Giovanni Bongiovanni- short Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1958, Solarussa, Italy

Married, two daughters

PROFESSIONAL ADDRESS

Dipartimento di Fisica E-mail: giovanni.bongiovanni@dsf.unica.it

Università degli Studi di Cagliari tel: +39-070-6754843

Complesso Universitario di Monserrato fax: +39-070-510171

I-09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy webpage: http://www.dsf.unica.it/EOG/

EDUCATION

1982 Graduated in Physics (110/110 cum laude), University of Cagliari, Italy,

1986-1989 Postdoctoral Fellow–Physics Department, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

ACADEMIC CAREER

1986-1989 Assistant Professor –Physics Department, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

1990-2000 Assistant & contract Professor, University of Cagliari, Italy

2000 to present Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy

· Research fellow, Département de Physique, École Polytechnique Fédérale, Lausanne Switzerland

(1986-1989)

· Associate Professor, Università di Cagliari (FIS/01) (2001-)

· Coordinator of the network Organic Semiconductors, INFM-CNR (2001-2003)

· Member of the PhD board in Scienze e Tecnologie Fisiche, Università di Cagliari (2003-)

· Member of the scientific board of Centro Grandi Strumenti CGS, Università di Cagliari (2004-)

· Coordinator of PhD curriculum in Condensed Matter Physics, Università di Cagliari (2009)

· Director of the Physics PhD School of the Università di Cagliari (2010-2012)

· Member of the PhD board in Scienze Fisiche della Materia, Università di Roma tre-CNISM (2010-)

· Member of the Giunta di Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Cagliari (2012-)

· Member of the Consiglio di Facoltà di Ingegneria e Architettura, as representative of the Dipartimento di

Fisica, Università di Cagliari (2012-)

· Member of the Senato Accademico dell' Università di Cagliari (2012-)

TEACHING

1986-1989 Assistant Professor –Physics Department, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland-Laboratory of Physics for undergraduate students

1995-2000 Contract Professor, Faculty of Engineer, University of Cagliari, Italy -General Physics I, Laboratory of Physics for undergraduate students

1997-2000 Contract Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Cagliari, Italy -Optical properties of materials

2000 to present Professor in charge of General Physics I and II, Faculty of Engineer, University of Cagliari, Italy

EXPERTISE. GB is an experimental physicist with a long-standing research activity in linear, nonlinear and

ultrafast optical spectroscopy in condensed matter.

RESEARCH FIELDS

· ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS AND NANOSTRUCTURES. Host-guest crystals; molecular semiconductors

(oligothiophenes, oligophenylenes and organolanthanides); Self-assembled nanofibers (oligothiophenes

and oligophenylenes) (1995-). Investigated physical phenomena: excited-state properties, excited-state

relaxation, inter-molecular interaction, energy transfer, NIR-light emission, optical gain, light amplification

and random lasing.

· COLLOIDAL SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS. CdS/CdSe core/shell nanocrystals; NIR-nanocrystals:

PbS, PbSe, (2008-); Non-toxic nanocrystals: Bi2S3, Cu2S and Fe2S (2012-). Investigated physical

phenomena: excited-state properties, multi-exciton states, charged-states, Auger processes, light

emission, optical gain and light amplification, photocurrent ad photovoltaic response.

· LOW DIMENSIONAL INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS. GaAs/GaAlAs Quantum wells and semiconductor

microcavities (1986-2002). Investigated physical phenomena: optical nonlinearities near the optical gap:

optical gain, band gap renormalization, four-wave-mixing and coherent exciton-photon dynamics.

PUBLICATIONS

• Co-author of more than 120 papers in peer reviewed International Journal

· Co-Author of one book chapter in “Organic Nanostructures for Next Generation Devices” edited by K. Al-Shamery, H.-G. Rubahn, H. Sitter, Springer Series in Materials Science, Vol. 101 (Springer, Berlin, 2008)

REFEREE ACTIVITIES

· Journals: The American Physical Society (APS), the American Institute of Physics (AIP), IOP Journals, Adv.

