PhD in INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

email: paolo.prosposito@uniroma2.it
phone: 0672594115
building: Sogene
room: D007

PAOLO PROSPOSITO
29/01/1965
Tel. 0672594115 - 3287852311
e-mail: paolo.prosposito@uniroma2.it

Higher education and current position
December 2021 – present: associate professor (sector FIS/03) Industrial Engineering Department - Tor Vergata University
-October 2013 – December 2021: Assistant professor (sector FIS/03) Industrial Engineering Department - Tor Vergata University
-June 2019 and June 2018: Visiting professor at Shanghai University (Shanghai-Cina)
-June–December 2014: Endeavour Fellowship of the Australian Government at School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering – Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane – Australia)
-June and December 2013: Visiting scientist at Van ‘t Hoff Institute - University of Amsterdam (NL)
-January 2004–September 2013: Assistant professor (Sector FIS/03) Physics Department - Tor Vergata University
-August 1998–December 2003: INFM researcher (National Institute for the Physics of Matter) at Physics Department - Tor Vergata University
-May 1997 - May 1998: post-doc fellowship of the European Community (Training and Mobility of Researchers) at the Laboratory for Physical Chemistry - University of Amsterdam.
1996-1997: INFM contract and teaching contract for Physics course - Architecture faculty - University of Camerino
1992-1996: Phd in Physics at Tor Vergata University

Teaching experience
Supervisor and co-supervisor of more than 50 Master Degree and PhD students. Since A.A. 1996 he has taught several courses in Physics, Optics, Solid State Physics and Condensed Matter of Solids. Currently he is teaching “Nanostructures and Nanomaterials” for Mechanical Engineering course, “Characterization of nano-engineering systems” for the Erasmus Mundus Chemical Nano-engineering course, “Physics 2” for Engineering course, “Optoelectronic Materials and Devices” for Material Science course and “Nanomaterials” for Industrial Engineering PhD students at the Tor Vergata University.

Research activity and technical skills
Main skills and expertise are on experimental Physics with special regard on Material Science and Optical Spectroscopy.
Main fields of activity are:
- Synthesis and characterization of metallic nanoparticles and nanoclusters for water filtering from heavy metal ions and sensing applications based on optical properties
- Synthesis and characterization of metal oxides nanocomposites for photodegradation of organic pollutants
- Research and development of surface coatings for mirrors in the framework of the VIRGO project (INFN).
- Research and development of Silicon Photonics Devices and Quantum Integrated Chips in the framework of the QUANTEP project (INFN).
- Organic vapour sensors based on luminescent quantum dots
- Synthesis and characterization of photonic crystals
- Fabrication of 3D scaffolds for tissue engineering with photolithographic techniques
- Synthesis and optical characterization of hybrid sol-gel based waveguides (ORMOCER and ORMOSIL)
- Nanoimprinting and soft-lithographic techniques
- Surface nanostructuring of solar cells by soft lithography
- Synthesis of inorganic and hybrid materials (bulk and film) with sol-gel procedures
- Optical characterization of quantum structures, semiconductors and insulators by absorption, luminescence, reflectance and quantum yield.


Professional recognitions
-November 2020: positive evaluation for the national scientific qualification to function as full professor in the Italian Universities for the academic sector 02/B1 (Experimental Matter Physics)
-2014 Winner of an Endeavour Research Fellowship to undertake a scientific program at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane – Australia)


Collaborations
Universities: Camerino, Milan, Padua, Naples (Italy); University of Amsterdam (Nl); Humboldt University (Berlin- Ge); Technische Hochschule (Wildau-Ge); Queensland University of Technology Brisbane (Australia), Shanghai University (China).

Projects
• 2021-2023 P.I. of the project “Filtraggio di acque contaminate tramite sistemi nanostrutturati” funded by Regione Lazio (progetti gruppi di ricerca A0375-2020-36521).

• 2018-2021 P.I. of the project “Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots confined in sol-gel glass films for heavy metal ions detection” funded by Regione Lazio (Progetto di Ricerca 85-2017-15125) according to L.R.13/08.
• 2018 -2021 participant to the project ”Nanotecnologies for Arsenic detection in water“ funded by Regione Lazio (Progetto di ricerca 85-2017-15173) according to L.R.13/08.
• 2017 Funding for the fundamental research from Miur (FFABR)
• 2017-2018 P.I. of the project “Mission Sustainability” University of Rome Tor Vergata “GrapHene Oxide quantum dots in Sol-gel maTerials for environmental sensing applications”
• 2016-2017 participant to the project “Consolidate Foundations” University of Rome Tor Vergata “GaAs(1-x)Bix alloy: a potential candidate for Future Photonic Devices”
• 2015-2016 P.I. of the project “Uncovering Excellence” University of Rome Tor Vergata “Photonic application in diatom frustules”
• 2011-2014 funding from Cariplo foundation: “Highly efficient organic solar cells based on surface nanostructuration of innovative hybrid materials for light-trapping”.
• 2013-2014 project “Study of AR coatings for heterojunction solar cells fabricated by laser interference lithography” in collaboration with RSE (Ricerca Sistema Energetico)
• 2011-2013 project “New generation of luminescent solar concentrators in PMMA” in collaboration with con CLAX Italia srl.


Author of 175 papers on peer reviewed scientific international journals and one patent.
H index: 36
Number of citations: 6571