanochemistry committee in Chinese Chemical Society. He also serves as advisory/editorial board member of Adv. Mater., Small, Nano Res and NPG Asia Mater, and Editor-in-Chief of ACTA PHYSICO-CHIMICA SINICA and the associate editor of APL Materials, Chinese Science Bullentin, Acta Chimica Sinica. Prof. Liu’s research interest focusses on low dimensional carbon materials and novel 2D atomic crystals targeting nanoelectronic and energy conversion devices together with the exploration of fundamental phenomena in nanoscale systems. He has published over 420 peer reviewed articles and 26 Chinese patents. He is now the Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry and the Fellow of Institute of Physics, UK. Less![]()
University of Basel, Switzerland
Christian Schönenberger is an electrical engineer and experimental physicist by training. He was awarded a Ph.D degree in physics from ETH-Zürich in 1986 for his work conducted at the IBM research lab in Switzerland. He than stayed as a postdoc and staff researcher at Philips research Eindhoven for 5 years after he was appointed full professor in experimental... More Christian Schönenberger is an electrical engineer and experimental physicist by training. He was awarded a Ph.D degree in physics from ETH-Zürich in 1986 for his work conducted at the IBM research lab in Switzerland. He than stayed as a postdoc and staff researcher at Philips research Eindhoven for 5 years after he was appointed full professor in experimental condensed matter physics at the University of Basel. He is the director of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute and group leader of the nanoelectronics group at the Department of Physics of the University of Basel. His research focus is in electrical properties of nano-sized hybrid devices realized using carbon nanotubes, semiconducting nanowires and graphene. Please visit the web site www.nanoelectronics.ch. Less![]()
Head of Nanomaterial topic team, Thales Research and Technology, France
Dr. Paolo Bondavalli is the Head of Nanomaterial team at Thales Research and Technology (CNRS/Thales, UMR137) and he is a member of the Nanocarb Lab. (joint team Ecole Polytechnique/Thales). Presently his work is focused on the development of new materials (e.g. graphene, cnts, nanowires) for the new generation of electronics devices and for energy storage applications... More Dr. Paolo Bondavalli is the Head of Nanomaterial team at Thales Research and Technology (CNRS/Thales, UMR137) and he is a member of the Nanocarb Lab. (joint team Ecole Polytechnique/Thales). Presently his work is focused on the development of new materials (e.g. graphene, cnts, nanowires) for the new generation of electronics devices and for energy storage applications and memristor. Dr Bondavalli has received his Hdr in 2011, at Paris-Sud on a work on “devices based on random network of carbon nanotubes”. During the last five years, he has participated, also as coordinator, in several EU projects (concerning MEMS, MOEMS, CNTs, graphene, spintronics) and ANR projects. He is involved in the Graphene Flagship initiative where he is in charge in the energy work package of the supercapacitor part. Less![]()
Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Prof Herre van der Zant finished his Ph.D in 1991 at the Delft University of Technology on measurements of classical and quantum phase transitions in Josephson junction arrays. After his Ph.D, he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to work on superconducting electronics. After three years, Herre van der Zant returned to Delft to start a new direction in... More Prof Herre van der Zant finished his Ph.D in 1991 at the Delft University of Technology on measurements of classical and quantum phase transitions in Josephson junction arrays. After his Ph.D, he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to work on superconducting electronics. After three years, Herre van der Zant returned to Delft to start a new direction in mesoscopic charge density waves. On this subject he received a five year fellowship from the Royal Academy for Sciences. In 2005, he cofounded the Molecular Electronics and Devices group in the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience at the Delft University of Technology. As a professor in this group, his research focuses on transport through single molecules and nano-electromechanical systems. Less![]()
Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Université de Genève, Switzerland
Prof. Alberto Morpurgo is an expert in the investigation of the electronic properties of materials through the study of transport in nano-fabricated devices. He received his PhD in 1998 from the University of Groningen, where he worked on mesoscopic superconducting proximity effect and other aspects of mesoscopic physics (for which he was awarded the Miedema Prize for... More Prof. Alberto Morpurgo is an expert in the investigation of the electronic properties of materials through the study of transport in nano-fabricated devices. He received his PhD in 1998 from the University of Groningen, where he worked on mesoscopic superconducting proximity effect and other aspects of mesoscopic physics (for which he was awarded the Miedema Prize for the best Dutch PhD thesis in condensed matter physics). After a two-year postdoctoral stay at Stanford University –where he mainly worked on carbon nanotubes- he moved to Delft University where he remained nearly nine years and became Associate Professor. In this period, next from starting his research on organic semiconductors, he worked on different aspects of quantum transport (Cooper pair splitting, Rashba two-dimensional electron gases, spintronics with carbon nanotubes) and started a successful research line on graphene electronics in 2006, just after the discovery of this material. Since Septembber 2008, Prof. Morpurgo is Professeur Ordinaire at the University of Geneva, where he is continuing his work on organic semiconductors and graphene, and starting new activities in the areas of topological insulators, oxide hetersostructures, and ionic liquid gating. - nanocomposites. Less![]()
