Davide Rizzotti (ESR3) participated in the “School of non-linear optics in fibers and integrated optics“. The 5-days course took place in Cargèse, in the west coast of the French island of Corsica from 22 to 28 October. A total of 61 students attended the 2023 edition of the school.
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Davide Rizzotti, NANO-GLASS project early-stage researcher 3 (ESR3), presented his thesis proposal on Tuesday 12th September. Rizzotti presented his thesis, entitled “Fiberized Quantum Photon Generators and Processors,” at ICFO. The presentation lasted for about half an hour.
On September 25, the Royal Spanish Society of Physics-BBVA Foundation disclosed the awardees for the 2023 edition of their awards. Among the recipients was Valerio Pruneri, coordinator of the NANO-GLASS project, who received one of the eight awards. Specifically, Pruneri was honored with the Physics, Innovation, and Technology award. The jury, which bestows this accolade annually, recognized his “remarkable international scientific and technological contributions at the nexus of materials physics and photonics.”
NANO-GLASS has released a new short video that highlights the secondments of our Early Stage Researchers (ESRs).
Iliyan Karadzhov is back in the USA. This June, the Early Stage Researcher (ESR1) started his second secondment period at Corning Incorporated. He will be working again at Corning’s Sullivan Park Research and Development facility for the next six months.
LuxQuanta, an ICFO spin-off, has recently joined NANO-GLASS project as partner organization. The company will participate in the project by hosting part of the next secondments of Susana Plascencia (ESR4). Plascencia will spent 3 months of secondment at LuxQuanta where she will be supervised by Dr. Sebastian Etcheverry, Chief Technnology Officer (CTO) & co-founder of the spin-off.
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In January, Davide Rizzotti (Early Stage Researcher, ESR3) started his first secondment within the NANO-GLASS project at Corning Incorporated. Davide is completing his secondment at Corning’s Sullivan Park Research and Development facility.
NANO-GLASS project organized its first workshop, entitled “Integrated Devices for Quantum Communication and Processing,” on February 16th. Specifically, Corning Incorporated graciously hosted the event in person at its global research and development facility, Sullivan Park, located in New York state (USA). In addition to the in-person attendees, the event also attracted nearly 50 participants online via streaming.
Alessia Mezzadrelli (Early-Stage Researcher 2, ESR 2) arrived last december in Corning, NY, where she will be living over the next six months to carry out her first secondment within the NANO-GLASS project at Corning Incorporated’s Sullivan Park Research and Development facility.
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NANO-GLASS early-stage researchers, Alessia Mezzadrelli (ESR2) and Davide Rizzotti (ESR3), and project’s coordinator, Valerio Pruneri, participated in the 2022 edition of CARLA Camp, which took place on the 1st and 2nd of December at ICFO.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement nº 956419