Biography:Cinzia Casiraghi

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Cinzia Casiraghi
Alma materPolitecnico di Milano (BSc)
University of Cambridge (PhD)
AwardsPhilip Leverhulme Prize
Scientific career
FieldsGraphene
2D materials
Printable electronics
Optical spectroscopy
Nanotechnology[1]
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
National Graphene Institute
ThesisSurface properties and Raman spectroscopy of diamond-like carbon (2006)
Websitecasiraghi.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]

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]

  • Philip Leverhulme Prize, 2016
  • Eli and Harari £50K Graphene Enterprise Award, 2015

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 {{Google Scholar id}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
  2. ↑ Ferrari, A. C.; Meyer, J. C.; Scardaci, V.; Casiraghi, C.; Lazzeri, M.; Mauri, F.; Piscanec, S.; Jiang, D. et al. (2006). "Raman Spectrum of Graphene and Graphene Layers". Physical Review Letters 97 (18): 187401. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.187401. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 17155573. Bibcode: 2006PhRvL..97r7401F. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Prof Cinzia Casiraghi" (in en). University of Manchester. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/cinzia.casiraghi.html. 
  4. ↑ Britnell, L.; Ribeiro, R. M.; Eckmann, A.; Jalil, R.; Belle, B. D.; Mishchenko, A.; Kim, Y.- J.; Gorbachev, R. V. et al. (2013). "Strong Light-Matter Interactions in Heterostructures of Atomically Thin Films". Science 340 (6138): 1311–1314. doi:10.1126/science.1235547. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 23641062. Bibcode: 2013Sci...340.1311B. 
  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" (in en). https://graphene-flagship.eu/spotlight-cinzia-casiraghi. 
  7. ↑ "Beating the Odds" (in en). Science | AAAS. 2008-12-05. https://www.science.org/content/article/beating-odds. 
  8. ↑ "Award Winners 2008". https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/skp-2008-en.html. 
  9. ↑ "Philip Leverhulme Prize Winners 2016". https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Awards_made/2016%20PLP.pdf. 
  10. ↑ "Graphene" (in en). http://casiraghi.weebly.com/graphene.html. 
  11. ↑ "Prof Cinzia Casiraghi - Research interests | The University of Manchester" (in en). https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/cinzia-casiraghi(4c5885ca-3b6b-47d2-991e-622c6a3db717)/projects.html?period=running. 
  12. ↑ "Nanotubes" (in en). http://casiraghi.weebly.com/nanotubes.html. 
  13. ↑ "Inkjet-printed graphene devices go non-toxic" (in en). Chemistry World. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/inkjet-printed-graphene-devices-go-non-toxic/2500380.article. 
  14. ↑ "Inkjet-printed graphene-based strain sensor shows promise | Graphene-Info" (in en). https://www.graphene-info.com/inkjet-printed-graphene-based-strain-sensor-shows-promise. 
  15. ↑ "NOC2D (ERC)" (in en). http://casiraghi.weebly.com/noc2d-erc.html. 
  16. ↑ "Diamond-like Carbon" (in en). http://casiraghi.weebly.com/diamond-like-carbon.html. 
  17. ↑ Davis, Presented by Nicola; Slaney, produced by Rowan; Jones, Gabriela (2017-05-21). "Is graphene really worth the hype – science weekly" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2017/may/21/is-graphene-really-worth-the-hype-science-weekly. 
  18. ↑ "In their element - Carbon | Research Explorer | The University of Manchester" (in en). https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/media/in-their-element--carbon(54b52c59-61e7-4518-9548-d860e964aaa6).html. 
  19. ↑ "Prof Cinzia Casiraghi - Prizes | The University of Manchester" (in en). https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/cinzia-casiraghi(4c5885ca-3b6b-47d2-991e-622c6a3db717)/prizes.html. 

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