Mat. and Adv. Func. Mater., J. Chem. Phys., American Chemical Society (ACS), Nature Journals.

• Projects: FIRB, PRIN projects and Dutch Projects.

CONGRESS ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES

· -Member of the scientific board and co-organizer of the national school and workshop on "Scuola Nazionale

sui Materiali Molecolari per Fotonica ed Elettronica", held in Sardinia, 2001,2006,2009

(http://www.dsf.unica.it/~fotonica/arbatax09/index.html)

· -Member of the scientific board and co-organizer of the international school "Molecules in Nanochannels,

Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Application" held in Cagliari, 2003

(http://www.nanomatch.eu/Nanochannel/news.html)

· -Member of the scientific board and co-organizer of the international school "European Spring School 2010

Supramolecular Organized Nanostructured Materials for Optoelectronic Applications " Alghero, June 2010

(http://www.nanomatch.eu/News.html)

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS

• “Nanomateriali eco-compatibili per celle fotovoltaiche a stato solido di nuova generazione (2012-2015), within the regional programme -Promozione della ricerca scientifica e dell’innovazione tecnologica in Sardegna. GB is the scientist-in-charge of the project.
• “Design di nanomateriali ibridi organici/inorganici per l’energia fotovoltaica” (2010-2012), within the regional programme -Promozione della ricerca scientifica e dell’innovazione tecnologica in Sardegna. GB is the scientist-in-charge of the project.
• “Supramolecular nanostrucutured organic/inorganic hybrid systems”, within the European programme FP6 “Marie Curie Research Training Network” 2007-20010. GB is the national scientist-in-charge of the project.
• “Molecular organic semiconductors for blue lasers” within MIUR-Italy-Austria bilateral project , 2004. GB was the italian project leader
• “Synthesis of novel organic materials and supramolecular architectures for high efficiency optoelectronic and photonics systems”, within MIUR-FIRB project (2006-2009), GB is the scientist-in-charge at the University of Cagliari.
• “Laboratorio di misure spettroscopiche, di trasporto e magnetiche in materiali sottoposti a pressioni estreme", within the Programma Operativo Nazionale (PON), 2003. GB was the project leader.
• “Laboratorio Interdisciplinare di Microscopie e Nanoscopie: proprietà elettroniche, ottiche, composizionali e strutturali di dispositivi e materiali naturali e di sintesi.”, within the Programma Operativo Nazionale (PON), 2003. GB is member of the scientific board.
• “Molecules in Nanochannels, Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Application” , within the European programme “Human Potential and Mobility of Researchers Programme” 2002. GB was the national scientist-in-charge of the project.
• “New light emitters for telecommunications based on organic complexes of lanthanides”, within MIUR-PRIN project (2002). GB was the scientist-in-charge of the project at the University of Cagliari.
• “Artificial Organic Nanostructures For Photonic Applications”, within MIUR-FIRB project (2001). GB was the scientist-in-charge of the project at the University of Cagliari.
• “Organic molecular nanostructures: novel light emitting materials", within MIUR-PRIN project (1998). GB was the scientist-in-charge of the project at the University of Cagliari.
• “Pressure effects on the electronic properties of organic semiconductors” INFM Project (1998). GB was the project leader.
• “Multistrati organici deposti in UHV per applicazioni optoelettroniche" INFM Project (1997). GB was the scientist-in-charge of the project at the University of Cagliari.

LABORATORIES

GB with A. Mura are in-charge of the Optoelectronics and Photonics Labs at the Department of Physics, University of Cagliari. http://www.dsf.unica.it/~fotonica/index.html. Research team: Permanent Staff (November, 2012): G. Bongiovanni (Associate Professor, since 2000), A. Mura

(Associate Professor, since 2000), F. Quochi (Researcher, since 2011), M. Saba (Researcher, since 2010)