Cinzia Casiraghi

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Cinzia Casiraghi
Alma mater Politecnico di Milano (BSc)
University of Cambridge (PhD)
Awards Philip Leverhulme Prize
Scientific career
Fields Graphene
2D materials
Printable electronics
Optical spectroscopy
Nanotechnology [1]
Institutions University of Manchester
National Graphene Institute
Thesis Surface properties and Raman spectroscopy of diamond-like carbon  (2006)
Website casiraghi.weebly.com

Cinzia Casiraghi is a Professor of Nanoscience in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Manchester and National Graphene Institute in the UK. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Education

Casiraghi's undergraduate studies took place at the Politecnico di Milano in Italy, where she obtained a BSc and an MSc in Nuclear Engineering. [3] She completed her PhD in electrical engineering at the University of Cambridge in 2006. [5]

Research and career

After her PhD, she completed postdoctoral positions both at Cambridge and at the Free University of Berlin, Germany. [6] In 2008 Casiraghi was awarded the Sofja Kovalevskaya Award, a €1.65 million grant awarded to the highest quality junior researchers from outside Germany, for work concerning formation of graphene and carbon nanotubes. [7] [8] She moved to the University of Manchester in 2010, and was appointed Professor in Nanoscience in 2016, [3] the same year that she was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize. [9] She uses Raman spectroscopy to study two-dimensional materials; which include graphene [10] and chalcogenides. [11] She has focussed on ink-jet printed two-dimensional materials as well as nanotubes [12] for sensors, photodetectors and solar cells. [13] [14]

Casiraghi was awarded a European Research Council (ERC) consolidator grant to study the Nucleation of Organic Crystals on 2D Templates. [15] She has also demonstrated diamond-like carbon can be to increase storage density of data storage. [16]

Outside of academia, Casiraghi has contributed to popular science segments for BBC Radio 4 and The Guardian . [17] [18]

Honours and awards

Her awards and honours include: [19]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cinzia Casiraghi publications indexed by Google Scholar OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Ferrari, A. C.; Meyer, J. C.; Scardaci, V.; Casiraghi, C.; Lazzeri, M.; Mauri, F.; Piscanec, S.; Jiang, D.; Novoselov, K. S.; Roth, S.; Geim, A. K. (2006). "Raman Spectrum of Graphene and Graphene Layers". Physical Review Letters. 97 (18): 187401. arXiv: cond-mat/0606284 . Bibcode:2006PhRvL..97r7401F. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.187401. ISSN   0031-9007. PMID   17155573. S2CID   119094452.
  3. 1 2 3 "Prof Cinzia Casiraghi". research.manchester.ac.uk. University of Manchester. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  4. ↑ Britnell, L.; Ribeiro, R. M.; Eckmann, A.; Jalil, R.; Belle, B. D.; Mishchenko, A.; Kim, Y.- J.; Gorbachev, R. V.; Georgiou, T.; Morozov, S. V.; Grigorenko, A. N.; Geim, A. K.; Casiraghi, C.; Neto, A. H. C.; Novoselov, K. S. (2013). "Strong Light-Matter Interactions in Heterostructures of Atomically Thin Films". Science. 340 (6138): 1311–1314. Bibcode:2013Sci...340.1311B. doi:10.1126/science.1235547. hdl: 1822/24485 . ISSN   0036-8075. PMID   23641062. S2CID   26719792.
  5. ↑ Casiraghi, Cinzia (2006). Surface properties and Raman spectroscopy of diamond-like carbon. cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC   890156510. EThOS   uk.bl.ethos.613712.
  6. ↑ "Spotlight: Cinzia Casiraghi | Graphene News | Graphene Flagship". graphene-flagship.eu. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  7. ↑ "Beating the Odds". Science | AAAS. 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  8. ↑ "Award Winners 2008" . Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  9. ↑ "Philip Leverhulme Prize Winners 2016" (PDF). Leverhulme.ac.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Graphene". Casiraghi Group@Manchester: Nanoscience and Spectroscopy Lab. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  11. ↑ "Prof Cinzia Casiraghi - Research interests | The University of Manchester". research.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  12. ↑ "Nanotubes". Casiraghi Group@Manchester: Nanoscience and Spectroscopy Lab. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  13. ↑ "Inkjet-printed graphene devices go non-toxic". Chemistry World. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  14. ↑ "Inkjet-printed graphene-based strain sensor shows promise | Graphene-Info". graphene-info.com. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  15. ↑ "NOC2D (ERC)". Casiraghi Group@Manchester: Nanoscience and Spectroscopy Lab. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  16. ↑ "Diamond-like Carbon". Casiraghi Group@Manchester: Nanoscience and Spectroscopy Lab. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  17. ↑ Davis, Presented by Nicola; Slaney, produced by Rowan; Jones, Gabriela (2017-05-21). "Is graphene really worth the hype – science weekly". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  18. ↑ "In their element - Carbon | Research Explorer | The University of Manchester". research.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  19. ↑ "Prof Cinzia Casiraghi - Prizes | The University of Manchester". research.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
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