Cirillo Carla
Researcher
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- Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132
- Salerno
- 84084
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CNR researcher since 2009. Degree in Physics 2001. Ph.D in Physics Università di Salerno in 2006.
The main part of the experimental research activity focuses on the study of superconducting materials mostly in thin film form. It comprises the deposition of thin films and heterostructures by sputtering technique and the investigation of their electrical transport properties in presence of magnetic fields up to 11 Tesla and at low temperatures down to 0.3 K. She was intensively involved in the study of superconductor/ferromagnetic hybrids and to the physical phenomena related to the inhomogeneous character of the superconducting order parameter in these systems. More recently, the research activity is devoted to the investigation of disordered superconductors for their possible application as Superconducting Single Photon Detectors. Experience was gained also in the electrical characterization on different class of materials as, for instance, magnetic films, graphene-based heterostructures, and Mott insulators in form of single crystals.
Expertise has been acquired in the following activities: thin films and superlattices deposition by sputtering technique and their electric characterization; optical and e-beam lithography; X-Ray reflectivity and high angle diffraction; vacuum and cryogenic skills; magnetic characterization by SQUID magnetometer.
She is co-author of more than 100 articles on refereed international journals (about 900 citations, scopus h-factor=20).
In 2022 she obtained the national scientific qualification as Associate Professor ASN2021 SSD 02/B1 (Experimental condensed matter physics)
She coordinates the activity related to the Italian project PON ARS01_00734 “QUANCOM: Development of quantum systems and technologies for the security in communication networks” PON 12 Aree “R&I” 2014-2020 (Azione II – OS 1.b) within the CNR SPIN research unit of Salerno.
She is part of the Steering Committee of the Italian Project PNRR INFN IRIS-Innovative Research Infrastructure on applied Superconductivity within the CNR SPIN research unit of Salerno.
She coordinates the outreach and education activities (Spoke 9) for the CNR SPIN Institute within the Partenariato Esteso National Quantum Science and Technology Institute (NQSTI).
She was the head of the research module “Superconducting and hybrids based materials and devices” in the framework of the research line named “Superconducting, hybrid and quantum devices and nanostructures” of the CNR-SPIN Institute.
She was Work Package leader in the framework of the EU-FP7 (Grant 264098) research project named MAMA “Unlocking research potential for multifunctional advanced materials and nanoscale phenomena” (WP4 Organization of Workshops and Conference).
She was chairman of the international workshop: "MAMA-Hybrids - Multifunctional Hybrids And Organics" (October 22nd-24th, 2012, Ischia, Italy).
She supervised one Master Thesis in Physics titled: “Deposition and magnetic characterization of thin films of GdFe and GdNi amorphous alloys” and one PhD Thesis in Physics titled "Exploring the transport properties of quantum systems on different length scales" (both in conjunction with Prof. Attanasio).
She is Referee of several international scientific journals such as, for example, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Physical Review Materials, Physical Review Applied from APS.
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