Physics of structured light, matter and their interactions

People

Faculty and researchers

Portrait of Filippo Cardano
Filippo Cardano
Group leader
Structured Photons
Portrait of Bruno Piccirillo
Bruno Piccirillo
Group leader
Photonic Devices
Portrait of Domenico Paparo
Domenico Paparo
Group leader
Nonlinear Spectroscopy and Structured Matter
Portrait of Lorenzo Marrucci
Lorenzo Marrucci
Head of the SLAM research cluster
Portrait of Andrea Rubano
Andrea Rubano
Nonlinear Spectroscopy and Structured Matter
Portrait of Francesco Di Colandrea
Francesco Di Colandrea
Structured Photons

Postdoctoral researchers

Portrait of Patrick Cameron
Patrick Cameron
Structured Photons

PhD students

Portrait of Maria Gorizia Ammendola
Maria Gorizia Ammendola
Structured Photons
Portrait of Sneha Dey
Sneha Dey
Structured Photons
Portrait of Keval Rajesh Moliya
Keval Rajesh Moliya
Structured Photons

Alumni

NameYears at SLAMRole at SLAMNext positionLast known position
Dilip Paneru2024-2026Postdoctoral researcher
Paola Savarese2023-2026PhD StudentPostdoctoral researcher ad CNR institute of Pozzuoli
Anna Martinez2022-2025PhD StudentPostdoctoral researcher at Ruhr University in Bochum (Germany)
Italo Machuca Flores2024-2026Postdoctoral researcherPostdoctoral researcher at the Quantum Internet Lab in Naples University
Sarvesh Bansal2023-2025Postdoctoral researcher
John Grace2025Visiting Student from Ottawa UniversityMaster student at ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Gerardo Hernández Oregón2024-2025Postdoctoral researcher
Enrico Santamato1985-2018Professor and former group leaderEmeritus
Simone Di Giorgio2025Undergraduate studentMaster student in Naples
Verónica Vicuña-Hernández2019-2024Postdoctoral researcherResearcher at INO-CNR Napoli
Giovanni Paolo Palumbo2024Undergraduate studentgraduate student (LM physics) in Naples
Giulia Salatino2022Master studentPhD student at Scuola  Superiore Meridionale in Naples
Lorenzo Amato2020-2021Master studentPhD student at the ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Amin Babazadeh2019-2021Postdoctoral researcherPostdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Wien (Austria)
Raouf Barboza2018-2020Postdoctoral researcherResearcher at Università Politecnica delle Marche
Alessio D’Errico2015-2019Master and PhD student and then postdoctoral researcherPostdoctoral researcher at the University of Ottawa (Canada)Researcher at the University of Ottawa (Canada)
Maria Maffei2015-2018Master and PhD studentPostdoctoral researcher at ICFO, SpainMaitre de Conference, Université de Lorraine & CNRS (France)
Adriana Pecoraro2014-2018PhD studentPostdoctoral researcher in the Chemistry department in Naples
Sen Mou2014-2018PhD studentPostdoctoral researcher at the Sapienza University of Rome
Chiara Esposito2017-2018Master studentPhD student at University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Arianna Ceraso2017-2018Master studentPhD student in Politecnico di Milano
Raffaele D’Amelio2016-2017Undergraduate studentMaster student in Trieste
Roberto Capecelatro2016-2017Undergraduate studentMaster student in Naples
Andrea Piccinelli2016-2017Undergraduate studentMaster student in Naples
Mattia Trama2016Undergraduate studentMaster student in Naples
Hamid R. Hamedi2016Visiting PhD student (from University of Vilnius, Lithuania)back in University of Vilnius, Lithuania
Angela Chiatto2016Undergraduate studentMaster student in Naples
Mattia Conte2016Undergraduate studentMaster student in NaplesResearcher in the University of Naples
Damiano Fiorillo2016Undergraduate studentMaster student in NaplesResearcher at Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
Rebeca Tudor2016Visiting PhD student (from University of Bucharest, Romania)back in University of Bucharest, Romania
Pasquale Caterino2016Undergraduate student
Joseph Junca2016Visiting graduate student (from Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France)back in Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Michela Florinda Picardi2014-2015Master student and research assistantPhD student at at King’s college, London (UK)Associate editor for Optics and Photonics at Nature
Francesco Massa2012-2013Master studentPhD student at the University of Wien (Austria)
Gabriele De Luca2012-2013Master studentPhD student at the ETH Zurich (Switzerland)Ramón y Cajal researcher, ICMAB-CSIC (Spain)
Sergei Slussarenko2008-2013PhD student and postdoctoral researcherPostdoctoral researcher at Griffith University, Brisbane (Australia)Senior lecturer at Griffith University, Brisbane (Australia)
Riccardo Rao2012Undergraduate studentMaster student in NaplesPhD student at Université du Luxembourg
Ebrahim Karimi2007-2012PhD student and postdoctoral researcherPostdoctoral researcher at the University of Ottawa (Canada)Full professor at the Chapman University (USA) & and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair at the University of Ottawa (Canada)
Carmine Somma2012Master studentPhD student at the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Berlin (Germany)
Andrea D’Angiò2011-2012Master studentPhD student at the University of Birmingham (UK)
Francesco D’Angelo2011-2012Master studentPhD student at the Max-Planck institute for polymer science, Mainz (Germany)
Elsa Passaro2010-2011Master studentPhD student at ICFO Barcelona (Spain)
Martina Esposito2010Undergraduate studentMaster student at Università di Trieste (Italy)Senior scientist at CNR – SPIN Institute, Naples
Vincenzo D’Ambrosio2009-2010Master studentPhD student at the Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)Associate Professor at the University of Naples
Romolo Savo2008-2009Master studentPhD student at LENS (Florence)
Annunziata (Nunzia) Savoia2004-2009Master and PhD studentPostdoctoral researcher at ENSTA Parìs (France)CNRS Research Engineer at the PhLAM laboratory (Université de Lille, France)
Marco Siano2007-2008Master studentPhD student at Imperial College (UK)
Andrea Rubano2003-2007Master and PhD studentPostdoctoral researcher at University of Bonn (Germany)Associate Professor at the University of Naples
Francesca Ciccullo2007Undergraduate studentMaster student in Naples
Daniele Piccone2005-2006Undergraduate student
Carlo Manzo2000-2005Master and PhD student and postdoctoral researcherPostdoctoral researcher at Emory University, Atlanta (USA)Professor agregat at Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya (Spain)
Bruno Blasi2005Undergraduate student (internship physics)
Gabriella Cerrone1999-2003Master and PhD student
Sara Reynaud2003Undergraduate studentMaster student in Naples
Melania Paturzo2001-2002Master studentResearch fellow at CNR-INOA (Naples)Research Director at CNR-ISASI (Naples)
Dario Nicotra1999-2001Master student
Giuseppe (Luca) Casillo1999-2000Master student


Legend on title denominations:
– L = Laurea (roughly equivalent to Bachelor of Science, BS)
– LM = Laurea Magistrale (roughly equivalent to Master of Science, MS or MSc)
– DR = Dottorato di Ricerca (equivalent to Doctor of Philosophy, PhD)