Curriculum Vitae Personal information First name / Last name Address Via Ponte Parco 7 90046 Monreale (Palermo - ITALY) Mobile +39 339 332 4053 E-mail Nationality Italian Date of birth 25/05/1983 Gender Male Occupational field Electronic Engineering Work experience Dates Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities Name and address of employer Type of business or sector 01/01/2013 - present Ph.D. Student Material growth and deposition for optoelectronics and photonics applications. University of Palermo - Department of Energy, Information engineering and Mathematical models Scientific research activity Dates 05/02/2012-12/31/2012 Occupation or position held Research Collaborator Main activities and responsibilities Research and development of new technologies on thin films Name and address of employer University of Palermo - Department of Energy, Information engineering and Mathematical models Type of business or sector Scientific research activity Dates 09/11/2008-11/26/2008 Occupation or position held Company Internship Main activities and responsibilities Development of an experimental project for Bachelor's Degree thesis Name and address of employer Center for Electronics Research in Sicily (CRES) Via Regione Siciliana 49, 90046 Monreale (PA) (Italy) Type of business or sector Electronics research activity Dates 07/01/2008-09/10/2008 Occupation or position held University Internship Main activities and responsibilities Analysis, design and development of microcontroller systems Name and address of employer Center for Electronics Research in Sicily (CRES) Via Regione Siciliana 49, 90046 Monreale (PA) (Italy) Type of business or sector Electronics research activity Page 1 / 5 - Curriculum Vitae of
Education and training Dates 03/14/2013 Title of qualification awarded Passed the state exam and licensed as a Professional Engineer (Italian Presidential Decree n. 328/2001 - Section A, "Information Engineering"). Name and type of organisation University of Palermo providing education and training Viale delle Scienze, Building 3, 90128 Palermo (Italy) Dates 2009-2012 Title of qualification awarded Master Of Electronic Engineering. Final grade: 110/110 summa cum laude. Title of graduation thesis: Production and characterization of white LEDs using luminescence conversion of a perylene-based dye. Name and type of organisation University of Palermo - Department of Energy, Information engineering and Mathematical models providing education and training Dates 2002-2008 Title of qualification awarded Bachelor Of Electronic Engineering. Final grade: 105/110. Title of graduation thesis: Design and prototyping of an acquisition module for a Multichannel- Electrical Resistivity Tomography system. Name and type of organisation providing education and training University of Palermo - Department of Energy, Information engineering and Mathematical models Dates 1996-2002 Title of qualification awarded High-School Diploma. Final grade: 90/100. Name and type of organisation providing education and training Liceo Scientifico Statale "Stanislao Cannizzaro" Via Generale Giuseppe Arimondi 14, 90143 Palermo (Italy) Personal skills and competences Native language Italian Other languages Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user Spanish / Castilian A1 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User (*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level Social skills and competences Organisational skills and competences Technical skills and competences Excellent relating skills and ability to adapt to multicultural environments. Effective scientific and technical communication skills. Experienced in problem-solving. Strong teamwork organisational skills. Good sense of project management and time organisation. Advanced knowledge of the following semiconductor microfabrication techniques: ultra-high vacuum thin film deposition: Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD), Electron Beam Physical Vapour Deposition (EBPVD), RF and DC sputtering, Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD), thermal evaporation (also laser-assisted) optical lithography and direct laser writing Page 2 / 5 - Curriculum Vitae of
wet and dry (plasma) etching wafer cleaning wafer polishing and lapping Excellent knowledge of optical and electrical characterization equipment for optoelectronic devices. Basic knowledge of nanofabrication techniques. Advanced knowledge of: analog front-end and power amplification circuits design and simulation digital sequential and combinatorial circuits, high-density memories, programmable logic devices, microcontroller/microprocessor units AC-DC, DC-DC (both linear and switching) power supply systems and related control systems for fixed and portable applications UART/USART, USB, CAN, SPI, I 2 C electronic communication protocols Excellent knowledge of electronic measurement instruments. Good THT and SMT hand soldering skills. Basic lathe and milling machine working skills. Computer skills and competences Advanced knowledge of: Microsoft Windows Microsoft Office OpenOffice Good knowledge of: Origin software for data analysis LaTeX markup language C/C++, Assembly for microcontrollers, VHDL Atmel AVR Studio, Microchip MPLAB IDE, Xilinx ISE, Mentor Graphics ModelSim XE Cadence OrCAD, Cadsoft Eagle, KiCad EDA Basic knowledge of: MathWorks MatLab National Instruments LabVIEW Linux OS Other skills and competences Driving licence Additional information Passion for flight simulators. B (European) Since October 2014 I am a member of AIGE - Italian Electronics Group Association. Since January 2014 I am a member of IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Since September 2013 I am a member of SPIE - the international society for optics and photonics. Since September 2012 I have been recommended as journal reviewer for Applied Physics Research (CCSE). During the academic year 2010/2011, within a group of three students, I have successfully designed and tested a prototype for a wireless telemetry system based on a microcontroller unit. This work was the final project for the course "Digital Electronic Systems Design" held for the Master's Degree in Electronic Engineering at the University of Palermo. The system was based on Atmel microcontrollers programmable via the ISP peripheral interface. The schematics and complete layouts of the printed Page 3 / 5 - Curriculum Vitae of
