Applied Nanophysics -> Prof. Fernando D. Stefani, Ph.D.
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
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
SPONSORS
- Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva
- Fundación Argentina de Nanotecnología
- Max Planck Society