Francesca Brunetti
Roma, Italy
Prof. Francesca Brunetti graduated with honors in Engineering from the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” in 2001 and obtained her Ph.D. from the same university in 2004. In 2005, she was awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Since 2006, she has been a researcher within the Optoelectronics group led by Prof. Aldo Di Carlo at the Department of Engineering at Tor Vergata. Dr. Brunetti has developed extensive and multidisciplinary expertise in the analysis, design, and fabrication of electronic and optoelectronic devices, leveraging nanomaterials and organic semiconductors. Since 2004, she has been working on devices employing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for applications in electronics and sensing technologies.
She has conducted optimization studies on nanofabrication processes, focusing on nanoimprint lithography, nanopatterning techniques, and electrochemical growth for the development of metallic nanowires. Her research has also covered hybrid/organic and fully organic transistors on flexible substrates. Within the framework of the Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy (CHOSE, www.chose.it) of the Lazio Region, Dr. Brunetti is actively involved in the development of organic bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic devices based on nanostructured organic materials. Coordination roles: she served as Research Unit Leader for the University of Rome Tor Vergata in the PRIN-200 project "Fabrication and modeling of a tactile sensor array," and as co-Principal Investigator, together with Prof. Aldo Di Carlo, in the European project OPTHER (“Optically Driven THz Amplifier”), coordinated by Tor Vergata.
She is also the Coordinator of the European project no. 309201 GO-NEXTs ("Graphene doping and texturing in efficient electrodes for organic solar cells"). Publications and presentations: she has authored or co-authored over 40 publications, including high-impact journal articles and conference proceedings, as well as four patents. She has also delivered around 20 oral presentations at international conferences.
Francesca can be contacted at francesca.brunetti@uniroma2.it
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