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{{Infobox scientist
{{Infobox scientist
| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1978|09|27}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|9|27}}
| birth_place = Roma, Italy
|birth_place = Roma, Italy
| residence = {{Plainlist|
|residence = {{Plainlist|
* currently Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
*currently Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
* previously Pennsylvania, U.S.A
*previously Pennsylvania, U.S.A
* previously Italy
*previously Italy
}}
}}
| fields = Engineering, Physics
|fields = Engineering, Physics
| known_for = {{Plainlist|
|known_for = {{Plainlist|
* Metamaterials
*Metamaterials
* Nanophotonics
*Nanophotonics
}}
}}
| workplaces = {{Plainlist|
|workplaces = {{Plainlist|
* [[University of Texas at Austin]]
*[[University of Texas at Austin]]
* [[University of Pennsylvania]]
*[[University of Pennsylvania]]
* [[City University of New York]]
*[[City University of New York]]
}}
}}
| awards = [[Alan T. Waterman Award]] (2015)
| awards = [[Alan T. Waterman Award]] (2015)
}}
}}
'''Andrea Alù''' (born in Rome, Italy, September 27, 1978) is the founding director of the [[Photonics]] Initiative at the [[City University of New York|CUNY]] Advanced Science Research Center, Einstein Professor of Physics at the [[Graduate Center, CUNY|CUNY Graduate Center]],<ref name=":0" /> and Professor of [[Electrical engineering|Electrical Engineering]] at [[City College of New York|The City College of New York]]. Previously he was the Temple Foundation Endowed professor at the [[University of Texas|University of Texas at Austin]].<ref name="cvshort" /><ref name="career" /> Alù is a significant contributor to the field of novel or advanced materials research.
'''Andrea Alù''' (born in Rome, Italy, September 27, 1978) is the founding director of the [[Photonics]] Initiative at the [[City University of New York|CUNY]] Advanced Science Research Center, Einstein Professor of Physics at the [[Graduate Center, CUNY|CUNY Graduate Center]],<ref name=":0"/> and Professor of [[Electrical engineering|Electrical Engineering]] at [[City College of New York|The City College of New York]]. Previously he was the Temple Foundation Endowed professor at the [[University of Texas|University of Texas at Austin]].<ref name=cvshort/><ref name=career/> Alù is a significant contributor to the field of novel or advanced materials research.
<ref>{{cite web|author=Cartwright, Jon|quote=[...] Andrea Alù and colleagues at the University of Texas [...] claim to have made just such a cloak. Unlike previous metamaterial designs, the device is based on a plasmonic cloaking concept, in which the light scattered by an object is cancelled precisely by an exterior shell.|title=3D cloak is first to work in free space|work=See section entitled Plasmonic cloaking&nbsp;— scroll down|publisher=[[Institute of Physics]]|date=August 8, 2011|url=https://physicsworld.com/a/3d-cloak-is-first-to-work-in-free-space/|location=University of Texas, Austin|accessdate=2020-01-05}}</ref><ref=name=cvshort>{{cite web|quote=Andrea Alù has authored over 300 journal papers, 25 book chapters, 500 conference papers that have received over 18,000 citations. His current research interests [span] metamaterials and plasmonics, electromangetics, optics and photonics, cloaking and transparency, nanocircuits and nanostructures modeling, miniaturized antennas and nanoantennas...|title=Metamaterials and Plasmonic Materials: Theory and Electromagnetic Applications|work=Short biography available&nbsp;— scroll down|publisher=International Union of Radio Science|date=August 13–20, 2011|url=http://www.ursigass2011.org/shortcourses/SC006.pdf|location=30th URSI General Assembly -- Istanbul, Turkey|accessdate=2012-07-29|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326155014/http://www.ursigass2011.org/shortcourses/SC006.pdf|archivedate=2012-03-26}}</ref><ref name=natgeo>
<ref name=Cartwright>
{{cite web|quote=Alú and Engheta investigated experimental plasmonic covers that incorporated metals, such as gold and silver, to hide visible light.|title=Invisibility Shields Planned by Engineers|publisher=National Geographic|date=June 28, 2012|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/02/0228_050228_invisibility.html|location=University of Pennsylvania|accessdate=2012-07-29}}</ref><ref name=career>{{cite web|quote=He has authored over 200 journal papers, 15 book chapters and 270 conference papers, with over 2,800 citations|title=Andrea Alù, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin|publisher=University of Texas|date=June 28, 2012|url=http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~aalu/|location=Austin, Texas|accessdate=2020-01-05}}</ref>
{{cite web

