Curriculum vitæ



Personal data

 
Private data  
Name apl Prof. Dr. Andrea Donarini
Date of birth 14 June 1977
Place of birth Treviglio (Italy)
Citizenship Italian
Family status Married, with two children (Sara, Pablo)

Contacts
 
Work address Lst. für Quantentransport und Spintronik
Institut für Theoretische Physik
Universitätsstraße 31
93051 Regensburg
Telephone/Fax +49 (0)941-9432043
+49 (0)941-9432038
e-mail andrea.donarini@ur.de
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Education

 
Habilitation 15 January 2014
Thesis Transport through complex interacting nanojunctions
Grade Full grades
Mentors Prof. Antti-Pekka Jauho , Prof. Klaus Richter and Prof. Milena Grifoni
Institute Institut für Theoretische Physik
Universität Regensburg

Ph.D in Physics 27 October 2004
Thesis Dynamics of shuttle devices
Grade Full grades
Supervisors Prof. Antti-Pekka Jauho and Dr. Tomaš Novotný
Institute Mikroelektronik Centret
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

Degree in Physics 21 March 2001
Thesis Fisica delle nanostrutture a doppio strato
(Physics of double-layer nanostructures)
Grade Full grades and distinction (110/110 summa cum laude)
Supervisors Prof. Ruggero Ferrari and Dr. Luca Molinari
Institute Dipartimento di Fisica
Università di Milano

Maturità classica 25 July 1996
Grade Full grades (60/60)
Institute Istituto Salesiano Don Bosco in Treviglio

Work experience

 
Scientific appointments
 
Aug 2020 - present apl Professor at the University of Regensburg
Mar 2016 - Jul 2020 Assistant Professor (staff member) at the University of Regensburg
Oct 2014 - Feb 2016 Assistant Professor at the University of Regensburg
Apr 2013 - Sept 2014 Substitute Professor at the University of Regensburg
2010 - 2014 Habilitand at the University of Regensburg
2006 - 2013 Research Assistant in the group of Prof. Milena Grifoni at the University of Regensburg
2004 - 2006 Post-doc in the group of Prof. Milena Grifoni at the University of Regensburg

Organized Conferences
 
18 - 20 Apr 2017 Many Paths to Interference:
a journey between quantum dots and single molecule junctions


Scientific organization in collaboration with Dr. Linda A. Zotti
Host Institution Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
Dresden (Germany)

Teaching
 
Lectures
Application of GroupTheory to Condensed Matter WT 23/24
Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter I ST 23
Application of GroupTheory to Condensed Matter ST 22
Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter I ST 21
Density Matrix Theory WT 20/21
Density Matrix Theory WT 19/20
Application of Group Theory to Condensed Matter ST 19
Density Matrix Theory ST 18
Application of Group Theory to Condensed Matter WT 17/18
Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter I ST 17
Application of Group Theory to Condensed Matter ST 16
Application of Group Theory to Condensed Matter ST 14
Density Matrix Theory WT 13/14
Application of Group Theory to Condensed Matter ST 13
Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter II WT 09/10
Organized and
given tutorials
Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter I ST 24
Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter II WT 22/23
Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter II WT 21/22
Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter I ST 20
Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter II WT 18/19
Density Matrix Theory ST 18
Application of Group Theory to Condensed Matter WT 17/18
Integrated course II: Statistical and Solid state Physics WT 16/17
Application of Group Theory to Condensed Matter ST 16
Integrated course II: Statistical and Solid state Physics WT 15/16
Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter II WT 14/15
Applications of Group Theory to Condensed Matter ST 14
Density Matrix Theory WT 13/14
Application of Group Theory to Condensed Matter ST 13
Integrated course II: Statistical and Solid state Physics WT 12/13
Density Matrix Theory II ST 11
Density Matrix Theory WT 10/11
Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter I ST 10
Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter I ST 09
Quantum Mechanics II WT 08/09
Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter I ST 08
Quantum Mechanics II WT 07/08
Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter I ST 07
Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter I ST 06
Given tutorials
Mathematical methods WT 16/17
Statistical Physics ST 12
Waves and Quanta WT 11/12
Mechanics WT 06/07
Waves and Quanta WT 05/06
Thermodynamics ST 05
Mechanics WT 04/05

