European School On Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies

ESONN 2005 Participants:

Biology and Physics session


BIOLOGY SESSION:

Surname

First name

Nationality

Gender

Applicant function

Laboratory

Lab address

PhD Topic

Research field

ALBONICO

Angelo

Italian

M

Student

Materials and Microsystems Laboratory (cLAB)

Palazzo "L.EINAUDI"
Lungo Piazza d'Armi, 6
10034 Chivasso (TO) - ITALY

Nanotechnology

Sensors for liquid environment, nanoparticles, nanoelectrodes

BOTTERHUIS

Nicole

Dutch

F

PhD student

Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry

Den Dolech 2, P.O.Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven

Microcontact printing with hydrophilic bisurea thermoplastic elastomers

Supramolecular chemistry, nanotechnology, surface interactions

BRIZ

Nerea

Spanish

F

Scientist

INASMET Foundation

PºMikeletegi nº2 20009 San Sebastián

Peptides adhesion on biomaterials

Biofunctionalization

CABUY

Erik

Belgian

M

Post-Doc

Institute of Cancer Genetics and Pharmacogenomics

Brunel University Uxbridge Middlesex UB8 3PH

Telomeres and telomerase

Cell biology

CASTRATARO

Piero

Italian

M

Student

Resident: CRIM LAB, actual: QUAKE LAB

Resident:
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, 34 - 56025
Pontedera (PI) Italy

Actual: Bioengineering 318 Campus Drive Clark Center E300 Stanford, CA 94305-5432 USA

Study and design of new systems for microendoscopy

Microfluidics

CLANCY

Eoin

Irish

M

Student

INSAT

Herschel Annex, University of Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7ER, United Kingdom

Microarray and microparticle technologies for biorecognition studies in microfluidic environments

Lab-on-a-chip, Microarrays, Microfluidics, Biosensors

DE CROMBRUGGHE

Alexia

Belgian

F

Student

Physical Chemistry and Physic of Materials Laboratory

Croix du Sud, 1 B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

development and perfecting the transducer (polyaniline) of a biosensor and his characterization

biosensors, biotechnologies, electrochemistry

DRUMMOND

Carlos

Venezuelan

M

Scientist

Centre de Recherche Paul-Pascal, CNRS

115 Av Albert Schweitzer, PESSAC F-33600

Nanotribology

Nanotribology & Colloids science

EVTOOCHENKO

Eugeni

Russian

M

PhD student

Ecobiocatalysis lab.

Moscow State University, Chemistry department, Enzymology Division; 1/3 Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

The development of highly sensitive AFM-based ELISA technique

AFM, STM, surface science, polymers chemistry and physics, single molecule enzymology, peroxidase catalyzed oxidative polymerization, ELISA

GABRIEL

Sabine

Belgian

F

Ph.D. Student

CERM

Sart-Tilman, B6a 4000 Liège

Electrografting of polymer on conductive substrate

polymer coatings

GUPTA

Ram

USA

M

Professor

Chemical Engieering

0322 Haley Center, Auburn AL 36849-5127, USA

Supercritical Fluids

Nanoparticle Technology

JADHAV

Amol

Indian

M

PhD student

Institute of Nanoscale Science & Technology

INEX, Herschel Annex, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE1 7RU

‘Microparticle manipulation in microfluidic environments for bioanalysis’

Microfluidics, Biochips, Packaging

KAMINSKA

Marta

Polish

F

PhD student

Technical University of Lodz, Institute of Material Science and Engineering, Biophysics Department

Stefanowskiego St. 1; 90-924 Łódź, Poland

Nanocrystalline (NCD) surface modification for medical applications

Nanotechnologies, Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering

MANERA

Maria Grazia

Italian

F

Student

Institute for Microelectronics and microsystems-IMM-CNR- Lecce

c/o Campus universitario, Palazzina A3, via Provinciale per Monteroni,73100 Lecce (Italy)

