
Associate Professor (L. 240)
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)
- Vice Coordinator Academic Board - Ph.D. programme in Physics
Profile
Research interests
Biography
Laura Gozzelino earned a Master’s degree in Physics at the University of Torino and a PhD in Metrology at Politecnico di Torino. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Science and Technology of Politecnico di Torino. Her research activity has been mainly focused on the study of the electromagnetic properties of superconducting materials (cuprate, MgB2, low-Tc and iron-based superconductors), with the aim to investigate both fundamental and applicative topics. The main investigated topics include: - the influence of intrinsic and extrinsic (i.e. ion-irradiation induced) defects on the phase diagram as well as on the vortex dynamics of the superconducting materials with the evaluation of parameters such as critical current density, irreversibility temperature, critical fields, penetration length; - the magnetic flux shielding and trapping by superconducting and hybrid layouts, the latter exploiting the magnetic properties of both superconducting and ferromagnetic materials. LG’s research activity required the fulfillment of measurement tasks involving different characterization techniques (in particular she was in charge for the setting-up of cryogenic facilities for electric transport measurements and Hall probe scanning magnetometry), as well as data analysis and the interpretation of the experimental results in the context of established theories and ad-hoc developed models. In the last few years she has also been involved in a numerical modeling activity mainly focused on investigating magnetic field and current distribution in superconducting bulk materials. LG is associated to the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN). LG’s scientific activity is acknowledged by more than 190 peer-reviewed papers reported on WoS/Scopus platforms. She was invited speaker in several international conferences and involved in more than 30 international and national research programs/projects, even in leading role.
Scientific branch
(Area 0002 - Physical sciences)
Research topics
- Electric transport and magnetic measurements at cryogenic temperature
- Magnetic shielding
- Numerical modelling of the electromagnetic properties of superconducting and magnetic materials
- Particle irradiation of materials
- Scanning Hall probe magnetometry
- Vortex dynamics in superconductors
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Fellowships
- Fellow - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italia (1995-2025)
Associazione scientifica
Conferences
- PASREG 2025 - 14th International Workshop on Processing and Applications of Superconducting (RE)BCO Materials (28/11/2025-30/11/2025), Membro dell'International Organizing Committee
- SuperFOx 2025 – 7th edition of SuperFox, Conference on Superconductivity and Functional Oxides (19/2/2025-21/2/2025), Program committee
- EUCAS 2023 - 16th European Conference on Applied Superconductivity (3/9/2023-7/9/2023), Program committee
- PASREG 2023 - 13th International Workshop on Processing and Applications of Superconducting (RE)BCO Materials (31/8/2023-1/9/2023), Membro dell' International Organizing Committee
- Iron-based Superconductors: advances towards applications (1/1/2020-14/2/2020), Program chair
- SuperFOx 2016 – 3rd edition of SuperFox, Conference on Superconductivity and Functional Oxides (19/9/2016-21/9/2016), Participation to the organizing committee
Research networks
- COST Action CA19108 "High-Temperature SuperConductivity for AcceLerating the Energy Transition (Hi-SCALE) (2020-2024). Partecipazione
- PRIN Project 2017 "High performance-low cost Iron BaSed Coated condUctorS for high field magnets (HIBiSCUS)" (2019-2023). Partecipazione
- PRIN Project 2022 "From the Nano to the Macro SCale: a deep investigation of grain boundaries in high-Tc superconducting Wires (NaMaSCale)" (2023-). Partecipazione
Teaching
Collegi of the PhD programmes
- FISICA, 2024/2025 (40. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - FISICA, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Elettronica, delle Telecomunicazioni e Fisica. Componente invitato
- Collegio di Ingegneria Meccanica, Aerospaziale e dell'Autoveicolo. Componente
Teachings
Bachelor of Science
- Fisica I. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Fisica I. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Fisica II. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
- Fisica I. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Fisica I. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Fisica II. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
- Fisica I. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Fisica I. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Fisica II. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
- Fisica I. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Fisica I. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Fisica II. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
- Fisica I. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Fisica I. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Fisica II. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
- Fisica I. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Fisica I. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Fisica II. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
- Fisica II. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Fisica I. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Fisica I. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Fisica II. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
- Fisica II. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
Research
Institute
Research groups/teams
Laboratories
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- NaMaSCale - From the Nano to the Macro SCale: a deep investigation of grain boundaries in high-Tc superconducting Wires (NaMaSCale), (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN - SUPERNEON - Studio del danno da neutroni nei superconduttori ad alta temperatura per i reattori a fusione compatti, (2023-2025) - Componente gruppo di Ricerca
National Research - HIBiSCUS - High performance-low cost Iron BaSed Coated condUctorS for high field magnets, (2019-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN - SECONADECH - LOCALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT OF RADIATION DAMAGE IN NANOSTRUCTURED MICRO-DEVICES WORKING AT CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES, (2007-2011) - Responsabile Scientifico
Regionally funded research
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- Convenzione tra il Politecnico di Torino - Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia (DISAT) e l'Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen - ENSICAEN/laboratorio CRISMAT per una collaborazione in attività di ricerca e formazione nell'ambito della "Phisics and Engineering of Advanced Material"., (2016-2019) - Responsabile contrattuale
Departmental agreements
Supervised PhD students
- Michela Fracasso. Programme in Fisica (35th cycle, 2019-2023)
Thesis: Experimental and 2D/3D modelling investigation of DC magnetic shielding by machinable MgB2 bulks
Publications
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- Ghigo, G.; Fracasso, M.; Gerbaldo, R.; Torsello, D.; Fonnesu, D.; Fretto, M.; Pira, C.; ... (2025)
Heavy ion irradiation effects on the high-frequency properties of YBCO and Nb3Sn thin films. In: SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, vol. 13, pp. 1-8. ISSN 2772-8307
Contributo su Rivista - Rotheudt, Nicolas; Fracasso, Michela; Vanderbemden, Philippe; Gozzelino, Laura (2025)
Superconductor-based passive shielding and screening systems. In: SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, vol. 38. ISSN 0953-2048
Contributo su Rivista - Marconato, Giovanni; Pira, Cristian; Alesini, David; D'Agostino, Domenico; Azzolini, ... (2024)
NbTi Thin-Film SRF Cavities for Dark Matter Search. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, vol. 34, pp. 1-6. ISSN 1051-8223
Contributo su Rivista - Fracasso, Michela; Gerbaldo, Roberto; Ghigo, Gianluca; Torsello, Daniele; Xing, Yiteng; ... (2024)
Comparison of the Field Trapping Ability of MgB2 and Hybrid Disc-Shaped Layouts. In: MATERIALS, vol. 17. ISSN 1996-1944
Contributo su Rivista - Ghigo, Gianluca; Fracasso, Michela; Gerbaldo, Roberto; Torsello, Daniele; Pira, ... (2024)
Vortex-induced nonlinearity and the effects of ion irradiation on the high-frequency response of NbTi films. In: RESULTS IN PHYSICS, vol. 57. ISSN 2211-3797
Contributo su Rivista