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Curriculum
Work Experience
02/2022–current: Researcher (RTDa), Sapienza University of Rome, Physics Department, Rome (Italy). Main research topics related to the development of single and entangled photon sources based on quantum dots and promising novel quantum emitters and to their application in quantum information and communication. Position funded by the Sapienza University of Rome for teaching and research activities inherent to the experimental condensed matter physics division (research discipline FIS/03 sector 02/B1 of the Italian Ministry of Research).
03/2021–01/2022: Postdoctoral Researcher, Sapienza University of Rome, Physics Department, Rome (Italy). Research project on quantum communication using entangled photons emitted from quantum dots under the project FET Open QUROPE.
02/2018–02/2021: Postdoctoral Researcher, Sapienza University of Rome, Physics Department, Rome (Italy). Research project on entangled photon sources based on epitaxial quantum dots, under the project ERC Starting Grant SPQRel.
Education and Training
12/2014–03/2018: PhD in Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan (Italy). Thesis title: GaAs nanostructures for the generation of entangled photons: design, development, and spectroscopy. Activities performed at the Laboratory of Semiconductor Spectroscopy of the University of Milano-Bicocca in close collaboration with the Interuniversity Center L-NESS in Como.
11/2016–06/2017: Research Traineeship, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Institute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics, Linz (Austria). Supported by the Erasmus+ Traineeship program (supervisor: Prof. Rinaldo Trotta, mentor: Prof. Armando Rastelli).
03/2012–07/2014: Master’s Degree in Physics, University of Milan, Milan (Italy), mark 110 out of 110, cum laude. Thesis title: Elastic and plastic properties of Ge mesostructures integrated on Si investigated by optical spectroscopy. Activity performed at the Laboratory of Semiconductor Spectroscopy of the University of Milano-Bicocca in close collaboration with the Interuniversity Center L-NESS in Como.
10/2008–02/2012: Bachelor’s Degree in Physics, University of Milan, Milan (Italy), mark 110 out of 110, cum laude. Thesis title: Time-resolved emission spectroscopy of free carbon clusters. Activity performed at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces of the University of Milan.
09/2003–07/2008: Secondary School Leaving Certificate in Scientific Studies, Liceo Scientifico Statale "Edoardo Amaldi", Alzano Lombardo (BG, Italy), mark 100 out of 100.
Teaching
10/2022–current: Lecturer, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina (Italy). Lecturer for the ’Physics’ course of the Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology.
02/2022–03/2023: Lecturer, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina (Italy). Lecturer for the ’General Physics I’ course of the Bachelor’s Degrees in Environmental and Industrial Engineering and Information Engineering.
Publications
Co-authored 18 publications (6 first-author) on international peer-review journals, including Science Advances, Physical Review Letters, Optica, Nano Letters, npj Quantum Information, Applied Physics Letters, Physical Review B, Quantum Science and Technology, Nanotechnology, Journal of Applied Physics (full list at scholar.google.com/citations?user=0_u_-3oAAAAJ&hl=it&oi=ao).
Presentations
Several contributions at international scientific conferences, namely 15 talks (6 of which invited), and 6 poster presentations (full list at francescobassobasset.github.io/files/CV_eng_FBB_20220201.pdf).
Honors and Awards
2021: Research project "Progetti per Avvio alla Ricerca" funded by the Sapienza University of Rome, title: Experimental investigation of novel entangled states in the photon pair generation from a quantum dot.
2020: Research project "Progetti per Avvio alla Ricerca" funded by the Sapienza University of Rome, title: Solid-state-based entangled photon emitters matched to Rb vapor cells as a viable interconnect technology for quantum networks.
2016–2017: Erasmus+ Traineeship for an international mobility period at the Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria).
2008–2012: Scholarship "Progetto Lauree Scientifiche" funded by the Società Italiana di Fisica, second place at the national level.
Other professional duties
03/2021–current: Scientific reviewer for the journals npj Quantum Information, Physical Review B, Physical Review X, Physical Review Materials, Applied Physics Letters, and Communication Physics.
12/2020–current: Review Editor for the journal Frontiers in Photonics, Quantum Optics section.
11/2020–01/2022: Postdoctoral representative in the Physics Department Council, Sapienza University of Rome