Gianaurelio Cuniberti (born 28 April 1970) is an Italian scientist and professor at TU Dresden in Germany. Since 2007 he has been chair of Materials Science and Nanotechnology at the TU Dresden.

Education

Professor Gianaurelio Cuniberti took his ''Diploma di Maturità'' ( matriculation examination which can be compared to A-Level exams or ''

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

''.) in June 1989 at the Liceo Leonardo da Vinci in Genoa and studied physics at the University of Genoa between 1989 and 1994, where he obtained his bachelor's degree and masters in science. He received his PhD in 1997.

Academic career

In 1994 he was a visiting scientist at MIT and in the period between 1997 and 1998 was postdoctoral research associate at the University of Genoa, Italy. He moved then to Germany, where he spent the years between 1998 and 2002 as guest scientist at the

Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems The Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex systems is one of the 80 institutes of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, located in Dresden, Germany. Research The research at the institute in the field of the physics of complex systems range ...

, Dresden, Germany (since 2001 as a Schloeßmann fellow). Between the years 2003 to 2008 he was head of the Volkswagen Foundation independent research group “Molecular Computing”, Department of Physics, University of Regensburg, Germany. Since October 2017 Cuniberti has been full professor ( W3) at TU Dresden, Germany. He is part of the board of trustees of the Society of Friends of the

Staatskapelle Dresden The Staatskapelle Dresden (known formally as the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden) is a German orchestra based in Dresden, the capital of Saxony. Founded in 1548 by Maurice, Elector of Saxony, it is one of the world's oldest and most highly re ...

, one of the oldest orchestras in the word still performing with a top 10 reputation. He is member of the board of trustees of the Italien-Zentrum Dresden, a cultural platform for the exchange between Italy and Saxony. He also serves as a member of the board of trustees of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Germany.

Recognition

He was named a

Fellow of the American Physical Society The American Physical Society honors members with the designation ''Fellow'' for having made significant accomplishments to the field of physics. The following lists are divided chronologically by the year of designation. * List of American Physic ...

in 2022 "for pioneering computational and experimental works on low-dimensional structures and lasting contributions to the atom-to-system understanding of nanoelectronics devices".

References

External links

List of publications at TU Dresden

List of publications at Google Scholar

Functions and editorial activity
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cuniberti, Gianaurelio Pohang University of Science and Technology Academic staff of TU Dresden Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Italian materials scientists 1970 births Fellows of the American Physical Society