Candini Andrea

Senior Researcher CNR since 2021, after graduating cum laude and earning a PhD in Physics (2007) from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, he carried out post-docs in Pisa and Grenoble (France), to become a CNR researcher in 2009, first at the Nanoscience Institute (Modena) and at ISOF since 2017. He has spent several periods in laboratories and large international facilities. He works on national and international projects, also in leadership roles. He is the author of > 80 international publications and a patent, receiving > 3000 citations, with an H-index = 30 (WoS).

Low dimensional materials nanodevices and nanomagnetism. Scanning probe characterization of advanced materials and molecules on functional surfaces. Nitrogen Vacancy (quantum)sensing, in particular in biosystems and material engineering of diamond and nanodiamond.

Scanning probe microscopy • Quantum and Bio sensing • Advanced materials for quantum technologies • ODMR • Optical microscopy

PE3_10 Nanophysics, e.g. nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, nanomagnetism, nanoelectromechanics
PE3_11 Mesoscopic quantum physics and solid-state quantum technologies
PE11_9 Nanomaterials engineering, e.g. nanoparticles, nanoporous materials, 1D & 2D nanomaterials