Prof. Federico Rosei, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes (QC) Canada and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Nanoscale Building Blocks for Emerging Technologies
Federico Rosei (MSc (1996) and PhD (2001) from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”) is Full Professor at the Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes (QC) Canada, where he served as Director (07/2011–03/2019), currently on leave. He held the Canada Research Chair (Junior) in Nanostructured Organic and Inorganic Materials (2003–2013) and the Canada Research Chair (Senior) in Nanostructured Materials (2016–2023). Since January 2014 he holds the UNESCO Chair in Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, Saving and Storage. Since March 2023 he holds the Chair of Industrial Chemistry at the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste. In addition to numerous international awards, Rosei is a senior member of the IEEE. In his presentation, Rosei discusses nanostructured materials synthesized via the bottom–up approach as an opportunity for future low cost and low energy intensive manufacturing of devices. He focuses on recent developments in solar technologies, including third generation photovoltaics, solar hydrogen production, luminescent solar concentrators and other optoelectronic devices, highlighting the role and importance of critical raw materials.
