Francesco QUOCHI, Ph.D. Born 26/03/1970, Livorno, Italy Married, one daughter RESEARCH FIELDS -Photophysics of halide perovskites for photovoltaics and optoelectronics -Plasmonics nanostructures for sensing -Photophysics of lanthanide coordination complexes and polymers -Photophysics and photonics of organic epitaxial nanostructures -Nonlinear optics of semiconductors -Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) -Ultrafast spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures and microcavities SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES -Publications of scientific papers on high impact journals -Participation to over 40 national/international conferences/schools with prevalently oral contributions and some invited talks -Referee for American Physical Society (APS), American Chemical Society (ACS), Wiley HIGHLIGHTS -Chemistry – A European Journal Cover Picture: “Ln3Q9 as a Molecular Framework for Ion-Size-Driven Assembly of Heterolanthanide (Nd, Er, Yb) Multiple Near-Infrared Emitters”, Chemistry – A European Journal 21, 3837 (2015) -Advanced Optical Materials Frontispiece: “Organic Nanofibers: Extending the Lasing Wavelength Coverage of Organic Semiconductor Nanofibers by Periodic Organic-Organic Heteroepitaxy”, Advanced Optical Materials 1, 116 (2013) -Nature Photonics Research Highlights: Noriaki Horiuchi, “Excited States Investigated”, Nature Photonics 6, 71 (2012) -Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry Cover Picture: “Fluorescence micrograph of para-sexiphenyl nanofibers deposited on (001)-oriented muscovite mica”, Vol. 390, No. 1 (2008) AWARDS 2000: Prospective researcher fellowship from Swiss National Science Foundation to spend one year at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Holmdel NJ, USA EMPLOYMENT Since October 2015: Associate Professor of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics 02/B1, SSD FIS/01 – Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Italy 2010-2015: Researcher of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics 02/B1, SSD FIS/01 – Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Italy 2006–2010: Contract Professor of General Physics – Faculty of Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy 2003–2010: Contract Researcher (Assegnista di ricerca) SSD FIS/01 – Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Italy 2000–2002: Contract Researcher – Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Holmdel NJ, USA 1999: Postdoctoral Research Associate – Department of Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland EDUCATION 1999: PhD degree in Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 1994: Master’s degree in Physics (Laurea in Fisica, 110/110 e lode) – University of Pisa, Italy 1989: High school degree (Maturità Scientifica, 60/60) – Liceo Scientifico “E. Fermi”, Cecina (LI), Italy