Personal informations
First name: Maria Penelope
Last name: De Santo
Born on the 17th of August 1971 in Cosenza (Italy)
Citizenship: Italian
Home address: via G. Verdi 160/c
87030 Commenda di Rende
Cosenza (Italy)
Phone: +39 0984 837231
Professional address: Laboratorio di Fisica Molecolare
Dipartimento di Fisica
Universita' della Calabria
Arcavacata di Rende
87036 Cosenza
Italy
phone: +39 0984 496150
e.mail: desanto@fis.unical.it
Education
Degree in Physics, 15 May 1997, Universita' degli Studi della Calabria
Thesis Title: " Atomic Force Microscopy studies of solid-liquid interface"
Final mark: 110/110 cum laude
Tutors: Prof. R. Bartolino, Dr. R. Barberi
INFM (Italian National Institute for the Physics of Matter) grant
September-December 1997
MHES (Metal Hydrides for Energy Storage) Project
"Morphological Characterization through SPM techniques of metallic alloys"
Ph.D. fellow, November 1997- November 2000 at Department of Physics, Universita' della Calabria.
Thesis title: "Electrical and morphological characterization of thin films by scanning probe microscopy"
Tutor: Prof. R. Barberi
Post doc grant in the framework of the European TMR Network on
"Surfaces and Interfaces of Liquid Crystals"
January 2001 - February 2002
Research Institute for Materials
Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen
Toernooiveld 1
6525 ED, Nijmegen
The Netherlands
Research Scientist
Innovative Display Technologies
QinetiQ
February 2002 - December 2002
Malvern Technology Centre
St Andrews Rd, Malvern
Worcestershire WR14 3PS
United Kingdom
Present position
Ricercatore
Dipartimento di Fisica
Universita' della Calabria
Ponte Pietro Bucci
Arcavacata di Rende
87036 Cosenza
Italy