Supervision
 
Ph.D
M. Frankerl Investigating spin-orbit induced dynamics and Jahn-Teller distortion in charged copper-phthalocyanine 2019-2023
C. Rohrmeier Pseudospin dynamics in hybrid nanojunctions 2019-2023
M. Niklas Current and noise properties of interacting nanojunctions 2015-2018
S. Pfaller Transport properties of superconducting and ferromagnetic hybrid structures 2011-2015
B. Siegert STM Transport through Copper phthalocyanine on thin insulating films 2011-2015
D. Darau Symmetry and electronic properties
of conjugated molecules
interrupted
A. Yar Electron-vibron effects in interacting quantum dot systems 2009-2012
S. Sobczyk STM transport theory for pi-conjugated molecules on thin insulating films 2009-2012
G. Begemann Quantum interference phenomena in transport through molecules and multiple quantum dots 2006-2009
M.Sc
C. Rohrmeier Interference effects in the cotunnelling transport regime 2018-2019
M. Frankerl Spin-orbit induced dynamics in STM single molecule junctions 2018-2019
R. Kozlovsky Vibronic effects in the transport characteristics of STM single molecule junctions 2014-2015
Diploma
S. Pfaller Transport through quantum dot devices with superconducting leads 2010-2011
B. Siegert Transport through metal phthalocyanine molecular bridges 2010-2011
F. Krämer Linear combination of molecular orbitals 2009-2010
R. Hornberger Spin transport through coupled quantum dots 2006-2007
G. Begemann Interaction phenomena in benzene rings 2005-2006
B.Sc
S. Condussio Coulomb Blockade effects in semiconductive islands 2014-2015

Third party projects
 
CRC 1277/II Emergent relativistic effects in condensed matter
Role Principal investigator
Project Spin-orbit induced dynamics in atomic scale systems
Period Second funding phase (2021-2025)
Funding 1 PhD position
CRC 1277/I Emergent relativistic effects in condensed matter
Role Principal investigator
Project Spin-orbit induced dynamics in driven molecular systems
Period First funding phase (2017-2021)
Funding 1 PhD position
SFB 689/III Spin phenomena in reduced dimensions
Role Principal investigator
Project Spin-dependent transport through individual molecules
Period Third funding phase (2014-2017)
Funding 1 PhD position
SFB 689/II Spin phenomena in reduced dimensions
Role Principal investigator
Project Spin-dependent transport through single molecules
Period Second funding phase (2010-2013)
Funding 1 PhD position
SPP 1243/3 Quantum transport at the molecular scale
Role Principal investigator
Project Vibration effects, intramolecular interference and switching in interacting molecular junctions
Period Third funding phase (2010-2012)
Funding 1 PhD position