CEO, Avanzare, Spain
Dr. Julio Gómez Cordón is the CEO of AVANZARE, Spain. AVANZARE is a supplier of high-performance nanomaterials and nanotechnology based solutions used in a wide range of products for everyday life. AVANZARE nanomaterials and nanocomposites create added values and competitive advantages for their customers. In many applications, their developments allow the... More Dr. Julio Gómez Cordón is the CEO of AVANZARE, Spain. AVANZARE is a supplier of high-performance nanomaterials and nanotechnology based solutions used in a wide range of products for everyday life. AVANZARE nanomaterials and nanocomposites create added values and competitive advantages for their customers. In many applications, their developments allow the reduction of costs compared to traditional materials. AVANZARE nanomaterials are liquid or solid formulations and custom solutions for big consumers. Principal customers are automotive, aeronautic, fabric, wood, paper, plastic, rubber, paint and building industries, the wire & cable sector and manufacturers of household appliances and packaging. Less![]()
School of Chemistry, University of Manchester - United Kingdom
Dr Cinzia Casiraghi received her BSc and MSc in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and her PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cambridge (UK) in 2006. In 2005 she was awarded with an Ernest Oppenheimer Early Career Research Fellowship, followed by the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship in 2007 and the prestigious Sofja Kovalevskaja... More Dr Cinzia Casiraghi received her BSc and MSc in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and her PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cambridge (UK) in 2006. In 2005 she was awarded with an Ernest Oppenheimer Early Career Research Fellowship, followed by the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship in 2007 and the prestigious Sofja Kovalevskaja Award, won in 2008. This Prize is given to young, cutting-edge researchers, providing them with risk capital to pursue innovative projects and establish their own lab at a very early stage in their careers. This allowed her to become a Junior Group Leader at the Physics Department of the Free University Berlin (Germany). From 2010 she is also a permanent Staff member of the School of Chemistry, at the University of Manchester (UK), where she has been appointed as lecturer in graphene’s chemistry. She is also member of the Athena Swan committee of the School of Chemistry. Less![]()
Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Barcelona, Spain
Prof. Arben Merkoçi is currently ICREA Professor and director of the Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group at Institut Català de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia (ICN), situated at Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) campus (Bellaterra, Barcelona) in Spain. After PhD (1991) at Tirana University, in the topic of Ion-Selective-Electrodes (ISEs) designs and applications in clinical and environmental analysis,... More Prof. Arben Merkoçi is currently ICREA Professor and director of the Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group at Institut Català de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia (ICN), situated at Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) campus (Bellaterra, Barcelona) in Spain. After PhD (1991) at Tirana University, in the topic of Ion-Selective-Electrodes (ISEs) designs and applications in clinical and environmental analysis, he worked as postdoc at other European research centres and USA in the field of nanobiosensors and lab-on-a-chip technologies. These postdoc periods were followed by leading positions in several laboratories: (1997-2006) at Autonomous University of Barcelona and since 2006 in ICN2. His research is focused on the design and application of cutting edge nanotechnology and nanoscience based biosensors. These nanobiosensors are based on the integration of biological molecules (DNA, antibodies, cells and enzymes) and other (bio)receptors with micro- and nanostructures and applied in diagnostics, environmental monitoring or safety and security. Less![]()
Institute of Photonics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Thomas Mueller received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Vienna University of Technology, Austria, in 2001 and 2004, respectively. His Ph.D. work focused on terahertz spectroscopy of nanostructures. After civil service (2004-2005) he worked as a University Assistant at TU Vienna (2005-2007). In 2007, he joined the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown... More Thomas Mueller received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Vienna University of Technology, Austria, in 2001 and 2004, respectively. His Ph.D. work focused on terahertz spectroscopy of nanostructures. After civil service (2004-2005) he worked as a University Assistant at TU Vienna (2005-2007). In 2007, he joined the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, USA, as a postdoc where he worked on carbon-based electronics. End of 2009, he returned to Vienna, where he currently holds an Assistant Professor position. His research focuses on photonics and electronics using graphene and other two-dimensional materials. Selected awards include the START-Prize, the Fritz Kohlrausch-Prize, and the ASciNA Award. More information can be found at http://graphenelabs.at. Less![]()