Innovatives Materials and Technologies

Biosensors based on Surface Plasmon Resonance

MEACCI

Giovanni

Italian

M

Student

Physics of Cell Division Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems

Nöthnitzer Straße 38, 01187 Dresden

Min-system in the bacterium Escherichia coli

Biological Physics

MORTENSEN

Ninell Pollas

Danish

F

Ph.D-student

Danish Polymer Center at Risoe and BioCentrum at DTU

Danish Polymer Center, Risoe National Laboratory, POL-124, P.O. Box 49, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark

Bacterial adhesion on nanoscale. Adhesion force and specificity to host proteins and cells in pathogenic human environments

Pathogenic bacteriology, AFM

NIEDZIOLKA

JOANNA

POLISH

F

PhD student

Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Electrode Processes

Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland

Preparation and properties of thin film based on hydrophobic silicate on solid electrode support.

Electrochemistry, sol-gel chemistry, bioelectrochemistry.

RACHET

Bastien

française

M

Student

CEA/LETI/LISA

17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble

Eclairage de biopuce par onde évanescente

Biopuce, système de lecture

ROZNIECKA

Ewa

Polish

F

Scientist

Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw

Studies of ion-sensing layers for optic chemical sensors

Electrochemistry, Sol-Gel Processes, Bioelectrochemistry

SIMION

Monica

romana

F

Student

Center of Nanotechnologies

Erou Iancu Nicolae str., Bucharest, Ramania

New Silicon Structure For Boimedical Appliction

DNA chips for medical applications physico-chemical methods for surface functionalisation for DNA atachmant.-Nanotechnologies for biomedical applications of silicon nanostructures

SOKOLOVSKAYA

Lydia

Russian

F

Student

Laboratory of Ecobiocatalysis

119992 Russia, Moscow, Leninskie Gory 1/3, Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Enzymology Division

Biosensor Matrix for Esterase Analysis in Blood

Biosensors, Electrochemistry, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Enzymology

SZYMANSKI

Witold

Polish

M

PhD student

Technical University of Lodz, Institute of Material Science and Engineering, Biophysics Department

Stefanowskiego St. 1; 90-924 Łódź, Poland

WANUNU

Meni

Israel

M

Student

Functional Nanomaterials and Electrochemistry

Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 76100

Self-Assembled Coordination Nanostructures

Nanomaterials and Surfaces

WELINDER

Anne Christina

Denmark

F

PhD student

Department of Chemistry, Bioinorganic Group

Kemitorvet, Bygning 207, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby

Investigation of insulin in various states immobilized on promoter-modified single-crystal Au(111)-surfaces by electrochemistry, AFM and STM

Bioinorganic chemistry

PHYSICS SESSION:

Surname

First name

Nationality

Gender

Applicant function

Laboratory

Lab address

PhD Topic

Research field

AGHASSI

Jasmin

German

F

Student

Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Institut für Nanotechnologie (INT)

Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen

Electronic Transport through molecular nanostructres

Molecular Electronics

BELICZYNSKI

Piotr

Polish

M

PhD student

Quantum Transport Group, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Faculty of Applied Science

PO Box 5046
2600 GA Delft

Electron spin and charge in carbon nanotube quantum dots

Quantum transport through carbon nanotubes

CHEN

Yixin

Chinese

F

Student

QIP IRC

12/13 Parks Road Oxford

Processing of nanotubes and fullerene peapods for nanodevice applications

Dispersion of nanotubes and peapods;Sythesis of peapod structure;AFM and TEM imaging;Transport measurement

DELATORRE

RAFAEL

BRAZILIAN

M

STUDENT

Laboratório de Filmes Finos e Superfícies

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Física, Campus Universitário, Trindade, 88040-900, C. P. 476, Florianópolis-SC

Fabrication of a spin-transistor

Spintronics

DEMONTIS

Valeria

Italian

F

Student

"Materiali porosi"