| last =Cartwright
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He has authored over 200 journal papers, 15 book chapters, 270 conference papers, and is attributed with over 29,000 citations, which includes some published research that has been cited by over 100 and over 200 others. Professionally, he is currently a member of the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] (since 2003), [[IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society|IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society]] (2003), IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (2003), IEEE Communications Society, the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (2019),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-announces-leading-scientists-elected-2019-fellows|title=AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2019 Fellows|publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science|date=26 November 2019|accessdate=2020-01-05}}</ref> and a senior fellow of the [[The Optical Society|Optical Society of America]] (2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osa.org/en-us/awards_and_grants/fellow_members/recent_fellows/2014_fellows/|title=2014 OSA Fellows|publisher=The Optical Society|accessdate=2020-01-05}}</ref>
| first =Jon

| quote = [...] Andrea Alù and colleagues at the University of Texas [...] claim to have made just such a cloak. Unlike previous metamaterial designs, the device is based on a plasmonic cloaking concept, in which the light scattered by an object is cancelled precisely by an exterior shell.
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He has received over 25 professional honors and scientific awards. Also professionally, he is currently an editor for the [[peer review]]ed journal ''[[Metamaterials (journal)|Metamaterials]]'', and is an active (international) peer reviewer for 50 [[scientific journal]]s, nine [[funding agencies]], and engaged by the [[editorial office]]s of [[John Wiley & Sons|Wiley]], [[IEEE Press]], [[Cambridge University Press]], [[CRC Press]], and [[Prentice Hall]].
| title =3D cloak is first to work in free space
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Some of the scientific journals for which he peer reviews are [[Nature (journal)|Nature]], ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'', ''[[Physical Review]]'' journals (A,B,E, Letters), and includes journals produced by the [[American Chemical Society]], the [[The Optical Society|Optical Society of America]], IEEE, [[IOP Publishing|IOP Science]] and others.<ref name=career/><ref name=cvshort>{{cite web|title=Andrea Alù C.V.|url=https://metamaterials.ws.gc.cuny.edu/group/about-andrea-alu/c-v/|accessdate=2020-01-05}}</ref><ref name=gglesch>{{cite web|title=Andrea Alu' (author and co-author)|publisher=Google Scholar|date=March 24, 2012|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=Andrea+Al%C3%B9&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C22&as_sdtp=|accessdate=2012-07-29}}</ref>
| work =See section entitled Plasmonic cloaking&nbsp;— scroll down
| publisher =[[Institute of Physics]]
| date =Aug 8, 2011
| url =http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2011/aug/08/3d-cloak-is-first-to-work-in-free-space
| format =
| location = University of Texas, Austin
| accessdate =2012-07-29}}</ref><ref name=shortcrse>
{{cite web
|quote=Andrea Alù has authored over 300 journal papers, 25 book chapters, 500 conference papers that have received over 18,000 citations. His current research interests [span] metamaterials and plasmonics, electromangetics, optics and photonics, cloaking and transparency, nanocircuits and nanostructures modeling, miniaturized antennas and nanoantennas...
|title=Metamaterials and Plasmonic Materials: Theory and Electromagnetic Applications
|work=Short biography available&nbsp;— scroll down
|publisher=International Union of Radio Science
|date=August 13–20, 2011
|url=http://www.ursigass2011.org/shortcourses/SC006.pdf
|format=Free PDF download
|location=30th URSI General Assembly -- Istanbul, Turkey
|accessdate=2012-07-29
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326155014/http://www.ursigass2011.org/shortcourses/SC006.pdf
|archivedate=2012-03-26
}}</ref><ref name=natgeo>
{{cite web
| last =-Press coverage of research ---
| authorlink =
| quote = Alú and Engheta investigated experimental plasmonic covers that incorporated metals, such as gold and silver, to hide visible light.
| title =Invisibility Shields Planned by Engineers
| work = see section titled Plasmonic Covers
| publisher =National Geographic
| date =June 28, 2012
| url =http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/02/0228_050228_invisibility.html
| location = University of Pennsylvania
| accessdate =2012-07-29}}</ref><ref name=career>
{{cite web
| last =Career overview
| authorlink =
| quote = He has authored over 200 journal papers, 15 book chapters and 270 conference papers, with over 2,800 citations
| title =Andrea Alù, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
| publisher =University of Texas
| date =June 28, 2012
| url =http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~aalu/
| format =
| location = Austin, Texas
| accessdate =2012-07-29}}</ref>
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He has authored over 200 journal papers, 15 book chapters, 270 conference papers, and is attributed with over 29,000 citations, which includes some published research that has been cited by over 100 and over 200 others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dczS1ykAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Andrea Alu - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.com|access-date=2018-11-08}}</ref> Professionally, he is currently a member of the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] (since 2003), [[IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society|IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society]] (2003), IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (2003), IEEE Communications Society, the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (2007), and a senior fellow of the [[Optical Society of America]] (2007).


