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Leonetta Baldassarre

Sapienza University, Rome (Italy)

Biography: Leonetta Baldassarre received her Masters degree (2004) and her PhD (2007) from Sapienza University in Rome. She has then moved to University Augsburg (2007-2008), Elettra Synchrotron in Trieste (2008-2011) and then to Center for Life and NanoScience (IIT@Sapienza).
In 2015 she moved back to the Department of Physics of Sapienza University, first as the PI of the SIR project MINDS (Mid-Infrared Naonospectroscopy with Doped Semiconductors) and then as Associate Professor.
In her carrier, she has exploited infrared spectroscopy to assess diverse scientific topics: from the study of low-energy electrodynamics in solids, to plasmonic approaches in the mid-infrared for nano-spectroscopy and sensing. Lately she is focused on developing Raman spectroscopy setups with excitation in the infrared to study electron-phonon and electron-electron interactions in 2D materials.
 

Leonetta Baldassarre

Sapienza University, Rome (Italy)

Biography: Leonetta Baldassarre received her Masters degree (2004) and her PhD (2007) from Sapienza University in Rome. She has then moved to University Augsburg (2007-2008), Elettra Synchrotron in Trieste (2008-2011) and then to Center for Life and NanoScience (IIT@Sapienza).
In 2015 she moved back to the Department of Physics of Sapienza University, first as the PI of the SIR project MINDS (Mid-Infrared Naonospectroscopy with Doped Semiconductors) and then as Associate Professor.
In her carrier, she has exploited infrared spectroscopy to assess diverse scientific topics: from the study of low-energy electrodynamics in solids, to plasmonic approaches in the mid-infrared for nano-spectroscopy and sensing. Lately she is focused on developing Raman spectroscopy setups with excitation in the infrared to study electron-phonon and electron-electron interactions in 2D materials.
 

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Giulio Cerullo

Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy)

Biography: Giulio Cerullo is a Full Professor with the Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, where he leads the Ultrafast Optical Spectroscopy laboratory. Prof. Cerullo’s research activity covers a broad area known as “Ultrafast Optical Science”, and concerns on the one hand pushing our capabilities to generate and manipulate ultrashort light pulses, and on the other hand using such pulses to capture the dynamics of ultrafast events in molecular and solid-state systems. He has published over 550 papers which have received >33000 citations (H-index: 91 on Scopus). He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, of the European Physical Society and of the Accademia dei Lincei and past Chair of the Quantum Electronics and Optics Division of the European Physical Society. He is the recipient of an ERC Advanced Grant (2012-2017) on two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy of biomolecules. He has been General Chair of the conferences CLEO/Europe 2017, Ultrafast Phenomena 2018 and the International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy 2020. In 2023, he received the Quantum Electronics Prize of the European Physical Society. He is the co-founder of two spin off companies (NIREOS and Cambridge Raman Imaging).

 

Giulio Cerullo

Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy)

Biography: Giulio Cerullo is a Full Professor with the Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, where he leads the Ultrafast Optical Spectroscopy laboratory. Prof. Cerullo’s research activity covers a broad area known as “Ultrafast Optical Science”, and concerns on the one hand pushing our capabilities to generate and manipulate ultrashort light pulses, and on the other hand using such pulses to capture the dynamics of ultrafast events in molecular and solid-state systems. He has published over 550 papers which have received >33000 citations (H-index: 91 on Scopus). He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, of the European Physical Society and of the Accademia dei Lincei and past Chair of the Quantum Electronics and Optics Division of the European Physical Society. He is the recipient of an ERC Advanced Grant (2012-2017) on two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy of biomolecules. He has been General Chair of the conferences CLEO/Europe 2017, Ultrafast Phenomena 2018 and the International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy 2020. In 2023, he received the Quantum Electronics Prize of the European Physical Society. He is the co-founder of two spin off companies (NIREOS and Cambridge Raman Imaging).

 

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Alexey Chernikov

TU Dresden, Dresden (DE)

Biography: Alexey Chernikov received his Ph.D. from the University of Marburg for the work on the optical properties of semiconducting materials and external cavity semiconducting lasers. With a Feodor-Lynen Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, he joined the group of Tony F. Heinz at the Columbia University (New York, USA) in 2013 to study Coulomb phenomena in atomically-thin 2D systems. From 2016 he lead a research group at the University of Regensburg funded by the Emmy-Noether Initiative of the German Research Foundation. He is the recipient of the Heinz-Maier Leibnitz award of the DFG in 2018 and ERC Consolidator Grant in 2020. He joined TU Dresden as a full professor (W3) in 2021. His research is focused on fundamental interactions of electronic and excitonic many-body states in nanostructured matter.
 

