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![]() Prof Giulia Tagliabue Laboratory of Nanoscience for Energy Technologies (LNET), EPFL Switzerland |
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Bio
Dr. Giulia Tagliabue is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IGM) at EPFL. Her research focuses on exploring innovative mechanisms and concepts for light harnessing and energy conversion by exploiting non-equilibrium (ballistic) transport processes and by leveraging on strong light/solid/liquid coupling at the nanoscale. She obtained her B.S. and M.S degrees cum laude in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Udine in Italy. Concurrently she also obtained the diploma from the Scuola Normale Superiore of Udine. After being research assistant at EPFL, in 2010 she moved to ETH Zurich as a PhD student. In 2015, she obtained her PhD in Mechanical Engineering with a thesis on nanophotonic design for light-to-heat and light-to-charge conversion devices. In 2015 Dr. Tagliabue was awarded an Early Mobility Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation and moved to Caltech as a PostDoctoral fellow. Thanks to the award of an Advanced Mobility Fellowship, she prolonged her stay at Caltech until fall 2018. Here, in collaboration with the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), Dr. Tagliabue investigated coupled light, heat and charge transfer processes in nanophotonic structures and low-dimensional materials for photoelectrochemical and photovoltaic sustainable energy conversion.