Antonio Alessio LEONARDI
Antonio Alessio Leonardi was born in Bari (Italy) on October 4th, 1992. He received his bachelor’s degree in physics and his master’s degree (both cum laude) from the University of Catania in 2014 and 2016, respectively. During the master’s degree thesis, he spent several months for a training and research period at the STMicroelectronics of Catania in the R&D group of S. Conoci. After obtaining the master’s degree, he attained the Ph.D. in Physics cum laude in 2020 working in the F. Priolo and A. Irrera labs between the University of Catania, CNR-IMM of Catania, and the CNR-ICPF of Messina. During his Ph.D. he has been a visiting scholar for small periods at the University College of London (UCL) in the group of prof. G Volpe and at the Polytechnique of Milan (PoliMi) in the group of prof. G. Cerullo. Moreover, he spent 6 months at the prof. L. Dal Negro labs at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and the Photonic Center of the Boston University (MA, USA). He was awarded in 2018 with the Graduate Student Award of the European Material Research Society (EMRS) at the Strasbourg 2018 conference and with the E-cost award from the European program European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) for the participation at the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Course 204 “Nanophotonics” in 2018. In 2019 received the P. Brovetto award of the Italian Physical Society (SIF).
General Informations
- Senior research fellow (Ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipo A, RTD-A) in condensed matter physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Catania.
- Associated at the Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystem (IMM) of Catania University of the National Council of Research (CNR)
- Honorary research fellow at the Imperial College of London
- Scopus Author ID 57200572935
- ORCID 0000-0001-7723-4356
- Scholar: Antonio Alessio Leonardi
Education and previous positions
2022 – Present Senior research fellow (Ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipo A, RTDA) at the Department of Physics of University of Catania.
2019 – 2021 Post-Doc at the Department of Physics of University of Catania
2016 – 2020 Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Catania with honours (cum laude)
2014 – 2016 Master's degree in Physics at the University of Catania with full marks and honours (110/110 cum laude)
2011 – 2014 Bachelor's degree in Physics at the University of Catania with full marks and honours (110/110 cum laude)
Awards
2018 - Graduate Student Award (GSA) from the European Material Research Society (EMRS) at the EMRS Spring Meeting 2018, Strasburg
2018 - E-cost award from the European program European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) for the participation at the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Course 204 “Nanophotonics” 2018
2019 – Brovetto award from the Italian Physic Society (SIF) 2019, L’Aquila.
His research focuses on the realization and application of nanostructures and 2D material in different application fields such as luminescent silicon nanowires for photonics and sensing applications or green composites of 2D materials and polymers for smart packaging applications. His experimental skills range from morphological and structural characterization (Bright Field, Dark Field, SEM, EDX, XRD, RBS…) to optical characterization (Photoluminescence, PL lifetime, Raman scattering, Fourier imaging…). In general, his working interests span semiconductors, nanotechnology, nanomaterials and 2D materials, sensors, fractals, and coherent light studies.