Paolo Vavassori

Education 

• 1990 M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering - Politecnico di Milano (Italy) 
• 1994 PhD in Physics - Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

Professional activities 

• 1994-1996 Postdoctoral Research Associate - University of Ferrara (Italy)
• 1996-1997 Lecturer in Electromagnetism and Optics - Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
• 1998-1999 Postdoctoral Research Associate - Argonne National Laboratory (USA)
• 1999-2008 Research Professor in Condensed Matter Physics - University of Ferrara (Italy)
• 2008-2010 Marie Curie Fellow - CIC nanoGUNE (Spain)
• Since 2010 IKERBASQUE Research Professor, Group Co-Leader, Nanomagnetism Group - CIC nanoGUNE (Spain)

Other main stays abroad 

• 2002 and 2005 Visiting Scientist at the Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory (USA)
• 2006 Invited Professor at Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris (France)

Synergistic activities 

• Member of the IEEE Magnetic Society Technical Committee
• Associate Editor of Journal of Applied Physics
• Referee for Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Nanotechnology, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, and Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Research interests 

• Magnetism of nanostructures
• Magnetic microscopy
• Magneto-optics (novel instrumentation development)
• Magnetization dynamics