Dr. Francesco Chiavaioli

I received MEng degree summa cum laude in Telecommunications Engineering in 2008 and got PhD in 2012 from the University of Siena (Italy). Now I'm working as Permanent Researcher at Italian National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Applied Physics "Nello Carrara" (IFAC). My current research interests encompass: 1) optical fiber sensors and optical biosensors; 2) optical fiber gratings; 3) fiber-optic bilimetry and pH-metry; 4) whispering gallery mode (WGM) micro-resonators; 5) graphene-based resonant nanocavities and photonic structures in general; 6) lossy mode resonance devices; 7) SPR-based devices; 8) neurodegenerative disease devices; 9) random fiber gratings and novel in-fiber configurations; 10) Bloch surface wave biosensors. He is actively working in several European, Bilateral and National projects. He is part of the Editorial board of MDPI Optics and of the Programme Committee of SPIE Photonics Europe conference (Optical Sensing and Detection session). He is author of more than 60 publications on the subjects in ISI Journals and in Conference Proceedings. He was awarded by IEEE, OSA and IOP as Outstanding Reviewer recipient in 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively. He is Member of IEEE, OSA, SPIE, EOS, and SIOF.