Oral presentations
 
2022 ♦ International workshop "First-Principles Modelling of Defects in Solids"- ETH Zurich (Switzerland), 13-15 June 2022 [invited]: Correlations effects in STM single molecule junctions;
♦ Autumn School on Correlated Electrons 2019 "Many-Body Methods for Real Materials"- Juelich (Germany), 16 - 20 September 2019 [invited]: Electronic Transport in Correlated Single Molecule Junctions;
♦ TSRC International Workshop "Quantum Transport in Nanoscale Molecular Systems"- Telluride (USA), 28 July -2 August 2019 [invited]: Dark states in a carbon nanotube quantum dot;
2019 ♦ Condensed Matter Theory Retreat - Fernsehhaus (Germany), 27-29 April 2019: Pulse driven interacting single molecule junctions;
♦ International Workshop "Theoretical Methods in Molecular Spintronics"- Donostia/San Sebastian (Spain), 17-20 September 2018 [invited]: Many-body correlations in STM single molecule junctions;
♦ International Workshop "Quantum Designer Physics"- Donostia/San Sebastian (Spain), 16-19 July 2018: Dark states in carbon nanotubes and molecular quantum dots;
♦ Popular science talk organized by Uni-Crema - Crema (Italy), 23 March 2018 [invited]: Vedere è sapere: immagini e suggestioni dal nanomondo;
♦ 82th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Berlin (Germany), 12-16 March 2018: Apparent reversal of molecular orbitals reveals entanglement;
2018 ♦ 82th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Berlin (Germany), 12-16 March 2018: Dark states in a carbon nanotube quantum dot II. Theory;
♦ Nano-Seminar at the Department of Condensed Matter Physics of the University of Prague - Prague (Czech Republic), 12 October 2017 - [invited]: Apparent reversal of molecular orbitals reveals entanglement;
♦ Workshop of the SFB 689 "Spinphenomena in reduced dimensions" and CRC 1277 "Emergent relativistic effects in condensed matter"- Frauenchiemsee (Germany), 4-6 October 2017: Time-dependent dynamics in molecular junctions;
♦ 81th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Dresden (Germany), 19-24 March 2017: Fano stability diagram of a symmetric triple quantum dot;
2017 ♦ International Workshop "Quantum-Classical Transition in Many-Body Systems" - Dresden (Germany), 12-17 February 2017 - [invited]: Many-body interference in interacting nanojunctions;
♦ Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar - Regensburg (Germany), 23 November 2016: Modelling vibrations in STM single molecule junctions: a step beyond the Anderson-Holstein paradigm;
♦ Workshop of the SFB 689 "Spinphenomena in reduced dimensions" - Neumarkt (Germany), 04-06 October 2016: Apparent reversal of molecular orbitals reveals entanglement;
♦ International workshop:"Towards Reality in Modelling of Molecular Electronics" - Donostia (Spain), 13-17 June 2016 - [invited]: Many-body correlations in STM single molecule junctions;
♦ 80th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Regensburg (Germany), 6-11 March 2016: Spin-orbit coupling and many-body correlations in STM transport through Cu-phthalocyanine;
2016 ♦ Seminar at the Donostia International Physics Center - Donostia (Spain), 29 February 2016 - [invited]: Many-body correlations in a Cu-phthalocyanine STM single molecule junction;
♦ Workshop of the SFB 689 "Spinphenomena in reduced dimensions" - Frauenchiemsee (Germany), 5-7 October 2015: Non-equilibrium spin-crossover in Cu-Phthalocyanine;
♦ 79th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Berlin (Germany), 15-20 March 2015: Charge fluctuation effects in superconductor-quantum dot hybrid systems;
2015 ♦ 79th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Berlin (Germany), 15-20 March 2015: Thermally induced subgap features in the cotunneling spectroscopy of a carbon nanotube;
