Simone Filippi
Master Student

Born in Saluzzo (CN), Italy, November 15th 2000.

Working at PVsquared2 Lab since February 2024, supervised by Prof. Giulia Grancini during his M.Sc. thesis project and now engaged in a one-year research project in collaboration with ENI SpA.

Interested in novel materials for environmentally sustainable and economically affordable energy production. His work is mainly devoted to device fabrication, namely interface engineering and passivation.

 

CONTACTS

simone.filippi01@universitadipavia.it

 

EDUCATION

Alumnus of Collegio Alessandro Volta and IUSS Institute for Advanced Studies in Pavia.

Second-level diploma at IUSS Pavia (October 2022 – May 2025). Thesis title: “The impact of Saharan dust on the availability of photovoltaic energy in Europe and North Africa”; supervisor: Prof. Marco Gaetani; final mark: 100/100 cum laude.

M.Sc. degree in Physics of Matter at University of Pavia (October 2022 – December 2024). Thesis title: “Solvent engineering of formamidinium lead iodide perovskite for efficient and durable solar cells”; supervisor: Prof. Giulia Grancini; final mark: 110/110.

First-level diploma at IUSS Pavia (October 2019 – May 2023). Thesis title: “Validation of an X-ray dust-scattering model for the brightest gamma-ray burst of all time”; supervisor: Prof. Andrea Tiengo; final mark: 100/100 cum laude.

B.Sc. degree in Physics at University of Pavia (October 2019 – October 2022). Thesis title: “High-temperature magnetic behavior in a metal-organic framework: a study by muon spectroscopy”; supervisor: Prof. Giacomo Prando; final mark: 108/110.

High school diploma cum laude attained in 2019 at Liceo Scientifico G. Peano in Cuneo.

Awarded scholarships by Comune di Busca (2019) and IUSS Pavia (2019-2024).

 

TEACHING ACTIVITY          

Academic tutoring for “Meccanica Razionale e Analitica” (Collegio Alessandro Volta, 2023).

Teacher for the “Origin of the Universe” course (Collegio Alessandro Volta, 2024).

 

COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS

Microsoft Office, Origin, Latex, Python, C++, MatLab.

 

LANGUAGES

Italian (mother tongue), English (B2 level), French (C1 level).

 

EXTRACURRICULAR INTERESTS

Tennis, outdoor activities (cycling, hiking, skiing), gardening. Passionate about Astronomy and Climate Physics.

 

FURTHER INFORMATION ON RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=it&user=oYwz9REAAAAJ

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simone-Filippi

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2119-9835

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simone-filippi-b803a1333/?originalSubdomain=it

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