Prof. Paolo Mele

Dr. Paolo Mele is currently a Professor at SIT Research Laboratories, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. He obtained a master's degree in Chemistry and a PhD in Chemical Sciences at Genova University, Italy, In 2003, he moved to ISTEC-SRL in Tokyo to study melt-textured ceramic superconductors. Then, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Kyoto University (JSPS fellowship) from 2004 to 2007, at Kyushu Institute of Technology (JST fellowship) from 2007 to 2011, at Hiroshima University (as a lecturer) from 2011 to 2014, and at Muroran Institute of Technology (as an Associate Professor) from 2015 to 2018, before reaching his current position. His research interests include materials for energy and sustainable development (superconductors and thermoelectrics); fabrication and characterization of thin films of oxides, ceramics and metals; the effect of nanostructuration on physical properties; thermal transport; and vortex matter.