Dr. Antonio Malacarne
currently Head of Research at the National Laboratory on Photonic Networks and Technologies-PNTLab of CNIT (National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications) in Pisa, Italy, dedicated his own career to optoelectronics, initially focusing on ultra-fast optical signal processing and optical communication systems, before expanding his research to biophotonics, remote sensing, and next-generation high-frequency radio systems.
During his PhD programme he collaborated with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in Seoul, South Korea, and the National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS) in Montreal, QC, Canada, in this latter case being the recipient of the “Short-term research or professional development scholarship (V3)” of the “Merit Scholarship Program for Foreign Students MELS-FQRNT PBEEE 2008-2009” issued by the Government of Quebec.
From 2009 to 2011 he has been a postdoctoral research fellow at the Energy, Materials and Telecommunication (EMT) Department of INRS in Montreal, QC, Canada, in the “Ultrafast optical processing” (UOP) research group leaded by Prof. José Azana. From 2015 to 2020 he has been Assistant Professor at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa.
Since 2005 he has participated in 8 National Italian research projects, 3 bilateral international research projects, 10 European research projects and 3 industrial contracts.
From 2017 to 2020 he coordinated an industrial project, a national project on optical coherence tomography and he is currently head of research unit of a European research project funded by the European Innovation Council (EIC) focused on the development and deployment of a novel photonic integration platform, for a total of 975k€ funding.
He is co/author of 13 patents, 3 book chapters, 128 scientific papers in international conference proceedings and 55 articles in the main scientific international journals. He has been involved in the organization of a few workshops and symposia at international conferences.