Team Q4Q

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.

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.

Giacomo earned a Bachelor degree in Physics (University of Trieste, 2017) and a Master degree in Condensed Matter Physics (University of Trieste, 2019). He is currently involved in a PhD program at the University of Trieste in collaboration with Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste under the supervision of prof. Daniele Fausti. Giacomo's research activity focuses on the experimental study by mean of ultrafast optical techniques of light matter-hybrides confined in optical cavities with frequencies ranging from THz to visible. In particular, he designed a novel set-up to study the terahertz optical properties of low energy degrees of freedom in complex materials coupled with a tunable optical cavity in cryogenic environment.

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 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 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 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.

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.

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.