circuit boards were designed with KiCad. During the academic year 2010/2011, in the "Young Academics Project" proposed by the Palermo division of AEIT (Italian Federation of Electrics, Electronics, Automation, Computer Science and Telecommunications) I have been listed among the top 20 students of the Department of Automation, Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering and I have been awarded with the qualification of AEIT's "Young Fellow". In 2008, during my experience at Center for Electronics Research in Sicily (CRES), I won 1 out of 250 paid internships provided by the project "Company Internships Finalized On Developing Experimental University Thesis" 4th cycle, financed by F.S.E. - POR SICILIA 2000-2006. The thesis dealt with the design of an embedded system consisting of a MCU and a data acquisition module for evaluating specific geophysical parameters. The system was based on a Microchip microcontroller programmable via the ICSP peripheral interface. The schematic and the layout of the printed circuit board were realized with Cadence OrCAD. At the CRES I have also attended an online course concerning company organisation theory and project management; the course duration was 395 hours. On behalf of the Department of Physical Chemistry Filippo Accascina of the University of Palermo, in 2008 I have designed the website 2nd Residential Summer School Chemistry and Conservation Science 2008. From 2004 to 2011, on behalf of the University of Palermo I have cooperated with Dr. Francesco Caruso (ETH Zürich, Institut für Baustoffe - Physical Chemistry of Building Materials), Dr. Francesco Giannici (Department of Physics and Chemistry) and Prof. Michele A. Floriano (Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies) in an educational program named Magic of Chemistry, consisting in a series of chemical and physical demonstrations performed for middle- and high-schools. Page 4 / 5 - Curriculum Vitae of
List of scientific publications Publications on national and international peer-reviewed journals Publications on other journals Book Chapters Proceedings of national and international conferences and congresses [4] R. Macaluso, M. Mosca, V. Costanza, A. D Angelo, G. Lullo, F.Caruso, C. Calì, F. Di Dranco, M. Santamaria, and F. Di Quarto. "Resistive switching behaviour in ZnO and VO2 memristors grown by pulsed laser deposition". Electronics Letters, vol. 50, issue 4, pp. 262 263, 2014. DOI: 10.1049/el.2013.3175. [3] M. Mosca, R. Macaluso, G. Randazzo, M. Di Bella, F. Caruso, C. Calì, F. Di Franco, M. Santamaria, and F. Di Quarto. "Anodized Ti-Si alloy as gate oxide of electrochemically-fabricated organic field-effect transistors". ECS Solid State Letters, vol. 3, issue 1, P7 - P9, 2014. DOI: 10.1149/2.007401ssl. [2] F. Caruso, M. Mosca, R. Macaluso, E. Feltin and C. Calì, "Generation of white LED light by frequency down-conversion using a perylene-based dye". Electronics Letters, vol. 48, issue 22, pp. 1417-1419, 2012. DOI: 10.1049/el.2012.3084. [1] F. Caruso, F. Giannici, M. A. Floriano, F. Caruso, A new procedure for the lightning experiment: Mn2O7 and ethanol. Chemical Educator, vol. 15, pp. 108-109, 2010. DOI: 1007/s00897102220a. [1] M. Mosca, F. Caruso, L. Zambito, R. Macaluso, C. Calì, E. Feltin, "Hybrid LEDs Pave Way to New Lighting Applications". Photonics Spectra, vol. 47, pp. 60-64, 2013. ISSN: 0731-1230. [1] M. Mosca, R. Macaluso, F. Caruso,.V. Lo Muzzo, C. Calì, The p-type Doping of ZnO: Mirage or Reality?, Advances in Semiconductor Research: Physics of Nanosystems, Spintronics and Technological Applications, Chapter 12, edited by D. Persano Adorno and S. Pokutnyi, Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-63321-788-1. [6] F. Caruso, M. Mosca, S. RInella, R. Macaluso, C. Calì, F. Saiano, E. Feltin, Stability improvement of PMMA and Lumogen coatings for hybrid white LEDs, 10th International Conference on Electroluminescence and Organic Optoelectronics, Book of Abstracts, p. 180. Cologne (Germany), August 31 September 3, 2014. [5] M. Mosca, F. Caruso, B. Seminara, L. Zambito, R. Macaluso, C. Calì, E. Feltin, Warm white LEDs based on Lumogen Red and Yellow. Proceedings of GE2013, 45th annual meeting of Italian Group of Electronics, pp. 109-110. Udine (Italy), June 19-21, 2013. ISBN: 978-88-903069-3-8. [4] M. Mosca, F. Caruso, L. Zambito, B. Seminara, R. Macaluso, C. Calì, E. Feltin, "Warm white LED light by frequency down-conversion of mixed yellow and red Lumogen ". Proceedings of SPIE 8767, Integrated Photonics: Materials, Devices and Applications II, 87670L-1-87670L-10, May 22, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-8194-9564-8. [3] M. Mosca, F. Caruso, L. Zambito, B. Seminara, R. Macaluso, C. Calì, E. Feltin, "Warm white LED light by frequency down-conversion of mixed perylene-based dyes". SPIE Microtechnologies Conference; Integrated Photonics: Materials, Devices and Applications, Book of Abstracts, pp. 69 70. Grenoble (France), April 24-26, 2013. [2] M. Mosca, F. Caruso, R. Macaluso, C. Calì, E. Feltin, "White LED light obtained by frequency down-conversion of perylene-based dyes". Proceedings of GE2012, 44th annual meeting of Italian Group of Electronics. Marina di Carrara (Italy), June 20-22, 2012. ISBN: 978-88-6741-012-5. [1] F. Caruso, M. Mosca, R. Macaluso, C. Calì, "Fabbricazione di LED bianchi tramite downconversion di coloranti basati su perilene". Proceedings of Fotonica 2012-14 Convegno Nazionale delle Tecnologie Fotoniche. Firenze (Italy), May 15-17, 2012. ISBN: 9788887237146. Page 5 / 5 - Curriculum Vitae of