Pepe Giovanni Piero

Pepe Giovanni Piero is a Full Professor at the CNR Institute for Superconductors, Innovative Materials and Devices. His research focuses on advanced superconducting materials, quantum technologies, and photon detection systems. Key areas include Josephson junction dynamics, quantum computing components, and vacuum energy experiments. He leads projects on superconducting single-photon detectors for quantum communication and lidar applications, as well as foundational studies in quantum gravity through the Archimedes experiment.

Research interests span superconductivity, quantum engineering, and applied photonics. His work bridges theoretical models with experimental advancements in superconducting circuits and materials. Recent efforts emphasize tunable qubit systems, flux parametric amplifiers, and precision measurements of vacuum energy effects.

Publications highlight contributions to superconducting device characterization, quantum error mitigation, and collaborative projects like the Archimedes experiment aiming to detect gravitational vacuum energy. He actively contributes to open-source simulation tools for superconducting circuits and explores applications in quantum key distribution and environmental lidar systems.