Dipartimento di Fisica- Università di Cagliari Cittadella Universitaria, Strada Prov.le Monserrato- Sestu Km 0,700 09042 Monserrato (Ca) Italy

Porous silicon for biosensors and drug delivery

Porous silicon (growth, realization of multilayers, biosensors, drug delivery)

DUARTE DA FONSECA FILHO

Henrique

Brazilian

M

PhD Student

Nanoscopy

Van de Graaff Lab, 225 Marques de São Vicente street, Gávea - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

InAs quantum dots on a patterned InP Surface by force microscopy lithography

FERNÁNDEZ LOPEANDIA

AITOR

SPANISH

M

STUDENT

GRUP DE FÍSICA DELS MATERIALS 1

Facultad de ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus de Bellaterra S/N, CERDANYOLA DEL VALLÉS 08193 BARCELONA SPAIN

DEVELOPEMENT OF MEMBRANE-BASED CALORIMETERS TO MEASURE ULTRA-THIN FILMS.

CALORIMETRY OF SMALL SAMPLES

FLEURY

Benoit

French

M

Student

LCI

Bât 420 Université Paris-Sud 91405 ORSAY cedex

grafting and organization of magnetic molecules on surfaces

molecular magnetism

FORSMAN

Johanna

Finnish

F

Student

Fine Particle Group

VTT Processes, Fine Particle Group, P.O.Box 1602, 02044 VTT, Finland

metallic nanoparticle production

metallic nanoparticle production

FOUCHET

Arnaud

French

M

Student

Laboratoire CRISMAT

6, Boulevard Maréchal Juin 14050 CAEN CEDEX

Physics/Chemistry Materials

Diluted magnetic semiconductor

FRANCIOSO

LUCA

ITALIAN

M

Student

IMM Istitute for Microelectronic and Microsystems

Via Monteroni, Campus Universitario, Area CNR

Innovative silicon technologies for combustion sensor

Microsystems, Innovative fabrication processes, hybrid technologies,silicon micromachining

GINGU

Oana

Romanian

F

Post-Doc

Nanoengineering

1, Calugareni, 220037, Dr. Tr. Severin
Romania

Materials Science and Engineering

Processing of MMCs by Powder Metallurgy technology

GURGUL

JACEK

POLISH

M

SCIENTIST

Surfaces, Thin Layers and Nanostructures

ul. Niezapominajek 8, 30-239 Krakow, Poland

Magnetic and transport properties of oxides and intermetallic compounds containing gadolinium

magnetism, transport properties, x-ray, electron and gamma spectroscopies

HELLE (PREVIOUS SURNAME MARLO)

Meri

Finnish

F

Graduate student

Laboratory of Physics

P.O, Box 1100, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland

Electrical and optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures

Computational physics

HERNANDEZ

Felix

Costa Rican

M

PhD Student

Brazilian National Synchrotron Light Source LNLS. Nanoscience & New Materials Division. AFM & STM Group.

P.O. Box 6192, Campinas 13084-971
Sao Paulo - Brazil.

Decoherence in SAQDs

Ultrafast phenomena in QDs: Heterodyne pump-probe & FWM for QIP. Landé g-tensor evaluation and engineering for spintronics.

HOLMQVIST

Tommy

Swedish

M

Student

Nanoscience center. University of Jyvaskyla

Nanoscience Center P.O.Box 35
FIN-40014 University of Jyväskylä
FINLAND

Quasiparticle relaxation in superconducting nanostructures

Spintronics, Superconductivity, mesoscopic physics

JARJOUR

Anas

French/Syrian

M

Student

The Clarendon Laboratory

Parks Road, OX1 3PU, Oxford

Optical studies of single InGaN/GaN quantum dots and quantum dots in microcavities

Condensed Matter Physics

JÖNSSON

Martin

Swedish

M

Student

Atomic physics group / Department of Physics

Fysikgränd 3, SE 412 96 Göteborg

Physics

Carbon Nanotube and endohedral fullerene production and characterisation.