Alexey Chernikov

TU Dresden, Dresden (DE)

Biography: Alexey Chernikov received his Ph.D. from the University of Marburg for the work on the optical properties of semiconducting materials and external cavity semiconducting lasers. With a Feodor-Lynen Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, he joined the group of Tony F. Heinz at the Columbia University (New York, USA) in 2013 to study Coulomb phenomena in atomically-thin 2D systems. From 2016 he lead a research group at the University of Regensburg funded by the Emmy-Noether Initiative of the German Research Foundation. He is the recipient of the Heinz-Maier Leibnitz award of the DFG in 2018 and ERC Consolidator Grant in 2020. He joined TU Dresden as a full professor (W3) in 2021. His research is focused on fundamental interactions of electronic and excitonic many-body states in nanostructured matter.
 

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Amalia Patanè

University of Nottingham, Nottingham (UK)

Biography: Amalia Patanè studied at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” where she received her MSc in Physics (1994) and PhD (1998). She then moved to the School of Physics and Astronomy at Nottingham where she has been Professor of Physics (since 2011) and Director of Research (2019-23). Her research achievements in semiconductor physics were recognized by the Sir Charles Vernon Boys Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics (2007), an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship (2004-09), a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship (2017-19), a Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) President’s International Fellowship Award (2018-19), and an honorary professorship at the Institute of Semiconductors, CAS, Beijing (since 2019). Since 2015, Patanè is the UK Director and Council member of the European Magnetic Field Laboratory, an international research facility for development and use of magnetic fields. Also, she leads at Nottingham the EPI2SEM facility, a now a hub for development of next generation atomically-thin semiconductors for science and technologies.
 

Amalia Patanè

University of Nottingham, Nottingham (UK)

Biography: Amalia Patanè studied at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” where she received her MSc in Physics (1994) and PhD (1998). She then moved to the School of Physics and Astronomy at Nottingham where she has been Professor of Physics (since 2011) and Director of Research (2019-23). Her research achievements in semiconductor physics were recognized by the Sir Charles Vernon Boys Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics (2007), an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship (2004-09), a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship (2017-19), a Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) President’s International Fellowship Award (2018-19), and an honorary professorship at the Institute of Semiconductors, CAS, Beijing (since 2019). Since 2015, Patanè is the UK Director and Council member of the European Magnetic Field Laboratory, an international research facility for development and use of magnetic fields. Also, she leads at Nottingham the EPI2SEM facility, a now a hub for development of next generation atomically-thin semiconductors for science and technologies.
 

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Giulia Serrano

University of Florence, Florence (Italy)

Biography: Giulia Serrano is a material scientist with interdisciplinary expertise in surface and solid-state physics and chemistry. She specializes in spectroscopic techniques and microscopy for material characterization, focusing on molecular systems on surfaces to develop novel hybrid structures for spintronics and sensing technologies. She earned her Bachelor's (2009) and Master’s (2011) degrees in Material Science at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, where she began her research on surface science and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM). In 2015, she obtained a PhD in Physics, developing a laboratory for solid/liquid interface studies and pioneering research on wide-bandgap semiconductors in liquid environments. After her PhD, she conducted postdoctoral research at Johannes Kepler University (Austria), exploring radiofrequency STM for magnetic and vibrational material excitation. In 2016, she joined the University of Florence as a senior postdoc, investigating single-molecule magnets (SMMs) on surfaces, their interactions with substrates like graphene, and their applications in spintronics and quantum computing. Her research led to key discoveries, including a novel sensing phenomenon at SMM-superconductor interfaces, published in high-impact journals. In2024, she was appointed as an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering (DIEF) at the University of Florence, further expanding her work into industrial collaborations while maintaining a strong focus on fundamental research. She has authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications, delivered more than 30 oral presentations (including eight invited talks), and received multiple fellowships and awards, including the NEST 2020 award. Additionally, she has secured national and international research grants and participated in numerous synchrotron experiments.

 

Giulia Serrano

University of Florence, Florence (Italy)

Biography: Giulia Serrano is a material scientist with interdisciplinary expertise in surface and solid-state physics and chemistry. She specializes in spectroscopic techniques and microscopy for material characterization, focusing on molecular systems on surfaces to develop novel hybrid structures for spintronics and sensing technologies. She earned her Bachelor's (2009) and Master’s (2011) degrees in Material Science at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, where she began her research on surface science and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM). In 2015, she obtained a PhD in Physics, developing a laboratory for solid/liquid interface studies and pioneering research on wide-bandgap semiconductors in liquid environments. After her PhD, she conducted postdoctoral research at Johannes Kepler University (Austria), exploring radiofrequency STM for magnetic and vibrational material excitation. In 2016, she joined the University of Florence as a senior postdoc, investigating single-molecule magnets (SMMs) on surfaces, their interactions with substrates like graphene, and their applications in spintronics and quantum computing. Her research led to key discoveries, including a novel sensing phenomenon at SMM-superconductor interfaces, published in high-impact journals. In2024, she was appointed as an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering (DIEF) at the University of Florence, further expanding her work into industrial collaborations while maintaining a strong focus on fundamental research. She has authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications, delivered more than 30 oral presentations (including eight invited talks), and received multiple fellowships and awards, including the NEST 2020 award. Additionally, she has secured national and international research grants and participated in numerous synchrotron experiments.