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He has received over 25 professional honors and scientific awards. Also professionally, he is currently an editor for the [[peer-review]]ed journal ''[[Metamaterials (journal)|Metamaterials]]'', and is an active (international) peer reviewer for 50 [[scientific journal]]s, nine [[funding agencies]], and engaged by the [[editorial office]]s of [[John Wiley & Sons|Wiley]], [[IEEE Press]], [[Cambridge University Press]], [[CRC Press]], and [[Prentice Hall]].
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Some of the scientific journals for which he peer reviews are [[Nature (journal)|Nature]], ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'', ''[[Physical Review]]'' journals (A,B,E, Letters), and includes journals produced by the [[American Chemical Society]], the [[Optical Society of America]], IEEE, [[IOP Publishing|IOP Science]] and others.<ref name=career/><ref name=cvshort>
{{cite web
|title=Short CV
|publisher=University of Texas
|date=March 24, 2012
|url=http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~aalu/shortcv.html
|accessdate=2012-07-29
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216143837/http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~aalu/shortcv.html
|archivedate=December 16, 2011
}}</ref><ref name=gglesch>
{{cite web
| title = Andrea Alu' (author and co-author)
| work = Cited by 4832
| publisher =Google Scholar
| date = March 24, 2012
| url =https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=Andrea+Al%C3%B9&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C22&as_sdtp=
| format =
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| accessdate =2012-07-29}}</ref>
He is also co-inventor of three inventions in various stages of the patent process which are novel waveguides, scattering devices, optical circuits, optical circuit elements, and a cloaked sensor device.<ref name=wvgude>
He is also co-inventor of three inventions in various stages of the patent process which are novel waveguides, scattering devices, optical circuits, optical circuit elements, and a cloaked sensor device.<ref name=wvgude>
{{patent|US|7218190|"Waveguides and Scattering Devices Incorporating Epsilon-Negative and/or Mu-Negative Slabs."}}</ref><ref name=optckt>
{{patent|US|7218190|"Waveguides and Scattering Devices Incorporating Epsilon-Negative and/or Mu-Negative Slabs."}}</ref><ref name=optckt>
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==Career biography==
==Career biography==
From January 2009 to January 2018 Alù was an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He did his postdoctoral research under Professor [[Nader Engheta]] at the Fields and Waves Laboratory of the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. He received his Ph.D. of biomedical electronics, electromagnetics and telecommunications from the [[Roma Tre University]], in 2007. Since March 2014, Alù has been on the Board of Scientific Advisors at Metamaterial Technologies Inc., an international optical nano-composites company (www.metamaterial.com<ref>{{Cite web|title = Metamaterial Technologies Inc {{!