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I am reader in condensed matter physics at the Department of Physics & Astronomy and staff researcher of the National Graphene Institute (NGI). My research focuses on the study of electrodynamic and dielectric properties of bio and non-bio materials on the atomic scale. I received my M.Sc. in electronic engineering in 2002 (double-degree program at Polytechnic University of Milan - Italy and École Superior d’Electricité - France) and my PhD in 2006 at Polytechnic University of Milan with a thesis on low-noise amplifiers applied to scanning probe microscopy (SPM) - supervisors Prof. M. Sampietro and Prof. G. Ferrari - developing new instrumentation and methods that probe impedance and dielectric properties on the nanoscale. I then joined the Department of Electronics of the University of Barcelona (Spain) as post-doctoral researcher (2006-2010) and lecturer (2010-2014), further developing scanning probe approches to probe dielectric properties on the atomic scale. During this period, I was awarded the Juan de la Cierva research fellowship (2009) and the Ramon y Cajal research fellowship (2014) by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. I joined the Condensed Matter Physics group at the University of Manchester and the NGI as lecturer in 2015. In 2018 I was awarded the ERC Consolidator grant "Two-dimensional liquid-cell dielectric microscopy - Liquid2DM" by the European Research Council with the aim of probing the dielectric properties of liquids under confinement. I got tenured in 2019 and promoted to reader in the same year. I currently sit in the AFM & SPM committee of the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) and I am co-editor of the RMS magazine "InFocus".
In my group we study the dielectric polarization and electrodynamic properties of molecular complexes and nanoscale systems, with particular interest in water and other molecular liquids, 2D crystals and their heterostructures, with an interdisciplinary approach. We investigate these systems directly on the atomic scale using and developing new experimental methods based on scanning probe microscopy.
ON-GOING RESEARCH LINES
AVAILABLE RESEARCH POSITIONS
I always look for candidates to join my group through various PhD scholarship schemes (Presidential/Dean's, EPSRC DTP, UKRI CDTs, CSC-Manchester, Bell Burnell, with applications typically early January) and postdoctoral fellowship schemes (EPSRC, Newton International, MSCA). If you are interested to do your PhD or a postdoc in my group on one of the on-going research lines listed above, please, contact me by email with your CV, describing your background and why you would fit the role.
ON-GOING FUNDING
ERC-2018-COG European Research Council Consolidator grant Liquid2DM - 2D Liquid-Cell Dielectric Microscopy
In this project, we probe the dielectric polarization properties of molecular liquids under strong confinement. This is done by combining two atomic-scale technologies, the van der Waals (vdW) crystal technology and advanced scanning probe microscopy. We engineer 2D liquid cells with controlled geometry and materials properties by vdW-crystals assembly and we probe the electric polarization properties of molecular liquids confined inside, such as water and electrolytes, directly on the atomic scale using scanning dieletric microscopy. The obtained dielectric properties, remained essentially unknown so far for difficulties in measuring them, have fundamental implications for both materials and life sciences. PI: Dr L. Fumagalli. Research team: Dr T. Dufils; Dr R. Wang; Dr S. Benaglia; Miss H. Read.
PREVIOUS FUNDING
The Royal Society Paul Instrument Fund 2018 - Multiplatform Scanning Dielectric Microscope - PI Dr L. Fumagalli.
H2020-MSCA-IF-2018 Individual Fellowship - Dielec2DBiomolecules: Dielectric measurement of 2D confined biomolecules at the nanoscale. Researcher: Dr Rene Izquierdo Fabregas. Supervisor: Dr L. Fumagalli
H2020-MSCA-IF-2017 Individual Fellowship - Dielec2DNanoLiquids: Dielectric measurement of 2D nanoconfined liquids. Researcher: Dr Pablo Ares. Supervisor: Dr L. Fumagalli
Current members (Schuster Building Lab 1.09 and National Graphene Institute)
Previous members
Postdoctoral researchers
PhD students
Visiting researchers
MPhys and MSc students
Current courses in Manchester
PHYS40411 Frontiers of Solid-State Physics - Course leader
PHYS10101 Dynamics - Assistant professor
PHYS10121 Quantum Physics and Relativity - Assistant professor
PHYS10302 Vibrations and Waves - Assistant professor
PHYS10342 Electricity and Magnetism - Assistant professor
PHYS30180/280 Third-Year Physics Labs - Lab demonstrator
PHYS40181/182 MPhys Project - Supervisor
Previous courses in Manchester
PHYS10180/280 Digital Electronics Labs - Lab demonstrator
PHYS20240 Year 2 General Paper - Course leader
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fumagalli, Laura (Recipient), 1 Jun 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Laura Fumagalli (Assistant editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Laura Fumagalli (Academic expert member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association
Velicky, M. (Creator), Toth, P. (Creator), Rakowski, A. (Creator), Rooney, A. (Creator), Kozikov, A. (Creator), Woods, C. (Creator), Mischenko, A. (Creator), Fumagalli, L. (Creator), Yin, J. (Creator), Zolyomi, V. (Creator), Georgiou, T. (Creator), Haigh, S. (Creator), Dryfe, R. (Contributor) & Novoselov, K. (Contributor), University of Manchester, 6 Jan 2017
DOI: 10.15127/1.306767, https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:306767&datastreamId=DFT_data.ZIP and 2 more links, https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:306767&datastreamId=Data_for_repository_Matej.ZIP, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14410 (show fewer)
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