Prof. Dr. Daniele Fausti
Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
Chair of Solid-State Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28401
- Email: daniele.fausti@fau.de
Daniele is the Chair of Solid State Physics at FAU and a part-time Associate Professor at the University of Trieste. His research spans condensed matter physics, ultrafast laser spectroscopy, and quantum optics. Primarily experimental, his research focuses on the control of material functionalities through light-matter interaction. His core expertise are non-equilibrium techniques based on ultrashort laser pulses from THz frequencies to x-rays, using both tabletop and large-scale facilities. He is known for the first discovery of light-induced superconductivity, the development of a wealth of spectroscopic approaches combining non-linear spectroscopies with quantum state reconstruction of light pulses and, more recently, for leading the first experiments demonstrating the possibility of controlling quantum materials by embedding them into resonant optical cavities.
FAU members
Dr. Angela Montanaro
Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
Chair of Solid-State Physics
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28409
- Email: angela.montanaro@fau.de
Angela received her PhD degree Magna cum Laude at the University of Trieste in September 2022. She then joined the chair of Solid State Physics at FAU in February 2023. Angela’s research interests focus on studying and controlling quantum properties of complex materials exploiting light-matter interaction. She has expertise in time-resolved spectroscopic studies of cuprate superconductors, both in free space and in a cavity-mediated environment, and layered van der Waals materials.
Dr. Giacomo Jarc
Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
Chair of Solid-State Physics
- Email: giacomo.jarc@fau.de
Giacomo earned his PhD in Physics in September 2023. During his doctoral studies, his research focused on controlling collective phenomena in quantum materials using cryogenic cavities in the terahertz range. His present work centers on time-resolved spontaneous Raman spectroscopy to investigate collective excitations in correlated materials. Specifically, he applies this technique to magnetic systems to uncover the ultrafast dynamics of spin and lattice degrees of freedom.
Dr. Enrico Maria Rigoni
Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
Chair of Solid-State Physics
- Phone number: +390403758596
- Email: enrico.rigoni@fau.de
Enrico earned a Bachelor degree in Physics (2018) and a Master degree in Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Trieste. As a PhD student, his research focuses on out-of-equilibriuum studies of complex-materials. In particular, he’s currently working on noise-assisted time-resolved experiments on high temperature superconductors.
Antonio Mastropasqua
Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
Chair of Solid-State Physics
- Email: antonio.mastropasqua@fau.de
Antonio earned a Bachelor's degree in Physics (2020) and a Master's degree in Theoretical Physics (2023) at the University of Trieste. As a PhD student, his research activity focuses on the theoretical study of Quantum Thermodynamics of Solid Materials coupled with Optical Cavities within the strong light-matter interaction regime.
Nitesh Khatiwada
Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
Chair of Solid-State Physics
- Email: nitesh.khatiwada@fau.de
Nitesh earned his bachelor degree in Physics (2022) from Jacobs University Bremen. He did his Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Degree (EMJMD) on Quantum Technologies and Engineering (QuanTEEM) at Universite de Bourgogne in France and Aarhus University in Denmark. As a PhD student, his line of work focuses on the study of cavity electrodynamics of quantum materials.
Costanza Lincetto
Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
Chair of Solid-State Physics
- Email: costanza.lincetto@fau.de
Costanza earned a Bachelor’s degree in Physics (2023) and a Master’s degree in Condensed Matter Physics (2025) at the University of Trieste. As a PhD student, she is part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network SPARKLE, where her research explores light-matter hybrid systems. In particular, the aim of the project is to investigate how optical cavities can be used to modify vibrational modes and potentially control equilibrium properties of correlated quantum materials.
Gabriele Bartolini
Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
Chair of Solid-State Physics
- Email: gabriele.bartolini@fau.de
Anagha Palengara
Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
Chair of Solid-State Physics
- Email: anagha.palengara@fau.de
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Simon Cruz
Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
Chair of Solid-State Physics
- Email: simon.cruz@fau.de
Simon is a trained engineering technician and a Bachelor’s student in Physics, currently in his fifth semester. He is preparing his Bachelor’s thesis in the field of solid-state physics. He developed a THz time-domain spectroscopy setup for transmission and reflection measurements.
UniTS members
Dr. Shahla Yasmin Mathengattil
University of Trieste
Physics Department
- Phone number: +390403758518
- Email: shahlayasmin.mathengattil@elettra.eu
Shahla obtained her bachelor and master degree at IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India (2020). Her research as a PhD student in Trieste focuses on analyzing the properties of quantized electromagnetic fields and complex systems in the strong light-matter coupling regime.
Alumni
Filippo Glerean (Harvard University)
Francesca Giusti (High school teacher)
Giorgia Sparapassi (Industry)
Alexandre Marciniak (CNRS Toulouse)
Stefano Marcantoni (SISSA Trieste)
Jonathan O. Tollerud (Swinburne University)
Francesco Randi (Princeton University)
Martina Esposito (CNR Naples)
Fabio Novelli (University of Southampton)