Paolo Milani

Paolo Milani (PhD) is Full Professor at the Department of Physics of the University of Milan and co-founder of WISE. He graduated in Physics at the University of Pavia (Italy) in 1984 and received the degree of Docteur es Sciences (PhD) in 1991 from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne (CH). In 1992 he founded the Molecular Beams and Nanocrystalline Materials Laboratory at the University of Milan. He is conducting research on cluster-assembled nanostructured materials and in particular on carbon-based and transition metal oxide systems. He is also active in the field of nanostructured materials for nanomedicine and for energy production and storage. On these subjects he has published more than 180 papers on refereed journals and several review papers. He is co-author of a monography on supersonic cluster beam deposition for the synthesis of nanostructured thin films. He is currently serving as Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces of the University of Milan, as Coordinator of the PhD School in Medical Nanotechnology (supported by the European School of Molecular Medicine and the University of Milan) and as Scientific Director of the Filarete Foundation. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the National Museum of Science and Technology "Leonardo da Vinci" in Milan. He has served as an expert in the field of nanotechnology for the European Social and Economic Committee of the European Union. He is Editor of the Springer book series "Carbon Materials Chemistry and Physics", Regional Editor of the Journal of Nanoparticle Research and member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and of the Open Biomedical Engineering Journal. In 2000 he received the Campisano Prize from the Italian Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia for his contributions in the field of the synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials. In 2006 he received the Prof. Luigi Tartufari prize awarded by the Italian Accademia dei Lincei. He holds seven patents for his inventions in the field of nanotechnology. He is one of the founders of WISE Srl as well as of Tethis SpA, a privately held company active in the fields of bio- and nanotechnology.