Guido Mula — Researcher
Mehran Mehrabanian — post-doc research associate
Mehran Mehrabanian received his PhD degree in Nanosciences from University of Genova, and Advanced Materials Department, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Italy (April 2016). His PhD thesis was focused on Localized in situ synthesis and characterization of metal mono/bimetallic nanoparticles (NPs) on bio-polymer films. In particular, he carried out a study on size/density-tuning, and formation mechanisms of photoreduced generated NPs under a nanosecond pulsed laser regime. Afterwards, he continued working as a postdoc researcher at department of biotechnology, pharmacy, and chemistry, University of Siena. He studied on chemical synthesis and physicochemical characterization of thermosensitive microgels containing functional magnetic NPs for drug delivery applications. Mehran joined Dr. Mula’s group in University of Cagliari since May 2017 as a postdoc fellow working on preparation, characterization, and photocurrent properties of porous silicon/conductive polymer hybrid composites through electrochemical processing.
Elisa Pinna — PhD student
Elisa Pinna received her Bachelor Degree in Physics at the University of Cagliari in 2013 with an experimental thesis on the analysis of Er-doped porous silicon samples. She received her Master Degree in Physics in 2015 at the same university with an experimental thesis in the optimization of organic-inorganic hybrid interfaces using nanostructured silicon. In 2016 she had been a Research Student at CNR-IOM of Cagliari supported by an EnAPSi grant, working on porous silicon for energy applications. From September 2016 she is a PhD Student at the University of Cagliari and she is presently a Visiting PhD Student at ICMPE-CNRS at Thiais (France) in the group of Stéphane Bastide.
Eugenio Redolfi Riva — post-doc research associate
Eugenio Redolfi Riva is a Biomedical Engineer and PhD in BioRobotics. He received his Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2011 at the University of Pisa and the PhD graduation in 2015 with full marks at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa. After PhD graduation he worked as Research Fellow at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Pontedera. His expertise regards the fields of Bio-Nanotechnology and Biomaterials applied to Pharmacology, Tissue Engineering, Plasmonic and Photovoltaic Nanomaterials. As Biomedical Engineer his expertise also covers the field of Medical Devices and Medical Robotics. Very prone to verbal communication, teaching and interested in Technological Innovation in all its aspects (R&D, Market Analysis, Technology Transfer). He is now Research Fellow at IOM-CNR at Dipartimento di Fisica of University of Cagliari and Adjunct Professor of Bio-Mechanics at Facoltà di Medicina of University of Cagliari.
Mariavitalia Tiddia — PhD student