Prof. Dr. Stefani - CV (English)

Applied Nanophysics -> Prof. Fernando D. Stefani, Ph.D.
Dr Stefani
Director
Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias
Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD Buenos Aires, Argentina
T: +54 11 4899-5500 int 5590
E: fernando.stefani@cibion.conicet.gov.ar

https://stefani-lab.ar/

Full list of publications

AREAS OF INTEREST

Nanoescale bioimaging
Photophysics of metallic and semiconductor nanoparticles
Photophysics of organic fluorophores
Biosensing
Nanohotonics and plasmonics
Optical Antennas
Supramolecular structures
Hybrid nano-bio-sistems
DNA and Proteins

METHODS

Optical nanoscopy (super-resolution fluorescence microscopy)
Optical detection and tracking of single molecules and nanoparticles
Optical and photothermic manipulation
Fabrication and functionalization of nanoparticles
Time resolved optical spectroscopy
Optical and fluorescence microscopy

CURRENT POSITION

Director, CIBION
Professor of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences (FCEN), University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
Principal Investigator, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)

BIOSKETCH

Born on November 19th 1975, in Buenos Aires, Argentina
2001 Materials Engineering Degree, Instituto de Tecnología Prof. Jorge Sabato (IT) – Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004 PhD in Natural Sciences (Chemistry), Johannes Gutenberg University & Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung (MPI-P) – Mainz, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Knoll.
2004 -2006 Postdoc at the MPI-P, Prof. Dr. W. Knoll, Mainz, Germany
2006-2008 Research Fellow, Molecular Nanophotonics Group, Prof. Dr. Niek van Hulst, Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) – Barcelona, Spain
2008-2009 Habilitant (~ Assistant Professor), Photonics and Optoelectronics Group, Prof. Dr. Jochen Feldmann, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) – Munich, Germany
2009-2013 Associate Investigator of (CONICET)
Since 2010 Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences (FCEN), University of Buenos Aires (UBA) – Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011-2016 head of a Max-Planck-Society Partner Group for STED applications, in colaboration with the Department of Nanobiophotonics of Prof. Dr. Stefan W. Hell, Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie – Göttingen, Germany.
2013-2017 Independent Investigator of CONICET
2013 Vice-Director of CIBION and head of the Applied Nanophysics Group
Since 2017 Principal Investigator of CONICET
Since 2022 Director of CIBION

AWARDS

2021: Member of the Argentine Association for the Advancement of Science (AAPC), Argentina
2018: Houssay Award in Physics, Mathematics, Computation and Astronomy. MINCyT (Argentina)
2017: Georg Foster Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany)
2015: Award to Academic Excellence, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
2015: Mercator Fellowship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, Germany)
2014: Award of the National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences (Argentina)
2005: Otto Hahn Medal, Max-Planck-Society (Germany)

THESIS

Diploma 2001: Técnicas basadas en resonancia de plasmónes superficiales. Detección y estudio de reacciones de hibridación de ADN en superficies pdf
PhD 2004: Confocal microscopy applied to the study of single entity fluorescence and light scattering pdf

PUBLICATIONS