♦ Workshop of the research training school "Carbon Based Nanostructures", Schönsee (Germany) 26 September 2014: Scanning probe microscopy of graphene with a CO terminated tip;
♦ Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar - Regensburg (Germany) 7 May 2014: Scanning probe microscopy of graphene with a CO terminated tip;
♦ 78th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Dresden (Germany), 31 March - 4 April 2014: Fingerprints of thermal quasiparticle excitations in CNT-superconductor hybrid junctions;
♦ 78th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Dresden (Germany), 31 March - 4 April 2014: Multi-orbital STM theory for $\pi$-conjugated molecules on thin insulating films;
♦ 78th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Dresden (Germany), 31 March - 4 April 2014: Fixing the energy scale in Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy on semiconductor surfaces;
2014 ♦ Physikalisches Kolloquium, in the framework of the Habilitation process - Regensburg (Germany), 10 February 2014 - [invited]: Transport through complex interacting nanojunctions;
♦ Tutorial in the framework of the Research Training program GRK 1570 Electronic properties of carbon-based nanostructures - Regensburg (Germany), 19 July 2013 - [invited]: Coulomb blockade and single electron tunnelling;
♦ Seminar in the research group of Prof. J. Repp - Regensburg (Germany), 3 July 2013 - [invited]: Shallow Acceptors in GaAs: Experiment and Theory - in collaboration with G.Muennich;
♦ Seminar within the Graduate School of Nanoscience: Talk nano! - Regensburg (Germany), 7 May 2013 - [invited]: Interference: From quantum mechanics to nanotechnology;
♦ International conference ImagineNano 2013 - Bilbao (Spain), 22-26 April 2013: Topographical fingerprints of many-body interference blocking in STM junctions on thin insulating films;
♦ Seminar within the International Max Planck Research School - Dresden (Germany), 17 April 2013 - [invited] STM on thin insulating films: A density matrix approach;
♦ International workshop: Building blocks for carbon-based electronics: From molecules to nanotubes - Regensburg (Germany), 10-12 April 2013 - [invited]: Many-body interference in STM single molecule junctions on thin insulating films ;
2013 ♦ CECAM international workshop: Molecular electronics: Quo vadis? - Bremen (Germany), 4-8 March 2013 - [invited]: Theory of STM junctions for π-conjugated molecules on thin insulating films ;
♦ International Conference Fuerzas y Tunel 2012, San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spain), 12-14 September 2012: Topographical fingerprints of many-body interference blocking in STM junctions on thin insulating films ;
♦ International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology, Paris (France), 23-27 July 2012: Spectrum and Franck-Condon factors of interacting SWCNTs ;
♦ Seminar in the research group of Prof. G. Platero, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Madrid (Spain), 25 April 2012 - [invited]: Spectrum and Franck-Condon factors of interacting SWCNT ;
2012 ♦ Seminar in the research group of Dr. M. Brandbyge, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark), 5 March 2012 - [invited]: Theory of STM junctions for π-conjugated molecules on thin insulating films ;
♦ International workshop "Carbon-based Spintronics" - Dresden (Germany), 24-28 October 2011: All-electrical spin control in a benzene interference single electron transistor;
♦ Seminar in the research group of Prof. P. Echenique at the Donostia International Physics Center - Donostia (Spain), 3 October 2011 - [invited]: Interference and interaction in molecular electronics: a density matrix approach;
♦ Seminar in the research group of Prof. P.Echenique at the Donostia International Physics Center - Donostia (Spain), 7 September 2011 - [invited]: Interference blockade in symmetric nano-junctions;
