Michele Saba
Physicist, Ph.D.
michele.saba@dsf.unica.it
tel. +39 070 675 4872 (4756)
http://www.dsf.unica.it/~michele
Born in 1975,
Cagliari, Italy
Married with
Valeria Axiana, father of Leonardo (2003)
Dipartimento
di Fisica, Universitˆ di Cagliari
Cittadella Universitaria, I-09042 Monserrato (Ca) - Italia
Private
Address: Via della Libertˆ 131, 09048 Sinnai (Ca), Italia
Research interests
Colloidal nanocrystals
Advanced
molecular materials for photonics
Optical
properties of semiconductor nanostructures and microcavities
Bose-Einstein
condensation of atom gases and microfabricated
devices for atom optics
Scientific activities
Experiments on
ultrafast spectroscopy, semiconductor nanostructures and cold atoms
Publications in
leading journals (Science, Nature, Physical Review, Advanced Materials)
Participation
to international conferences (several invited presentations)
Physical review
referee
Employment
Staff Researcher, University of Cagliari, Italy, 2010-
Contract
Professor, University of Cagliari, Italy, 2006-present
Postdoctoral
Associate at the Center for Ultracold
Atoms, MIT, 2003-2006
Research
assistant, EPFL,
Switzerland 1999-2002
Teaching experience
General physics for informatics (170 students), 2006-present
Quantum optics and electronics for physicists,
2007-present
Master in renewable energies (2008 and 2009)
Teaching assistance,
general and experimental physics: EPFL 1999-02, Cagliari 2002-03
Awards and fellowships
Swiss Physical Society Award 2002 in Applied Physics (sponsored by Phonak AG)
2002
Swiss National
Science Foundation prospective researcher fellowship
2005 Grant ÒRientro dei cervelliÓ from the Italian
Ministry of Education, University and Research
2008 Seed Grant for Young Researchers from Italian
National Research Council
Education
2002
Ph.D. Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
"Optical coherence and stimulated scattering in
semiconductor microcavities"
1998 Degree in Physics, full marks (110/110)
cum laude, Universitˆ di Cagliari,
Italy.
1993 High school, Liceo Classico "G.M. Dettori", Cagliari, full marks (60/60)
Language skills
Italian, French
(fluent), English (fluent) and German (basic)