Emanuela Esposito has been a Senior Research scientist at the National Research Council CNR since January 2001. She pursued the fundamental study of quantum tunneling effect in superconducting materials and the correlated radiation/particle interaction as well as applications of superconducting tunneling sensors to nuclear physics and astrophysics. Her current research focuses on the development of optical responsive nanostructures based on quantum-mechanical properties of materials, especially applied to nanophotonics and plasmonics. Since 2013, she has been the team leader of the electron beam nano-lithography laboratory at the Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems (ISASI)—Naples site.