Manchester University - United Kingdom
Prof. Vladimir Falko is a condensed-matter theorists, who was responsible for advances in the theory of electronic and optical properties of graphene (including discovery of bilayer graphene, in 2006) and theory of localisation and quantum transport in mesoscopic systems. Educated at Moscow Physical Engineering Institute and the Institute for Solid State Physics RAS, he worked as a research fellow at Max-Planck-Institut in Stuttgart and Oxford... More Prof. Vladimir Falko is a condensed-matter theorists, who was responsible for advances in the theory of electronic and optical properties of graphene (including discovery of bilayer graphene, in 2006) and theory of localisation and quantum transport in mesoscopic systems. Educated at Moscow Physical Engineering Institute and the Institute for Solid State Physics RAS, he worked as a research fellow at Max-Planck-Institut in Stuttgart and Oxford University and, now, he holds the post of Distinguished Professor of Condensed Matter Theory at Lancaster University (UK). His current interest includes modelling heterostructures of graphene and other atomically thin two-dimensional crystals, as part of the Horizon2020 European Graphene Flagship Project. Less![]()
Group leader of Optoelectronics Lab at FUNSOM, Soochow University, China
Prof Qiaoliang Bao is the group leader of Optoelectronics Lab at FUNSOM, Soochow University, and also one of the core members at Monash Centre for Atomically Thin Materials. Bao has a PhD in materials physics and worked as senior research fellow on graphene photonics in Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore (NUS). He was enrolled in Thousand Young Talents Program of... More Prof Qiaoliang Bao is the group leader of Optoelectronics Lab at FUNSOM, Soochow University, and also one of the core members at Monash Centre for Atomically Thin Materials. Bao has a PhD in materials physics and worked as senior research fellow on graphene photonics in Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore (NUS). He was enrolled in Thousand Young Talents Program of China in 2012. His main contributions include the demonstration of graphene-based mode-locked laser and graphene broadband polarizer. His current research interests include photonic and optoelectronic devices based on two-dimensional materials including graphene, perovskite, black phosphorus, layered transition metal dichalcogenides and topological insulators. Bao has over 100 peer-review publications in prestigious journals such as Nature Photonics, Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials and ACS Nano, etc. His publications have received >8000 citations, with an H-index of 40. Less![]()
The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain
Prof Gerasimos Konstantatos received his M.A.Sc. and Ph.D in 2004 and 2008 from the University of Toronto. He then moved to ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain in 2009 initially as an assistant professor and then as a full professor (2015) where he leads the Functional Optoelectronic Nanomaterials group. His interests lie in the field... More Prof Gerasimos Konstantatos received his M.A.Sc. and Ph.D in 2004 and 2008 from the University of Toronto. He then moved to ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain in 2009 initially as an assistant professor and then as a full professor (2015) where he leads the Functional Optoelectronic Nanomaterials group. His interests lie in the field of colloidal quantum dots and 2D-materials and their applications in optoelectronics and solar cells. He has been the recipient of Fresnel Prize 2013 in Applied Aspects and the MIT-TR35 Spain award both for his salient contributions in the field of quantum dot optoelectronics. Less![]()
Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Kristian S. Thygesen is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Technical University of Denmark. His research is mainly focused on the development and application of density functional theory (DFT) and many body methods for quantum transport as well as ground- and excited states properties of solids and nanostructured materials including single-molecule junctions, metal-organic... More Kristian S. Thygesen is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Technical University of Denmark. His research is mainly focused on the development and application of density functional theory (DFT) and many body methods for quantum transport as well as ground- and excited states properties of solids and nanostructured materials including single-molecule junctions, metal-organic interfaces, metal-oxides, graphene and other two- dimensional materials. He received his PhD from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in 2005 and after a post doc at Freie University Berlin he moved back to DTU where he became Associate Professor in 2009. From 2010-2011 he was the Director of NanoDTU and in 2012 he became a spokesperson for Quantum Transport in Nanostructures within the European network Psi-k. He became full Professor at DTU in 2013. Less |