 

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Ulrich Starke

Max-Planck-Institut, Stuttgart (Germany)

Biography: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Starke is a distinguished physicist with expertise in surface science, semiconductor surfaces, and the synthesis and functionalization of 2D materials, including epitaxial graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides. After earning his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Erlangen in 1989, he expanded his research during a postdoctoral fellowship at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA. He later served as a research scientist and group leader at the University of Erlangen before joining the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, where he now leads the Interface Analysis facility. His research integrates advanced synthesis of high-quality epitaxial materials with in-depth investigations of their electronic and atomic structures. Prof. Starke has authored 227 peer-reviewed publications, holds an H-index of 58, and is widely regarded as a leading figure in his field. He also holds the title of Ausserplanmäßiger Professor at the University of Erlangen.
 

Ulrich Starke

Max-Planck-Institut, Stuttgart (Germany)

Biography: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Starke is a distinguished physicist with expertise in surface science, semiconductor surfaces, and the synthesis and functionalization of 2D materials, including epitaxial graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides. After earning his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Erlangen in 1989, he expanded his research during a postdoctoral fellowship at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA. He later served as a research scientist and group leader at the University of Erlangen before joining the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, where he now leads the Interface Analysis facility. His research integrates advanced synthesis of high-quality epitaxial materials with in-depth investigations of their electronic and atomic structures. Prof. Starke has authored 227 peer-reviewed publications, holds an H-index of 58, and is widely regarded as a leading figure in his field. He also holds the title of Ausserplanmäßiger Professor at the University of Erlangen.
 

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Ursula Wurstbauer

Münster University, Münster (Germany)

Biography: Ursula Wurstbauer holds a degree in Physics from the University of Regensburg in 2006, where she also received her PhD under supervision of Prof. Werner Wegscheider in 2008. After postdoc stays at Hamburg University and Columbia University in the City of New York (USA), she became in 2013 a junior group leader at the Walter Schottky Institute at the Technical University of Munich and was elected as PI of the DFG cluster of excellence “Nanosystems Initiative Munich” (NIM) and member of the cluster of excellence “e-conversion”. Since 2019, she is a W3 Professor of Physics at Münster university heading the nanoelectronics group. The research of the group focuses on emergent and interaction driven phenomena of two-dimensional materials and two-dimensional charge carrier systems, related hetero-, and hybrid structures as well as interfaces. The aim is to gain a fundamental understanding of the physical properties of those systems, and to learn – in a next step – to control and tailor them on purpose with the vision to achieve novel functionalities and at the same time to look for potential application in an interdisciplinary context. These low-dimensional systems are therefore integrated in nano- and microscale circuitries, as well as in proof-of-concept and prototypical devices to explore their potential for opto-/electronic or energy harvesting applications and to serve as test-bed structures towards quantum technologies.
 

Ursula Wurstbauer

Münster University, Münster (Germany)

Biography: Ursula Wurstbauer holds a degree in Physics from the University of Regensburg in 2006, where she also received her PhD under supervision of Prof. Werner Wegscheider in 2008. After postdoc stays at Hamburg University and Columbia University in the City of New York (USA), she became in 2013 a junior group leader at the Walter Schottky Institute at the Technical University of Munich and was elected as PI of the DFG cluster of excellence “Nanosystems Initiative Munich” (NIM) and member of the cluster of excellence “e-conversion”. Since 2019, she is a W3 Professor of Physics at Münster university heading the nanoelectronics group. The research of the group focuses on emergent and interaction driven phenomena of two-dimensional materials and two-dimensional charge carrier systems, related hetero-, and hybrid structures as well as interfaces. The aim is to gain a fundamental understanding of the physical properties of those systems, and to learn – in a next step – to control and tailor them on purpose with the vision to achieve novel functionalities and at the same time to look for potential application in an interdisciplinary context. These low-dimensional systems are therefore integrated in nano- and microscale circuitries, as well as in proof-of-concept and prototypical devices to explore their potential for opto-/electronic or energy harvesting applications and to serve as test-bed structures towards quantum technologies.
 