LEHTINEN

Teijo

Finnish

M

Student

Low Temperature Laboratory

Low Temperature Laboratory, Otakaari 3 A, Espoo, FIN-02015 HUT Finland

Quantum State Engineering with Superconducting Nanoelectronics

Solid state QUBITs, nanoelectronics

MOHSENI ARMAKI

Seyed Majid

Iranian

Male

Instructor

Magnetooptics Lab., Laser Research Institute

Laser Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran 1983963113, Iran

I am looking for PhD position in 2006

Magnetic Materials

MOREIRA

Paulo

Portuguese

M

PhD Student

UOSE - INESC Porto

Rua do Campo Alegre 687 4169-007 Porto Portugal

Integrated Optics by hybrid sol-gel technology

Integrated Optics, Microfabrication

MORTON

John

British

M

Student

Materials Dept., Oxford University

12/13 Parks Rd. Oxford UK, OX1 3PH

Electron spin resonance of endohedral fullerences for quantum computing

Quantum Computing

NGUYEN

Tran-Thuat

Vietnamese

M

Student

Laboratoire de Physique des Interfaces et des Couches Minces

Ecole Polytechnique, Route de Saclay 91128 Palaiseau Cedex

Synthesis and characterization study of nanoparticles/nanocrystal with PECVD

Material Science

PERSANO

Anna

Italian

F

Student

Electrical Characterization (CNR-IMM)

CNR-IMM, Sezione di Lecce, via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce (Italy)

Material Egineering

Optoelectronic devices based on quantum structures

PINYOL I AGELET

Albert

spanish

M

PhD Student

Dept Applied Physics (Univ. Barcelona) / AGFA GEVAERT (Belgium)

Av. Diagonal 649 Barcelona (spain)/ AGFA/Septestraat 27, 2640 Mortsel (belgium)

Nanostructured SiN films with embedded Si nanoparticles

Physics / Materials Science

PISCATOR

Johan

Swedish

M

PhD student

Solid State Electronics, Microtechnoogy & Nanoscience

Solid State Electronics, MC2, Chalmers, 412 96 Göteborg

Low dimensional semiconductor structures.

Quantum wires and quantum dots in semiconductors.

POURFATH

MAHDI

IRANIAN

M

Student

Institute for Microelectronics

Institute for Microelectronics/E360, Gusshausstrasse 27-29, TU Wien, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

Modeling and Simulation of Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors

Micro/Nano Electonics

REALPE

Henry

Israeli

M

Student

Scanning probe mycroscope (SPM)

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev . Department of Physics. POBox 653. Beer Sheva 84105

SPM study of the hydrogenation of rare-earth metal surfaces

Chemestry and physics of metallic surfaces

RINKIÖ

Marcus

Finnish

M

Student

University of Jyväskylä, Nanoscience Center

P.O. Box 35, FIN-40014

Nanoscale molecular electronics

Nanotechnology

ROCHA

Túlio

Brazilian

M

PhD student

Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory

Rua Giuseppe Máximo Scolfaro, 10000, Guará
Campinas - SP
CEP 13083-100
Brazil

Optical and Transport Properties of Metal Nanoparticles

Physics

ROSA

Alexandra

Portuguese

F

student

LCMBT

Faculty of Sciences, UL Physics Department, Campo Grande Ed. C8 piso 4, 1749-016 Lisboa

Growth and study of magnetic films and multilayers

Condensed Matter Physics

SOCHA

Robert

Polish

M

Scientist

Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences

Niezapominajek 8, 30-239 Krakow, Poland

The influence of SiC oxidation on electrochemical codeposition of SiC particles with nickel

Surface engineering, electrochemistry in ionic liquids, SiC oxidation

VIRGILIO

Michele

Italian

M

Student

No one

Institutution address: Dipartimento di Fisica "E. Fermi", Università di Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, 56127, Pisa, Italy

Solid State Physics

Electronic properties of semiconductors multilayer from a theoretical and computational point of view