}} Mastering Light|url = http://www.metamaterial.com|website = www.metamaterial.com|accessdate = 2015-10-22}}</ref>). In January 2018, Alù became the founding director of the Advanced Science Research Center’s (ASRC) Photonics Initiative and Einstein Professor of Physics at the [[Graduate Center, CUNY]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Andrea Alù Joins Graduate Center|url=https://www.gc.cuny.edu/News/All-News/Detail?id=43289|accessdate=8 March 2018}}</ref>
From January 2009 to January 2018 Alù was an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He did his postdoctoral research under Professor [[Nader Engheta]] at the Fields and Waves Laboratory of the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. He received his Ph.D. of biomedical electronics, electromagnetics and telecommunications from the [[Roma Tre University]], in 2007. Since March 2014, Alù has been on the Board of Scientific Advisors at Metamaterial Technologies Inc., an international optical nano-composites company (www.metamaterial.com).<ref>{{cite web|title=Metamaterial Technologies Inc {{!}} Mastering Light|url=http://www.metamaterial.com|website=www.metamaterial.com|accessdate=2015-10-22}}</ref> In January 2018, Alù became the founding director of the Advanced Science Research Center’s (ASRC) Photonics Initiative and Einstein Professor of Physics at the [[Graduate Center, CUNY]].<ref name="0">{{cite web|title=Andrea Alù Joins Graduate Center|url=https://www.gc.cuny.edu/News/All-News/Detail?id=43289|accessdate=8 March 2018}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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'''''Past artificial material researchers'''''
'''''Past artificial material researchers'''''
* [[Jagadish Chandra Bose]]
*[[Jagadish Chandra Bose]]
* [[Horace Lamb]]
*[[Horace Lamb]]
* [[Winston E. Kock]]
*[[Winston E. Kock]]
* [[Karl F. Lindman]]
*[[Karl F. Lindman]]
* [[Leonid Mandelstam]]
*[[Leonid Mandelstam]]
* [[Walter Rotman]]
*[[Walter Rotman]]
* [[Sergei Schelkunoff]]
*[[Sergei Schelkunoff]]
* [[Arthur Schuster]]
*[[Arthur Schuster]]
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'''''Metamaterial scientists'''''
'''''Metamaterial scientists'''''
* [[Nader Engheta]]
*[[Nader Engheta]]
* [[George V. Eleftheriades]]
*[[George V. Eleftheriades]]
* [[Ulf Leonhardt]]
*[[Ulf Leonhardt]]
* [[Ismo V. Lindell]]
*[[Ismo V. Lindell]]
* [[John Pendry]]
*[[John Pendry]]
* [[Vladimir Shalaev]]
*[[Vladimir Shalaev]]
* [[Sergei A. Tretyakov]]
*[[Sergei A. Tretyakov]]
* [[Ari H. Sihvola]]
*[[Ari H. Sihvola]]
* [[David R. Smith]]
*[[David R. Smith]]
* [[Costas Soukoulis]]
*[[Costas Soukoulis]]
* [[Victor Veselago]]
*[[Victor Veselago]]
* [[Richard W. Ziolkowski]]
*[[Richard W. Ziolkowski]]
* [[Yuri Kivshar]]
*[[Yuri Kivshar]]
* [[Pavel Belov]]{{col-end}}
*[[Pavel Belov]]
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==References==
==References==

