Dr Leonardo LariResearch Fellow,
Department of Physics and The York JEOL Nanocentre, The University of York York, UK
email : leonardo.lari (at) york.ac.uk tel: +44 (0) 1904 32 8484 Qualifications and Previous Positions· Post-Doc at University of Sheffield, UK (2008/2010) Development of a specimen holder for cathodoluminescence spectroscopy in a high- resolution (scanning) transmission electron microscope (S)TEM · PhD as Marie Curie RTN research fellow, University of Liverpool, UK (2005/2008) Thesis title: “Investigation of growth and structure of gallium nitride based nanowires” · Physics degree (Laurea in Fisica), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy (2005) Thesis title: “Optical characterization of CdSe colloidal nanocrystals for biophysical applications“ Professional Society Memberships· Member of the Institute of Physics (IoP), London · Member of the European Microscopy Society (EMS) · Former member of the Italian Society for Microscopical Sciences (SISM), Rome Research Interests· Electron microscopy· Environmental (S)TEM · Aberration corrected and Conventional (S)TEM · Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) · Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDXS) · Energy Filtered-TEM · Annular Dark-Field imaging (ADF) · Materials Science· Fe Oxidation · Materials for catalysis · Dilute (III,Mn)V Ferromagnetic semiconductors · Nanoparticles and interfaces analysis at the nanoscale · GaN-Based Nanowire Heterostructures · GaN/AlGaN Multilayer Heterostructures Teaching· EDX and EELS lectures of 4 year Electron Microscopy course · Co-supervision of MPhys students · STEM ambassador Other Research activitiesFeb16 - Mar16 Research visit to OIST Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan Hosted by Prof. Mukhles Sowwan Nanoparticles by Design Unit FundingResearch co-investigator in: “Half-metallic Ferromagnets: materials fundamentals for next-generation spintronics” EPSRC, PI: Dr Vlado Lazarov Period 1/10/13 - 30/09/17 “ JSPS core to core Tohoku-York-Kaiserslautern ” UK Coordinator: Prof Kevin O'Grady Apr.2015 - Mar.2020 |
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