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Francesco CHIADINI Curriculum

Francesco Chiadini

Researcher ID: E-1812-2015,

Scopus Author ID: 6602436646

ORCID: 0000-0002-9339-8622

CURRENT POSITION

Associate Professor

  • Qualification from The National Scientific Habilitation (ASN) to apply for permanent positions of Full Professor in Italian Universities

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO, Salerno, Italy

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Information Engineering. Thesis on “Composite Dielectric Structures Exhibiting Electromagnetic Band-Gap”.
  • Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering. Thesis on “Reconstruction of Refractive Index Profile of Optical Fiber by Near-Field Technique”.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY (ISMOT) 2003, Ostrava, Czech Republic (Aug. 11-15, 2003):

  • Chairman of the session: Fiber Optic Waveguiding

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, State College, PA, USA (Oct. 03-Jan. 04):

  • Visiting Scholar. Developing design of multilayer structures made by Columnar Thin Films and Sculptured Thin Films (in collaboration with prof. A. Lakhtakia).

UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO, Salerno, Italy (May 05-Oct. 06):

  • Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Fellowship) with program on “Nano-Engineered Dielectric Multilayers: Analysis and Synthesis”.

LIGO, Livingston, LA, USA (Aug. 2006 and Jan 2007):

  • Science Monitoring (Owl Shift) for the S5 Data Run at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (funded by the National Science Foundation).

METAMATERIALS 2007, Rome, Italy (Oct. 22-26, 2007):

  • Chairman of the session: EBG and Photonic crystals (I)

MMSM08 Conference, Naples, Italy, (Dec. 18-19, 2008):

  • Member of the Local Committee

LOUGHBOROUGH ANTENNAS & PROPAGATION CONFERENCE (LAPC) 2012, Loughborough – UK;

  • Member of the Technical Programme Committee

SPIE SMART STRUCTURES/NDE - Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication Conference, (2012-present ):

  • Member of the Program Committee

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLIED ELECTROMAGNETICS AND COMMUNICATIONS (ICECom) 2013, Dubrovnik, Croatia (Oct. 14-16, 2013):

  • Chairman of the session: Microwave and RF Devices and Circuits

FERNUNIVERSITÄT OF HAGEN, Hagen, Germany, (Aug. 27-29, 2014):

  • Member of Doctoral Committee at the Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik at FernUniversität of Hagen - Germany.

SPIE OPTICS + PHOTONICS - Nanostructured Thin Films Conference, (2016-2018 ):

  • Member of the Program Committee

KAGRA, University of Tokyo, Japan (May. 2016 to present):

  • Member of the gravitational wave studies group at the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR).

SPIE OPTICS + PHOTONICS - Nanostructured Thin Films Conference, San Diego, (CA) USA (Aug. 06-10, 2017):

  • Chairman of the session: Structured Thin Films

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OPTICS, PHOTONICS AND LASERS OPAL 2018, Barcelona, Castelldefels, SPAIN, (2018)

  • Member of the Program Committee

VIRGO, Cascina (PI), Italy (Jan. 2018 to present):

  • Member of the VIRGO Collaboration in the framework of “The Virgo experiment at the European Gravitational Observatory”.

SPIE OPTICS + PHOTONICS - Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, Thin Films, and Devices Conference, (2018-present):

  • Member of the Program Committee

RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS (FWO - FONDS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK), Brussels, Belgium, (Jan. 2019 to present):

  • Member of the Expert panel for the W&T7 (Energy, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Mechanics) Fellowship panel.

DAY OF LIGHT @ UNISA, Fisciano, Italy, (May 30, 2019):

  • Co-chair of the workshop on “Unusual Generation and Perception of Light in Everyday Life”.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Optical Society of America (OSA) – Senior Life Member;
  • The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) – Senior Life Member;
  • Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) – Senior Member;
  • The National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN);
  • Association for Microwave Power in Europe for Research and Education (AMPERE);
  • Italian Society of Electromagnetism (SIEM);
  • Italian Society of Optics and Photonics (SIOF);
  • Avellino Engineers’ Order.

