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Guglielmo Lanzani

Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator
Nanomaterials for Energy and Lifescience
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Present position: Senior Researcher-Principal investigator at Center for Nano Science Technology @ POLIMI Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. Since  11/2011 Full Professor of Physics at Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano  P.za Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano Italy.

Previous appointments:
From 12/2009 to 05/2023 coordinator of the Center for Nano Science Technology @ POLIMI Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. 1999-2011 Associate Professor in physics at Politecnico di Milano. 1994-1999 Assistant Professor at University of Sassari. 1992-94 Post Doc at ISM-C.N.R., Bologna1992

PHD in Chemical Physics. 1989-90 visiting scientist at University of Utah, SLC-UT, USA. 1987 Physics degree (laurea). GL has a background in the photo-physics of nanostructured and molecular materials. His research activity, reported in more than 350 publications, regards applications in energy, bio-photonics, neuroscience and medicine. In particular, the overarching goal of the research is to induce light sensitivity in living cells, tissue or organism by developing new light actuators. He is involved in the project for developing an artificial retina prosthesis. He is involved in two start-up companies.

All Publications
2024
Florindi C., Vurro V., Ronchi C., Sesti V., Sala L., Di Pasquale E., Bertatelli C., Antognazza M.R., Zaza A., Lanzani G., Lodola F.
Geneless optomodulation of cardiomyocytes membrane potential by sarcolemma-targeted azobenzene photoswitches
Vascular Pharmacology, vol. 155
Article Journal
2024
Gentile M., Bellani S., Zappia M.I., Gamberini A., Mastronardi V., Abruzzese M., Gabatel L., Pasquale L., Marras S., Bagheri A., Beydaghi H., Papadopoulou E.L., Lanzani G., Bonaccorso F.
Hydrogen-Assisted Thermal Treatment of Electrode Materials for Electrochemical Double-Layer Capacitors
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 16, (no. 11), pp. 13706-13718
Article Journal
2024
Fleitas A.G., Sardar S., Arnould-Petre M.M., Murace M., Vignolini S., Brodie J., Lanzani G., D'Andrea C.
Influence of structural colour on the photoprotective mechanism in the gametophyte phase of the red alga Chondrus crispus
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 21, (no. 211)
Article Journal
2024
Pfeffer M.E., DiFrancesco M.L., Marchesi A., Galluzzi F., Moschetta M., Rossini A., Francia S., Franz C.M., Fok Y., Valotteau C., Paterno G.M., Redondo Morata L., Vacca F., Mattiello S., Magni A., Maragliano L., Beverina L., Mattioli G., Lanzani G., Baldelli P., Colombo E., Benfenati F.
Nanoactuator for Neuronal Optoporation
ACS Nano, vol. 18, (no. 19), pp. 12427-12452
Article Journal
2024
Lanzani G., Chiaravalli G., Colombo E., Manfredi G., Di Marco S., Vurro V., Benfenati F.
Nanotechnology for vision restoration
Nature Reviews Bioengineering
Article Journal
Dissemination
2018
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L’innovazione per lo sviluppo sostenibile
Festival dello sviluppo sostenibile
Public Event
2017
Lanzani G.
Dalla vita alla vita: il carbonio nella tecnologia”
A Pint of Science
Public Event
2017
Lanzani G.
Dalla vita alla vita:il carbonio nella tecnologia”
Teatro dell’Elfo
Public Event
2017
Lanzani G.
Energy for XXI century”
Fondazione Accademia di Comunicazione
Outreach
2017
Lanzani G.
Towards an organic artificial retina”
Liceo Severi,
Outreach
Scientific Talks
2023
Criante L., Bonfadini S., Zorzi F., Storti F., Lanzani G.
Multifunctional optofluidic lab-on-a-chip: the new challenge of fs-laser micromachining
LoC in Space - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
Workshop/Symposium
2019
Paternò G.M., Moscardi L., Donini S., Ariodanti D., Parisini E., Kriegel I., Lanzani G., Scotognella F.
Hybrid plasmonic/photonic crystals for optical detection of bacterial contaminants
PIERS - PhotonIcs & Electromagnetics Research Symposium
Conference
2019
Lanzani G.
Organic actuators for cell opto stimulation
13th International Conference on Optical Probes of Organic and Hybrid Opto Electronic Materials and Applications
Conference
2019
Lanzani G.
Organic light actuators for non genetic cell opto stimulation
5th International Fall School on Organic Electronics
School (Summer school, ...)
2019
Paternò G.M., Lanzani G.
Organic light actuators for non-genetic optical stimulation
OSA - Advanced Photonics Congress
Conference