♦ 75th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Dresden, 13-18 March 2011: Negative differential conductance with symmetric set-up?;
2011 ♦ Physikalisches Kolloquium, in the framework of the Habilitation process, Regensburg (Germany), 31 January 2011 - [invited]: Interference and interaction in symmetric nanojunctions;
  ♦ Workshop of the GRK 1570 "Electronic Properties of Carbon Based Nanostructures", St. Englmar (Germany), 6 October 2010: STM theory for pi-conjugated molecules on thin insulating films;
  ♦ Workshop of the SFB 689 "Spinphenomena in reduced dimensions", Niederaltaich (Germany), 30 September 2010: All electrical spin preparation in a triple dot I-SET;
  ♦ Seminar in the research group of Prof. J. Repp, University of Regensburg (Germany), 16 June 2010 - [invited]: Interference effects in single molecule junctions (from SET to STM);
  ♦ Seminar in the research group of Prof. G. Platero at the Instituto de Ciencias de Materiales de Madrid (Spain), 9 April 2010 - [invited]: Interference blockade in symmetric nano-junctions;
2010 ♦ 74th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Regensburg (Germany), 22-27 March 2010: Interference spin-blockade in symmetric nano-junctions;
  ♦ Seminar in the research group of Prof. Ankerhold at the University of Ulm (Germany), 27 May 2009 - [invited]: Charge and spin transport through Interference Single Electron Transistors;
2009 ♦ 73rd Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Dresden (Germany), 22-27 March 2009: Effective spin-orbit coupling in a benzene interference SET ;
  ♦ 25th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics - Amsterdam (Netherlands), 7-13 August 2008: Interaction and coherence in a benzene SET ;
2008 ♦ Nanoelectronics days 2008 - Aachen (Germany), 13-16 May 2008: Symmetry fingerprints of a benzene single-electron transistor ;
  ♦ Seminar in the research group of Prof. Cuniberti at the Technical University of Dresden - Dresden (Germany), 13 December 2007 - [invited]: Fingerprints of symmetry in transport through Anderson molecules;
2007 ♦ Mid term Meeting of the research group “Quantum transport at the molecular scale” - Bremen (Germany), 24-27 June 2007: Transport through Anderson molecules;
  ♦ 14th European Conference on Mathematics for Industry - Leganés Madrid (Spain), 10-14 July 2006 - [invited]: Quantum shuttle: physics of a numerical challenge;
  ♦ Dynamical Phenomena in NEMS and Nano-electronics - Daejeon (Korea) 28- 30 June 2006 - [invited]: Dynamical symmetry breaking in transport through molecules;
  ♦ 371. WE-Heraeus-Seminar Quantum Transport at the Molecular Scale - Bad Honnef (Germany), 29 May -1 June, 2006: Dynamical symmetry breaking in molecular transistors;
  ♦ 70th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Dresden (Germany), 27-31 March 2006: Electromechanical properties of a biphenyl transistor;
2006 ♦ Nanoelectronics 2006, Novel Nanomaterials, Quantum Transport, and Noise of Electrons and Photons - Lancaster (England), 8-11 January 2006: Electromechanical properties of a biphenyl transistor;
  ♦ Annual Meeting of the DFG Research School 638 Nonlinearity and Nonequilibrium in Condensed Matter - Windberg (Germany), 27-29 September 2005: Shuttle devices;
2005 ♦ 69th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Berlin (Germany), 4-9 March 2005: Giant super-poissonian Fano factors in shuttle devices;
2004 ♦ 20 General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division of the European Physical Society - Prague (Czech Republic), 19-23 July 2004: Current noise of shuttle devices;
2002 ♦ Norfa Network Meeting - Höör (Sweden), 15-17 September 2002: Transport through an oscillating quantum dot.