EDITORIAL WORK FOR JOURNALS

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Wiley Interscience - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2019 -)

  • Associate Editor

Nanoscience & Nanotechnology - Asia, Bentham Science Publisher (2017-)

  • Member of the Editorial Board

Advances in Wireless Communications and Networks, Science Publishing Group (2017-)

  • Member of the Editorial Board

International Journal of Advanced Applied Physics Research, Cosmos Scholars Publishing House (2017-)

  • Member of the Editorial Board

Heliyon, Elsevier B.V., Nehterlands (2019-)

  • Member of the Editorial Board

TECHNICAL REVIEWER FOR JOURNALS

  • Applied Optics, (Optical Society of America);
  • Journal of Optical Society of America A, (Optical Society of America);
  • Journal of Optical Society of America B, (Optical Society of America);
  • Journal of Nanophotonics, (Society of Photo-Optical Instru-mentation Engineers);
  • Optics Express, (Optical Society of America);
  • Optics Letters, (Optical Society of America);
  • IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation (Institution of Engineering and Technology);
  • Optical Fiber Technology (Elsevier);
  • Journal of Optics (Institute of Physics);
  • Photonics Journal (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering);
  • Journal of Materials Science (Springer);
  • Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (IEEE);

SERVICE EXPERIENCE

  • Served as support for disabled/handicapped Students of the Courses of Dept. of Industrial Engineering.

SKILLS

  • Simulation Software

Matlab; Mathematica; Comsol; Ansys Electromagnetic Suite; Synopsys LightTools; FORTRAN.

  • Fabrication

PCB prototyping machine.

  • Characterization
  • Vector Network Analyzer;
  • Optical Spectroscopy (UV-Vis).

AWARDS

  • Election to the grade of Senior Member of the OSA society with the following motivation: “for professional and service accomplishments in the field of optics and photonics”.
  • Election to the grade of Senior Member of the SPIE society with the following motivation: “in recognition of significant achievements in plasmonics and nanostructured thin films within the optics and photonics community”.
  • Election to the grade of Senior Member of the IEEE society with the following motivation: “for personal and professional commitment to the advancement of technology”.
  • The paper: F. Chiadini, V. Fiumara, A. Scaglione, A. Lakhtakia, “Simulation and analysis of prismatic bioinspired compound lenses for solar cells,” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 5:026002, (2010) was included in the list of the top-10 most cited papers published in the IOP International Journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics during the period 2009-2010.
  • The paper F. Chiadini, V. Fiumara, T.G. Mackay, A. Scaglione, A. Lakhtakia, “Left/right asymmetry in Dyakonov-Tamm-wave propagation guided by a topological insulator and a structurally chiral material,” Journal of Optics, 18(11), 115101 (2016) has been chosen as Journal of Optics’ Paper of the Week (30 Sept. 2016 - 7 Oct. 2016).
  • The paper F. Chiadini, V. Fiumara, T.G. Mackay, A. Scaglione, A. Lakhtakia, “Left/right asymmetry in Dyakonov-Tamm-wave propagation guided by a topological insulator and a structurally chiral material,” Journal of Optics, 18(11), 115101 (2016) has been selected by the editors of Journal of Optics for inclusion in the exclusive “Highlight of 2016” collection with the following motivation: “On the basis of Referee endorsement acknowledging this article for its high novelty, scientific impact and broadness of appeal”.

CITATIONS

Update NOV. 12, 2022

GOOGLE SCHOLAR

  • published 183 archival items;
  • received 10619 citations;
  • Hirsch index 39.

SCOPUS

  • published 153 archival items;
  • received 6422 citations (without self-citations 5986);
  • Hirsch index 32.

WEB OF SCIENCE

  • published 145 archival items;
  • received 5455 citations (without self-citations 5345);
  • Hirsch index 31.