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Grown up in Southern Italy, I studied Physics Engineering at Politecnico di Torino and Nanotechnologies for ICTs in a joint program among Politecnico di Torino, Grenoble-INP and EPFL, completing my master thesis about materials characterization for the future generations of LIGO mirrors at Stanford University.
I joined the Transport at Nanoscale Interfaces lab under Professor Mickael L. Perrin’s supervision to work on device integration of Graphene Nanoribbons and to study and exploit their unique physical properties.

 

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Hi! I am Alessandro and I am originally from Italy. I studied both bachelor's and master's degree in materials engineering and nanotechnology at Politecnico di Milano. I just joined EMPA and the Quantum Devices group where I will work as a Ph.D student on quantum heat engines.

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Hi, my name is Tingyuan Wang and I am a Materials science and engineering master student at EPFL. In the next six months at Empa, I will try to synthesize ultra-long graphene nanoribbons for device applications through chemical vapor deposition (CVD). I am especially interested in nanoelectronics and microfabrication. Luckily, I can go deeper into this area at Empa for my Master project.

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I am originally from Bern and came to Zürich to study food science at ETH. Since I was interested in the more fundamental aspects of biopolymers and soft materials, I joined the Cellulose & Wood Material Laboratory at Empa for a PhD. I studied the self-assembly of proteins into amyloid fibrils and their interactions with nanocellulose to form antimicrobial biocomposites that can be used as wound care materials. I was mostly using atomic force microscopy and different spectroscopy techniques, which will also help me during my time in Peter Nirmalraj's group doing research on the aggregation of proteins involved in Alzheimer's disease and their detection in clinical samples. 

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Originally from Nottingham in the UK, I lived in Singapore for the past 5 years where I completed my PhD in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, studying genetic susceptibility to neurological diseases and disorders, and where I also worked for a year in healthcare consulting.
I have joined the Transport at Nanoscale Interfaces Laboratory in EMPA to continue researching as a Postdoc for 3 years, where I will be investigating the chemical identity of blood based markers linked to neurodegenerative diseases with Peter Nirmalraj.

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I am an electronic engineer originally from Italy. I earned my PhD from the University of Cagliari, Italy, and subsequently, I worked at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, Italy. More recently, I worked as a visiting researcher at Columbia University in New York City, NY, USA, and at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA, USA, as part of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie RISE Action "SONAR H2020." Currently, I am the recipient of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship "2DTWIST," which involves collaboration between the Functional Nanosystems group at the Italian Institute of Technology and the Transport at Nanoscale Interfaces Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA).

My research focuses on investigating low-dimensional materials, encompassing their characterization and their application in the fields of electronics and photonics. Under the "2DTWIST" project, my goal is to develop a technique that enables active, dynamic, and automated control of Moiré geometry in 2D heterostructures through electrostatic actuation.

 

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I studied for my Bachelor in Physics at UAM in Madrid, during which I did an internship at Ciemat about graphene-based materials for hydrogen storage, and I joined the Condensed Matter Physics department of the university for the last year to work on thermoelectric properties of single-molecule junctions. After my master's in nanophysics, I moved to TUDelft for a research stay to work on the fabrication and characterization of layered superconducting materials-based devices for quantum technologies. Then I moved back to Madrid to start my PhD at IFIMAC and ICMM-CSIC about electric and heat transport, thermoelectricity and optoelectronics in molecular junctions and atomically thin crystals.

Here at Empa, I will work in the Quantum Devices group, part of the Transport at Nanoscale Interfaces Lab, on electroluminescence from graphene nanoribbon-based field effect transistors and quantum dots in twisted bilayer graphene.

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A native of Finland, I obtained a master's degree in physical metallurgy and materials science at Helsinki University of Technology (Finland) followed by a PhD in electrical engineering at University of Cambridge (UK). Having completed postdoctoral stays at EPFL and at Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland, I worked in versatile roles at two deep tech start-up companies (SwissLitho AG/Heidelberg Instruments Nano and NIL Technology).

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The expert Gregory Gäumann praised their work: "To achieve their goal, Nick Cáceres and Sofie Gnannt proceeded very purposefully and structured. The two aspiring physics lab technicians have demonstrated both experimental skill in the laboratory as well as a lot of talent in implementing algorithms. They have taught themselves a lot of knowledge in the field of machine learning and successfully put it into practice. Through their project, dedicated teamwork, and high motivation, the two have shown how technology transfer from science to society can be successfully realized. Congratulations!"

In addition, they have won the special prize MILSET Expo-Sciences International, and they are invited to attend this youth research conference in Mexico (MILSET Expo-Sciences International (ESI) 2023) in October. This special prize is sponsored by the Metrohm Foundation.

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