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Italian-american nanophysicist

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Martino Poggio
Martino Poggio (2022)
NationalityItalian and American
Scientific career
FieldsNanophysicist
InstitutionsHarvard University, University of California, IBM Almaden Research Center, University of Basel, Swiss Nanoscience Institute

Martino Poggio (born 5 March 1978, in Tübingen) is an Italian-American nanophysicist who has been a professor of physics at the University of Basel (Switzerland) since 2009 and director of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute at the University of Basel since August 2022. In addition, he was head of the Department of Physics at the University of Basel from September 2019 to August 2021 and then deputy head until August 2023. From 2020 to 2022, Poggio also served as co-director of the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) QSIT.

Early life and education

Martino Poggio, whose parents are from Italy, has both Italian and American citizenship. After graduating from the Roxbury Latin School, he completed his bachelor's in physics at Harvard University in 2000 and his PhD at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2005. During his studies, he worked for David Awschalom in the field of ultrafast optics and semiconductor spintronics, completing his dissertation on the topic of "Spin Interactions Between Conduction Electrons and Local Moments in Semiconductor Quantum Wells".

Career

After receiving his doctorate, he began work as a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Probing the Nanoscale, a joint research centre of Stanford University and IBM. Until the end of 2008, he worked on high-sensitivity magnetic resonance force microscopy in Dan Rugar's laboratory at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, and he was appointed as an assistant professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Basel in summer of that year. Awarded an ERC Starting Grant in 2013, he was promoted by the university to associate professor in 2014 and full professor in 2020. Along with Roderick Lim, Poggio is one of two "Argovia" professors of nanosciences at the University of Basel, who are funded by the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI). Since August 2022, Poggio has led the SNI as its director.

Poggio works primarily in the area of nanomechanics and its applications in sensor technology. In this context, nanomechanical sensors are used to take highly sensitive measurements of force, spin and charges on matter. The mechanical "top-down" devices that are traditionally found in the semiconductor industry are now joined by a new class of self-assembled "bottom-up" structures that offer huge potential for improving sensitivity.

Awards

  • 2013: European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant
  • 2010: Cozzarelli Prize for an outstanding PNAS publication

Selected publications

A full list of publications can be found at Publications

References

  1. "Prof. Dr. Martino Poggio". Hightech Zentrum Aargau. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. "Prof. Dr. Martino Poggio". University of Basel. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  3. "ERC Starting Grants 2013 Results" (PDF). European Research Council. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  4. "Zwei neue Professuren an der Uni Basel" (in German). Basler Zeitung. 17 July 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  5. "Interview: Martino Poggio". Zurich Instruments AG. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  6. "Nanoforschung als Herzenssache – Martino Poggio wird neuer SNI-Direktor" (in German). University of Basel. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  7. "Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up" (in German). nanoss GmbH. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

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