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Alexei Zakharov

MAX IV Laboratory, Lund (Sweden)

Biography: Alexei Zakharov studied at the Faculty of Physics at the National Research University of Electronic Technology in Moscow, where he earned his MSc in Physics in 1982. In 1988, he completed his PhD at the Institute of Atomic Energy (Moscow), where he worked as a scientist and senior scientist from 1988 to 1996 in the field of high temperature superconductivity. In 1996, he joined the synchrotron MAX Laboratory as a researcher and beamline scientist. His primary focus has been utilizing photoelectron microscopes to study surfaces and interfaces using various microscopy techniques. Over the last 10 years, he has managed a state-of-the-art aberration-corrected spectroscopic photoemission and low-energy electron microscope, achieving unprecedented spatial resolutions of 2 nm in LEEM mode and 10–15 nm in XPEEM mode. In 2018, this microscope was integrated into a new beamline (MAXPEEM) at the MAX IV facility. The instrument has consistently delivered high-profile results (see, for example, a recent publication (Amin et al. Nature 636, p.348, 2024) and has contributed to more than 200 papers in refereed journals and over 60 conference presentations.
 

Alexei Zakharov

MAX IV Laboratory, Lund (Sweden)

Biography: Alexei Zakharov studied at the Faculty of Physics at the National Research University of Electronic Technology in Moscow, where he earned his MSc in Physics in 1982. In 1988, he completed his PhD at the Institute of Atomic Energy (Moscow), where he worked as a scientist and senior scientist from 1988 to 1996 in the field of high temperature superconductivity. In 1996, he joined the synchrotron MAX Laboratory as a researcher and beamline scientist. His primary focus has been utilizing photoelectron microscopes to study surfaces and interfaces using various microscopy techniques. Over the last 10 years, he has managed a state-of-the-art aberration-corrected spectroscopic photoemission and low-energy electron microscope, achieving unprecedented spatial resolutions of 2 nm in LEEM mode and 10–15 nm in XPEEM mode. In 2018, this microscope was integrated into a new beamline (MAXPEEM) at the MAX IV facility. The instrument has consistently delivered high-profile results (see, for example, a recent publication (Amin et al. Nature 636, p.348, 2024) and has contributed to more than 200 papers in refereed journals and over 60 conference presentations.
 

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Zeila Zanolli

Utrecht University, Utrecht (The Netherlands)

Biography: Zeila Zanolli is a a Full Professor in Theory and Simulations of Quantum Materials at Utrecht University, where she is leading the “Quantum Materials by Design” group. She is recognized for her works in first-principles simulations of Quantum Materials, and for establishing on a quantitative basis the interplay between topology, superconductivity and magnetism. She has led the implementation of superconducting Density Functional Theory in the Open-Source code SIESTA, making possible the systematic study of complex forms superconductivity (proximity induced, spin-triplet, high-temperature superconductivity) in addition to conventional ones. Using many-body first-principes simulations, she explored the possibilities of tuning the optical properties of 2D materials by straining, twisting, and introducing defects, with the aim at creating and controlling novel functional quantum states for applications in quantum technologies. Prof. Zanolli is Deputy Chair of the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility, a knowledge center and research newtwork across Europe and the United in theoretical spectroscopy. She is serving in several international boards on Quantum Materials (European Physical Society, NWO Quantum Committee, Dutch Chemical Society) and atomistic simulations (Psi-k working group “Quantum materials driven by correlations, topology or spin”).

 

Zeila Zanolli

Utrecht University, Utrecht (The Netherlands)

Biography: Zeila Zanolli is a a Full Professor in Theory and Simulations of Quantum Materials at Utrecht University, where she is leading the “Quantum Materials by Design” group. She is recognized for her works in first-principles simulations of Quantum Materials, and for establishing on a quantitative basis the interplay between topology, superconductivity and magnetism. She has led the implementation of superconducting Density Functional Theory in the Open-Source code SIESTA, making possible the systematic study of complex forms superconductivity (proximity induced, spin-triplet, high-temperature superconductivity) in addition to conventional ones. Using many-body first-principes simulations, she explored the possibilities of tuning the optical properties of 2D materials by straining, twisting, and introducing defects, with the aim at creating and controlling novel functional quantum states for applications in quantum technologies. Prof. Zanolli is Deputy Chair of the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility, a knowledge center and research newtwork across Europe and the United in theoretical spectroscopy. She is serving in several international boards on Quantum Materials (European Physical Society, NWO Quantum Committee, Dutch Chemical Society) and atomistic simulations (Psi-k working group “Quantum materials driven by correlations, topology or spin”).

 

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