Core Team
Principal Investigator
Matteo Passoni
Matteo Passoni was born in Lodi (Italy) in 1975. In 2000 he obtained a Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. In 2004 he obtained a PhD in Radiation Science and Technology with the thesis "Theoretical studies on the non-linear...
Professors and Researchers
Alessandro Maffini
Alessandro Maffini was born in 1987 in Fiorenzuola d’Arda (PC), Italy. He got his Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) in 2012. In 2015 he obtained a PhD in Nuclear Science and Technology at the same university,...
Andrea Pola
Andrea Pola was born in Romano di Lombardia (Italy) in 1976. In 2002 he graduated with honours in Nuclear Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. In 2006 he obtained a PhD with honours in Radiation Science and Technology with the thesis “Semiconductor...
David Dellasega
David Dellasega was born in Rovereto, Italy in 1979. He is Associate Professor at the Energy Department of Politecnico di Milano since December 2023. He graduated cum laude in Nuclear Engineering in 2004 and got his PhD in Radiation Science and Technology in...
Margherita Zavelani-Rossi
Margherita Zavelani-Rossi was born in 1969, in Milano (Italy). She is Full Professor at the Physics Department of the Politecnico di Milano since October 2024. She received her Master's degree in Electronic Engineering and her PhD in Physics at Politecnico di Milano (Italy), she...
Valeria Russo
Valeria Russo was born in Monza, Italy in 1970. She is Assistant Professor at the Energy Department of Politecnico di Milano since October 2016. She graduated cum laude in Nuclear Engineering in 1995 and got her PhD in Science and Technology...
Post-doc Fellows
Francesco Mirani
Francesco Mirani was born in 1992 in Brescia, Italy. He received his Master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano with a thesis on the investigation of possible applications of laser-driven ion acceleration in the field of Ion Beam...
Davide Vavassori
Davide Vavassori was born in 1994 in Bergamo, Italy. He received his PhD in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology at Politecnico di Milano on the research topic "Production of nanostructured films for nuclear applications using advanced deposition techniques" in...
Davide Orecchia
Davide Orecchia was born in 1995 in Verbania, Italy. He received his Master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 2020, with a thesis on the production of carbon nanofoams through femtosecond pulsed laser deposition. He got his...
PhD Students
Maria Sole Galli De Magistris
Maria Sole Galli De Magistris was born in 1998 in Milan, Italy. She got her Master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 2023, with the thesis “Production of novel nanostructured targets for high-intensity laser-plasma interaction experiments”. She...
Kevin Ambrogioni
Kevin Ambrogioni was born in 1998 in Assisi, Italy. He got her Master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 2023, with the thesis “Numerical modelling of laser-driven proton acceleration with nanostructured targets and TW class lasers”. He...
Former Members
Luca Fedeli
Luca Fedeli was born in 1988 in Gallarate, Italy. He was a post-doc researcher at Politecnico di Milano from 2016 to 2019. He received his Master's degree in Physics from University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy) with a thesis on laser-induced shock wave propagation...
Andrea Pazzaglia
Andrea Pazzaglia was born in 1991 in Milano, Italy. He received his Master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano with a thesis on production and characterization of nanostructured films for laser driven ion acceleration in 2016. He carried...
Arianna Formenti
Arianna Formenti was born in 1991 in Vimercate, Italy. She received her Master's degree in Mathematical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano with a thesis on numerical investigations of intense laser interaction with nanostructured plasmas. She carried out her PhD studies...
Francesco Gatti
Francesco Gatti was born in 1996 in Milano, Italy. He received his Master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 2021, with a thesis on the development of non-conventional targets for laser-driven particle sources. He received his PhD...
Marta Galbiati
Marta Galbiati was born in 1996 in Cantù (CO), Italy. She got her Master’s degree in Physics Engineering from Politecnico di Milano with a thesis on the numerical investigation of high-energy photon emission in laser-plasma interaction with double-layer targets. She...
Lorenzo Cialfi
Lorenzo Cialfi was born in 1989 in Milan, Italy. He received his Master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) in 2013 with a thesis about theoretical modeling of laser induced ion acceleration. He received a PhD in...
Support Team
For the development of specific aspects of the project (e.g. design of new instrumentation; investigation of adhesion properties of nanostructured coatings and layers; properties of Carbon nanostructures), the ENSURE team exploits selected expertise of Professors and Researchers of the Micro and Nanostructured materials lab @ Politecnico di Milano, under the coordination of the PI, Matteo Passoni. Discover more about them:
Carlo E. Bottani Andrea Li Bassi Carlo S. Casari Marco G. Beghi