Marco Anni
Professor
Department of PhysicS
University of Salento
Italy
Biography
Born in Lecce in 1976 he graduated in Physics in 1998 at the University of Lecce discussing the thesis titled "Magnetic Interaction of Quantum Semiconductor Wires". In the period from 2004 to the end of 2006 he was the coordinator of the National Spectroscopy Laboratory of the National Nanotechnology Laboratory (NNL) in Lecce, dealing with the coordination of activities in the laboratory of several subgroups, involving about 15 people all over. In October 2006 he founded the Photon Laboratory of the Department of Innovation Engineering, of which he is responsible. The laboratory deals with the study of optical properties of innovative materials to understand the physical properties of properties that can be used for a wide spectrum of devices, including lasers, light emitting diodes (LEDs), sensors and solar cells. On September 28, 2009 , the Italian Society of Physics was awarded the national prize titled Sergio Panizza, destined for a young physicist who has been distinguished in the field of Optoelectronics or Fotonica with the following motivation for the original results obtained in the study of Quantum Wires epitaxial heterosexuals, conjugated organic materials and colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals. " In the period 1998-2001 he is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Physics at the University of Lecce studying organic molecular emission properties for application to light-emitting plastic devices and obtaining the title of PhD in Physics, discussing the thesis "Optical properties of substituted oligothiophene for devices applications" . In 2000 he was a visiting scientist at Politecnico di Milano to perform ultra-fast, femtosecond spectroscopy experiments on molecules. In 2002 he was guest scientist at the University of Munich (Germany) to study the properties of a single polymer molecule. Since October 2001 he is a researcher at the Faculty of Engineering in SSD FIS 01 (Experimental Physics).
Research Interest
My research activity concerns the study of the electronic properties of luminescent materials by optical spectroscopy techniques. Typically thin film studios of semiconductor materials, in order to understand the origin of properties that can be used for applications in devices such as lasers, light amplifiers, LEDs and solar cells.
