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Carlo Ricciardi

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Full Professor (L. 240)
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)

  • Member of Interdepartmental Center CWC - CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo

Profile

Keywords

Artificial synapse
Bio-inspired nanodevice
Biosensors
Brain-inspired computing
Memristive device
Memristors
Mems
Nanobiosensors
Nanomechanical sensing
Nanotechnology
Nems

Biography

Carlo Ricciardi was born in 1975. He graduated in Physics at the University of Torino in 2000 (110/110 cum laude) and obtained his Ph.D. in Physics at Politecnico di Torino (PoliTO) in 2004. He joined PoliTO as a permanent Assistant Professor (Ricercatore a Tempo Indeterminato – RTI) in 2007, became Associate Professor in 2014, and Full Professor in 2023, where he teaches “Physics of NanoBioSystems”. He was Visiting Scientist at the University of California, Berkeley (2007) and Visiting Professor at EPFL (2017). From 2018 to 2024 he coordinated the International Master's Degree in “Nanotechnologies for ICTs” at PoliTO. He leads the NaMeS research group (https://names.polito.it), whose main activities focus on bio-inspired nanodevices, including memristive devices for unconventional computing and nano-biomechanical sensing. He has co-authored more than 150 papers in international peer-reviewed journals (40% published in 2021–2025), including one Nature Materials, four Nature Communications, and four Biosensors and Bioelectronics papers as first, corresponding and/or last author. His H-index is 33, with more than 4,500 citations (Web of Science, June 2026). He is co-inventor of two international patents and serves as reviewer for leading journals, including Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Electronics and Advanced Materials. He collaborates with researchers from institutions such as Stanford University, Caltech, ETH Zurich, EPFL and IBM Research, and reviews projects for agencies including EPSRC (UK) and NWO (The Netherlands). He has participated in numerous national and international research projects with companies, R&D centers and public institutions, securing funding exceeding €3 million.

Scientific branch

PHYS-03/A - Experimental Physics of Matter and Applications
(Area 0002 - Physical sciences)

Skills

ERC sectors

PE7_5 - (Micro- and nano-) electronic, optoelectronic and photonic components
PE6_7 - Artificial intelligence, intelligent systems, natural language processing
PE3_4 - Electronic properties of materials, surfaces, interfaces, nanostructures
PE11_9 - Nanomaterials engineering, e.g. nanoparticles, nanoporous materials, 1D & 2D nanomaterials
PE3_10 - Nanophysics, e.g. nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, nanomagnetism, nanoelectromechanics
PE4_4 - Surface science and nanostructures

SDG

Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Goal 4: Quality education
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

Awards and Honors

  • Young Scientist Award conferred by European Materials Research Society, Italy (2002)
  • Keynote Paper Finalist, Biosensors 2010 conferred by BIOSENSORS 2010 Scientific Committee, United kingdom (2010)
  • Premio Giovedì Scienza conferred by http://www.giovediscienza.it/, Italy (2012)

Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico

  • Visiting Researcher, presso Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (1/2/2017-31/8/2017)
  • Visiting Researcher, presso University of California - Berkeley (1/1/2007-30/6/2007)

Teaching

Collegi of the PhD programmes

  • FISICA, 2025/2026 (41. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FISICA, 2024/2025 (40. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FISICA, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FISICA, 2022/2023 (38. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FISICA, 2021/2022 (37. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FISICA, 2020/2021 (36. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FISICA, 2019/2020 (35. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FISICA, 2018/2019 (34. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2017/2018 (33. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2016/2017 (32. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2015/2016 (31. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2014/2015 (30. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • DISPOSITIVI ELETTRONICI, 2012/2013 (28. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
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Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

Master of Science

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Bachelor of Science

  • Fisica II. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso
  • Fisica II. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso
  • Fisica II. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso
  • Fisica II. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso
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Teaching and training projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

Research

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Supervised PhD students

  • Davide Pilati. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
    Research subject: Unconventional computing with neuromorphic nanowire networks
    Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science
    Electronic devices: modeling and characterization
    Micro- and nanotechnologies, devices, systems and applications
  • Fabio Michieletti. Programme in Metrologia (37th cycle, 2021-2025)
    Thesis: Self-organized criticality in neuromorphic nanowire networks

Other activities and projects related to research

Carlo Ricciardi is PI of the NaMeS group, which aims at fostering the applied and fundamental knowledge in two amazing and cutting-edge research fields: the nanomechanical sensing and the memristive nanodevices. These two subjects share the intrinsically high interdisciplinarity of nanoscience, combined with the inspiration from biological systems.

Website: https://names.polito.it

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