Alessandro Alabastri TI Research Assistant Professor, ECE Dept., Rice University E-mail:
[email protected], Web: http://alabastri.rice.edu Research: photothermal effects and transport mechanisms in micro/nano-systems APPOINTMENTS Apr. 2015 – present Rice University, ECE Department – Houston, TX (USA) Texas Instruments Research Assistant Professor (July 2018 – present) NEWT Postdoctoral Leadership Fellow (Oct. 2016 – Jul. 2018) Advisors: Prof. Peter Nordlander and Prof. Naomi Halas Postdoctoral Fellow (Apr. 2015 – Oct. 2016) Advisor: Prof. Peter Nordlander Additional appointments: Consultant for Syzygy Plasmonics, Inc and Nanospectra Biosciences, Inc for photo-induced heat dissipation and thermal transport modeling. Jan. 2015 – Apr. 2015 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – Berkeley, CA (USA) Visiting Researcher at the Molecular Foundry (User Program) Advisors: Prof. Remo Proietti Zaccaria (IIT) and Dr. Stefano Cabrini (LBNL) Apr. 2014 – Apr. 2015 Italian Institute of Technology – Genoa (Italy) Postdoctoral fellow – Nanostructures and Neuroscience Departments Advisor: Prof. Remo Proietti Zaccaria EDUCATION Jan. 2011 – Apr. 2014 - PhD in Nanosciences Italian Institute of Technology and University of Genoa - Genova (Italy) Thesis: “Modeling the optical response of plasmonic nanostructures: electric permittivity, magnetic permeability and the influence of temperature” Advisors: Prof. Enzo Di Fabrizio and Prof. Remo Proietti Zaccaria Sep. 2007 – Oct. 2009 - MSc in Engineering Physics Polytechnic University of Milan – Milan