Europass Curriculum Vitae Personal information First name(s) / Surname(s) LUCIA FORNASARI Address(es) VIA LUIGI MAESTRI Telephone(s) +39-3408078491 E-mail Nationality Date of birth 23, 27100 PAVIA (PV) lucia.fornasari@unipv.it Italian 09 August 1982 Work experience Dates Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities Dates March 2013 Responsible for the “Progetto di Innovazione Sociale” (Smart City and Social Innovation, MIUR) “Real Time pervasive water quality monitoring by innovative lab-onchip” Realization of an innovative sensor to monitor the bacteriological quality of net water May 2013-April 2014 Occupation or position held Responsible for the SafeFood research project. The project has been awarded a 30.000 EURO prize at the Working Capital event sposored by Telecom Italia Main activities and responsibilities Construction of an economical and flexible pocket sensor for the analysis of safety and quality of food Dates Name and address of employer Occupation or position held February 2011 – October 2013 Università degli Studi di Pavia Research project entitled: “Label-free detection systems based on surface plasmon resonance” Education and training Dates Name and type of organisation providing education and training Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Title of qualification awarded November 2006 – December 2010 University of Milan Dates Name and type of organisation providing education and training Principal subjects/occupational skills covered 7 June 2008 – 14 June 2008 Institut Laue-Langevin Dates Name and type of organisation providing education and training Principal subjects/occupational skills covered October 2006 University of Pavia, Department of Physics Lucia Fornasari Study of colloidal interactions mediated by biomolecular recognition and electrokinetic flows. PhD in Physics with address: "Physical methods and innovative materials applied to biomedicine." 9th European Summer School on "Scattering methods applied to soft condensed matter" Solid state Physics, semiconductor physics. Dissertation: “Optical and transport properties of ternary germanium clathrates” Master Degree in Physical Sciences (110/110 cum laude) 04/02/2014 Dates Name and type of organisation providing education and training Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Title of qualification awarded August 2005 – May 2006 Technische Universität, Vienna (Austria) Dates Name and type of organisation providing education and training Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Title of qualification awarded December 2004 University of Pavia, Department of Physics Dates Name and type of organisation providing education and training Title of qualification awarded Study and research at the Physics of materials laboratory Erasmus Project Solid state physics. Dissertation: “Preparation and Characterization of organic dyes in the form of molecular aggregates and infiltration of synthetic opals” Degree in Physics (107/110) July 2001 Liceo Scientifico “Torquato Taramelli” di Pavia Highschool scientific degree Personal skills and competences Mother tongue(s) ITALIAN Other language(s) Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing European level (*) Listening Reading English B2 C1 B1 B2 B1 German B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 Social skills and competences Organisational skills and competences Technical skills and competences Spoken interaction Spoken production Excellent skills of collaboration and teamwork acquired in many research groups Excellent organizational skills especially in the organization of research groups for experimental activity. Administrative knowledge acquired through the experience of Treasurer of voluntary associations. Experimental techniques for the optical characterization of condensed matter and colloidal system. Fourier transform and dispersive spectroscopy, ellipsometry, optical birefringence, static and dynamic light scattering. Temperature resolved measurement of conductance, Seebeck effect and resistivity. Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) computational simulation. Computer skills and competences Artistic skills and competences Driving licence Lucia Fornasari Excellent knowledge of: MatLab, LabVIEW, Matematica, Origin, SigmaPlot. Extensive knowlegde of Microsoft Office (Word, Excell, PowerPoint, Access) and LaTeX word processor. Graduated in Harp at Conservatorio “G. Verdi” in Tourin Type B driving license 04/02/2014 Teaching Experiences List of Pubblications Conferences and Workshops Posters 2011-2014 Teaching Assistant at the Department of Physics of the University of Pavia 2007-2009 Tutor for the course of “Physics for the Medicine” for Podology and Physiotherapy students, University of Milan 2007-2009 Teaching Assistant for the Physics course for students of the interfaculty degree of Biotechnology, University of Milan 1. F. Marabelli, D. Comoretto, D. Bajoni, M. Galli and L. Fornasari “Optical Properties of Polystyrene Opals Infiltrated with Cyanine Dyes in the form of J-Aggregates”, MRS Proceedings, 846 (2004) 2. N. Melnychenko-Koblyuk, A. Grytsiv, P. Rogl, M. Rotter, R. Lackner, E. Bauer, L. Fornasari, F. Marabelli and G. Giester, “Structure and physical properties of type-I clathrate solid-solution Ba8PtxGe46−x−y □ y =vacancy”, Physical Review B 76 195124 (2007) 3. N. Melnychenko-Koblyuk, A. Grytsiv, P. Rogl, M. Rotter, R. Lackner, E. Bauer, L. Fornasari, F. Marabelli and G. Giester, “Ternary clathrates Ba–Zn–Ge: phase equilibria, crystal chemistry and physical properties“, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 19 216223 (2007) 4. T. Muramatsu, K. Tokuoka, E. Bauer, H. Michor, L. Fornasari, T. Kagayama and K. Shimizu, “Magnetic instability of weak ferromagnetic YCo9Si4 under pressure”, Physica B 403 1328 (2008) 5. L. Fornasari, F. Mantegazza, M.L. Jimenez, M. Buscaglia, and T. Bellini, “Field-induced clearing in sphere-sphere and rod-sphere binary mixtures of charged colloidal particles”, Physical Review E 79 060401(R) (2009) 6. M. L. Jimenez, L. Fornasari, F. Mantegazza, M. C. D. Mourad and T. Bellini, “Electric Birefringence of Dispersions of Platelets”, Langmuir 251 28 (2012) 7. S. Rampazzi, G. Danese, L. Fornasari, F. Leporati, F. Marabelli, N. Nazzicari and A. Valsesia, “Lab On Chip: Portable Optical Device for On-Site Multi-parametric Analysis”, 2013 16th Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, 807-810 8. B. Bottazzi, L. Fornasari, A. Frangolho, S. Giudicatti, A. Mantovani, F. Marabelli, G. Marchesini, P. Pellacani, R. Therisod and A. Valsesia, “Multiplexed label-free optical biosensor for medical diagnostics”, Journal of Biomedical Optics 19(1) 017006 (2014) 9. F. Floris, F. Marabelli, M. Patrini, L. Fornasari, F. Quochi, C. Figus, G. Bongiovanni, A. Mura, M. Saba, P. Pellecani and A. Valsesia, “Plasmonic Structures for Near Infrared Applications”, MRS Proceedings 1629 (2014) 1. 21st Workshop on Novel Materials and Superconductivity, Technische Universität, Vienna (Austria) (2013) 2. Workshop Plasmonica 2013, Polytechnic of Milan (2013) (Poster presentations) 3. Conference FisMat 2013, Polytechnic of Milan (2013) (Poster presentations) 1. Plasmonic Structures and Interaction with Fluorophores for Near Infrared Applications (Plasmonica 2013) 2. Nanostructured gold-polymer surface for a new SPR Imaging sensor (Plasmonica 2013) 3. Imaging sensor based on a 2D plasmonic crystal: sensitivity and multiplexed label-free detection (FISMAT 2013) 4. Plasmonic Structures For Near Infrared Applications (FISMAT 2013) 5. Patents Lucia Fornasari Lab On Chip: Portable Optical Device for On-Site Multi-parametric Analysis (16th Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design 2013) “Dispositivo per il rilevamento di composti molecolari basato su risonanza plasmonica di superficie” 04/02/2014