Education:

• PhD in Electronic Engineering from “Università degli Studi Roma Tre” in 2010. Thesis: “Diamond detectors for UV and X-ray source imaging: from technology to read-out electronics”. Tutor: Prof. G. Conte.

• MS Degree in Electronic Engineering with first-class honours from “Università degli Studi Roma Tre” in 2007. Thesis: “Diamond detectors for X-ray beam monitoring” . Tutor: Prof. G. Conte.

 

Work experience:

• 2012 to present: Post-doctoral researcher at CNR-IMIP (Institute of Inorganic Methodologies and Plasmas, National Research Council of Italy). Research activity: Diamond dosimeters and electronics for harsh environments applications.

• 2009 to present: Contract professor at “Università degli Studi Roma Tre”, Faculty of Engineering

• 2011-2012: Post-doctoral researcher at CNR-IFN (Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, National Research Council of Italy). Research activity: Read-out electronics for identification and sequencing of cable-integrated sensors for harsh environments applications.

• 2010-2011: Research Assistant at Dept. of Physics, “Università degli Studi Roma Tre”. Research activity: Characterization of electronic properties of mono- and poly- crystalline diamond substrates for ionizing radiation detectors.

• 2007-2010: Research Assistant at Dept. of Electronic Engineering, “Università degli Studi Roma Tre”. Research activities: Wide band gap semiconductor based active and passive electronic devices.

 

Main research interests

• Diamond detectors for ionizing radiations (UV, X-rays, gamma-rays) and nuclear particles.

• Fabrication process  (lithography, film deposition, etc.) and test in harsh environments (DC and RF characterization in high temperature, radiation hardness) of MESFETs on H-terminated diamond.

• Design, modelling, simulation and test of front-end and read-out electronics for diamond-based pixel detectors.

• Wide band gap semiconductors (diamond, GaN) based devices for high-power and high-frequency applications.

• Metal contacts technology for diamond-based active and passive devices.

• Wide bandgap semiconductors physical and chemical characterization.

 

Teaching activities

• 2009 to present: VLSI technologies and materials for integrated circuits (contract professor) - MS degree in Electronic Engineering for Industry and Innovation, “Università degli Studi Roma Tre”.

• 2011-2012: Nanoelectronics (assistant) - MS degree in Electronic Engineering  for Industry and Innovation, “Università degli Studi Roma Tre”.

• 2010-2011: Solid state devices electronics (assistant) - MS degree in Electronic Engineering  for Industry and Innovation, “Università degli Studi Roma Tre”.

• 2008-2011: Electronics II (assistant) – BS degree in Electronic Engineering, “Università degli Studi Roma Tre”.

 

Awards for research activities

• IEEE Dresden 2008 NSS-MIC-RTSD (Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Image Conference and 16th Room Temperature Semiconductor Workshop) – Trainee Grant Recipient.

• NGC2011 Moscow-Zelenograd International Conference (Nano and Giga Challenges in Electronics, Photonics and Renewable Energy) – Outstanding Poster Award.

 

Main publications

• M. Girolami, G. Conte, S. Salvatori, P. Allegrini, A. Bellucci, D. M. Trucchi, and V. G. Ralchenko –"Optimization of X-ray beam profilers based on CVD diamond detectors" – Journal of instrumentation (accepted for publication on October 16th, 2012).

• G. Conte, E. Giovine, M. Girolami, S. Salvatori, A. Bolshakov, V. Ralchenko, V. Konov – “Polycrystalline diamond UV-triggered MESFET receivers” – Nanotechnology, Vol. 23, 075202, DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/7/075202 (2012).

• M. Girolami, P. Allegrini, G. Conte, D. M. Trucchi, V. G. Ralchenko, S. Salvatori – “Diamond detectors for UV and X-ray source imaging” – IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 33, Issue 2, pp. 224-226, DOI: 10.1109/LED.2011.2176907 (2012).

• P. Calvani, M. Girolami, G. Ricciotti, G. Conte – “UV diamond power switches” – Integrated Photonics: Materials, Devices and Applications, edited by Ali Serpengünzel, Giancarlo C. Righini, Alfred Leipertz, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8069, 806908, DOI: 10.1117/12.886767 (2011).

• M. Girolami, A. Galbiati, S. Salvatori – “Radiation Hard Imaging Detectors based on Diamond Electronics” – IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC) Record 2011, pp. 586-590, DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154117 (2011).

• M. Girolami, S. Salvatori, G. Conte – “Excimer Laser Beam Analyzer Based on CVD Diamond” – 2010 Wide Bandgap Cubic Semiconductors: From Growth to Devices: Proceedings of the E-MRS (European Materials Research Society) Symposium F, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1292, American Institute of Physics, pp. 145-148, DOI: 10.1063/1.3518282 (2010).

• P. Calvani, M. Girolami, S. Carta, M.C. Rossi, G. Conte - “Optoelectronic performance of GaN-based UV photodetectors” – Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipments, Vol. 610, Issue 1, pp. 311-313, DOI: 10.016/j.nima.2009.05.095 (2009).

• P. Calvani, A. Corsaro, M. Girolami, F. Sinisi, D.M. Trucchi, M.C. Rossi, G. Conte, S. Carta, E. Giovine, S. Lavanga, E. Limiti, V. Ralchenko – “DC and RF performance of surface channel MESFETs on H-terminated polycrystalline diamond” – Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 18, pp. 786-788, DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2009.01.014 (2009).

• M. Girolami, P. Allegrini, G. Conte and S. Salvatori – “CVD Diamond Detectors for Real-Time Beam Profile Measurements” – IEEE Sensors 2008, pp. 270-273, DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2008.4716433 (2008).

• G. Conte, M. Girolami, S. Salvatori, V. Ralchenko – “X-ray diamond detectors with energy resolution” – Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 91, Issue 18, 183515, DOI: 10.1063/1.2805221 (2007).