Poster contributions
 
2017 ♦ International Conference on Low Temperature Physics - Gothenburg (Sweden), 9-16 August 2017: Apparent reversal in molecular orbitals reveals entanglement;
2016 ♦ International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials - Kirchberg in Tirol (Austria), 14-19 February 2016: Non-equilibrium spin-crossover in copper phthalocyanine;
♦ International workshop: Building blocks for carbon-based electronics: From molecules to nanotubes - Regensburg (Germany), 10-12 April 2013: Thermal quasi-particle spectroscopy of a carbon nanotube quantum dot coupled to superconducting leads;
2013 ♦ International workshop: Building blocks for carbon-based electronics: From molecules to nanotubes - Regensburg (Germany), 10-12 April 2013: Topographical fingerprints of many-body interference in STM junctions on thin insulating films;
♦ Elecmol2 Sixth international meeting on molecular electronics - Grenoble (France), 3-7 December 2012: Theory of STM junctions for pi-conjugated molecules on thin insulating films ;
♦ International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology - Paris (France), 23-27 July 2012: Theory of STM junctions for pi-conjugated molecules on thin insulating films ;
♦ 76th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Berlin (Germany), 25-30 March 2012: The role of the tip symmetry on the STM topography of pi- conjugated molecules ;
2012 ♦ 76th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Berlin (Germany), 25-30 March 2012: Vibration induced memory effects in molecular nanojunctions;
  ♦ International workshop "Carbon-based Spintronics" - Dresden (Germany), 24-28 October 2011: Interference effects in the Coulomb blockade regime;
2011 ♦ International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials - Kirchberg (Austria), 26 February-5 March 2011: Effects of spin/pseudo-spin degeneracies in the transport properties of suspended SWCNT;
  ♦ ElecMol’10: 5th International meeting on molecular electronics - Grenoble (France) 06-10 December 2010: Interference effects in STM single molecule junctions;
  ♦ JARA-FIT nanoelectronics days 2010 - Aachen (Germany), 04-07 October 2010: Interference and transport through benzene in an STM set-up;
  ♦ 74th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Regensburg (Germany), 22-27 March 2010: Interference in transport through single molecules in a STM set-up;
2010 ♦ International conference on Molecular electronics - Emmetten (Switzerland), 5-9 January 2010: All-electric spin control in interference single electron transistors ;
  ♦ International CECAM-Workshop “Quantum Transport on the Molecular Scale” - Bremen (Germany), 14-18 September 2009: Interference blockade through a terphenyl SET;
  ♦ 73rd Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Dresden (Germany), 22-27 March 2009: Charge transport through an interference SET;
2009 ♦ Trends in Nanoscience 2009 - Kloster Irsee (Germany), 28 February - 4 March 2009: A benzene interference-single electron transistor;
  ♦ 72nd Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Berlin (Ger- many), 25-29 February 2008: Excited states in the conductance of a double dot;
2008 ♦ International Workshop on Interaction and Interference in Nanoscopic Transport - Dresden (Germany), 18-23 February 2008: Fingerprints of symmetry in transport through Anderson molecules;
  ♦ 71st Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - Regensburg (Germany), 26-30 March 2007: Charge and spin transport in double quantum dot systems;
2007 ♦ 384. Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar, Nonequilibrium Transport of Strongly Correlated Systems - Bad Honnef (Germany), 31 January-2 February, 2007: Dynamical symmetry breaking in transport through molecules;;
2006 ♦ 371. WE-Heraeus-Seminar Quantum Transport at the Molecular Scale - Bad Honnef (Germany), 29 May -1 June, 2006: Transport through conjugated molecules: role of the electron-electron interaction;
  ♦ Frontiers in Quantum and Mesoscopic Thermodynamics - Prague (Czech Republic), 26-29 July 2004: Current noise in shuttle devices; 2004;
2004 ♦ Fundamental Problems in Nanomechanical Systems - Gothenburg (Sweden), 5-7 June 2004: Current noise in shuttle devices;
2003 ♦ 15th International Conference on Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems - Nara (Japan), 14-18 July 2003: Shuttle instabilities: Semiclassical phase analysis;
  ♦ 26th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors - Edinburgh (Scotland), 29th June-2nd July 2002: Photon-mediated drag in double-layer electron gas;
2002 ♦ Danish Physical Society Annual Meeting - Nyborg (Denmark), 30-31 May 2002: Photonic Contribution to Coulomb Drag;
2001 ♦ XX Convegno di Fisica Teorica e Struttura della Materia - Fai della Paganella (Italy), 25-28 March 2001: Contributo fotonico al Coulomb Drag;
2000 ♦ Euroconference on Spin effects in mesoscopic systems - Cortona (Italy), 28 June- 2 July 2000.

Personal skills


 
Languages  
Italian Mother tongue
English Fluent in oral and written communication
Spanish Fluent in oral and written communication
German Good communication skills (''verhandlungssicher'')
French Basic knowledge
Danish Basic knowledge
Other interests
I have played the violin at an excellent amateur level for many years. Since 2013 I sing as tenor in the choir Novacappella Regensburg .






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