Michele Cotrufo

Michele Cotrufo is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Optics, with expertise in nanophotonics and quantum optics. He obtained his BS (2010) and MS (2012) in Physics from the University of Bari and Padova, Italy, followed by a PhD at Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands) in 2017. His postdoctoral work spanned the University of Texas at Austin and CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (New York City).

Research Interests:

• Optical Metasurfaces
• Quantum Metamaterials
• Quantum Optics
• Hybrid Optomechanical Systems

Scientific Award:

• Photonics Young Investigator Award (MDPI, 2023)

Teaching:
• OPT 201: Geometrical Optics
• OPT 412: Quantum Mechanics - Optics