Univ.-Prof. Dr. Roberto Cerbino
Professorship for Experimental Soft Matter Physics at the Faculty of Physics
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Curriculum vitae:
born May 1975 in Legnano (Italy)
1995-2001 Laurea summa cum laude in Physics at the University of Milan (Italy)
2001-2004 Doctorate in Applied Physics at the University of Milan (Italy)
2004-2006 Postdoc at the University of Milan (Italy) at the Department of Physics
2006-2007 Marie Curie Research Fellow at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) at the Department of Physics
2007-2015 Ricercatore for Applied Physics at the University of Milan (Italy) at the Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine
2008 Visiting researcher at the University of Ottawa (Canada) at the Department of Physics
2011 Co-founder of the start-up company Proxentia for the development and commercialization of innovative biosensing platforms
since 2015 Professore Associato for Applied Physics at the University of Milan (Italy) at the Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine
2018 Visiting Professor at the École normale supérieure de Lyon (France)
since March 2021 Professor of Experimental Soft Matter Physics in the Computational Physics and Soft Matter Physics Group at the University of Vienna
Research areas
* Soft matter: structure, dynamics, rheology, fluctuations, instabilities
* Biophysics: micro- and collective motility
* Optics: quantitative microscopy and light scattering
* Technology transfer
* Experiments in space
"We use light to study soft matter. Our research ranges from commercial products, such as yoghurts or plasticizers, to fundamental building blocks, e.g. colloidal particles and polymers. We also study the collective behavior of biological systems, such as bacteria and epithelial cells. Some of our experiments are also carried out in space, for example on the International Space Station (ISS). We love collaborations, especially with industrial partners." (Roberto Cerbino)