Revision as of 01:11, 5 January 2020

Andrea Alù
Born (1978-09-27) September 27, 1978 (age 45)
Roma, Italy
Known for
  • Metamaterials
  • Nanophotonics
AwardsAlan T. Waterman Award (2015)
Scientific career
FieldsEngineering, Physics
Institutions

Andrea Alù (born in Rome, Italy, September 27, 1978) is the founding director of the Photonics Initiative at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, Einstein Professor of Physics at the CUNY Graduate Center,[1] and Professor of Electrical Engineering at The City College of New York. Previously he was the Temple Foundation Endowed professor at the University of Texas at Austin.[2][3] Alù is a significant contributor to the field of novel or advanced materials research. [4]<ref=name=cvshort>"Metamaterials and Plasmonic Materials: Theory and Electromagnetic Applications" (PDF). Short biography available — scroll down. 30th URSI General Assembly -- Istanbul, Turkey: International Union of Radio Science. August 13–20, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2012-07-29. Andrea Alù has authored over 300 journal papers, 25 book chapters, 500 conference papers that have received over 18,000 citations. His current research interests [span] metamaterials and plasmonics, electromangetics, optics and photonics, cloaking and transparency, nanocircuits and nanostructures modeling, miniaturized antennas and nanoantennas...{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)</ref>[5][3]

He has authored over 200 journal papers, 15 book chapters, 270 conference papers, and is attributed with over 29,000 citations, which includes some published research that has been cited by over 100 and over 200 others. Professionally, he is currently a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (since 2003), IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (2003), IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (2003), IEEE Communications Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2019),[6] and a senior fellow of the Optical Society of America (2014).[7]

He has received over 25 professional honors and scientific awards. Also professionally, he is currently an editor for the peer reviewed journal Metamaterials, and is an active (international) peer reviewer for 50 scientific journals, nine funding agencies, and engaged by the editorial offices of Wiley, IEEE Press, Cambridge University Press, CRC Press, and Prentice Hall. Some of the scientific journals for which he peer reviews are Nature, Science, Physical Review journals (A,B,E, Letters), and includes journals produced by the American Chemical Society, the Optical Society of America, IEEE, IOP Science and others.[3][2][8]

He is also co-inventor of three inventions in various stages of the patent process which are novel waveguides, scattering devices, optical circuits, optical circuit elements, and a cloaked sensor device.[9][10][11]

Career biography

From January 2009 to January 2018 Alù was an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He did his postdoctoral research under Professor Nader Engheta at the Fields and Waves Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. of biomedical electronics, electromagnetics and telecommunications from the Roma Tre University, in 2007. Since March 2014, Alù has been on the Board of Scientific Advisors at Metamaterial Technologies Inc., an international optical nano-composites company (www.metamaterial.com).[12] In January 2018, Alù became the founding director of the Advanced Science Research Center’s (ASRC) Photonics Initiative and Einstein Professor of Physics at the Graduate Center, CUNY.Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).

See also

References

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Andrea Alù C.V." Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  3. ^ a b c "Andrea Alù, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin". Austin, Texas: University of Texas. June 28, 2012. Retrieved 2020-01-05. He has authored over 200 journal papers, 15 book chapters and 270 conference papers, with over 2,800 citations
  4. ^ Cartwright, Jon (August 8, 2011). "3D cloak is first to work in free space". See section entitled Plasmonic cloaking — scroll down. University of Texas, Austin: Institute of Physics. Retrieved 2020-01-05. [...] Andrea Alù and colleagues at the University of Texas [...] claim to have made just such a cloak. Unlike previous metamaterial designs, the device is based on a plasmonic cloaking concept, in which the light scattered by an object is cancelled precisely by an exterior shell.
  5. ^ "Invisibility Shields Planned by Engineers". University of Pennsylvania: National Geographic. June 28, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-29. Alú and Engheta investigated experimental plasmonic covers that incorporated metals, such as gold and silver, to hide visible light.
  6. ^ "AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2019 Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  7. ^ "2014 OSA Fellows". The Optical Society. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  8. ^ "Andrea Alu' (author and co-author)". Google Scholar. March 24, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  9. ^ US 7218190  "Waveguides and Scattering Devices Incorporating Epsilon-Negative and/or Mu-Negative Slabs."
  10. ^ US 2008/0212920. "Optical Circuits and Circuit Elements and Methods of Forming Same". Nader Engheta et al
  11. ^ US Patent Provisional Application No. 200961/164,610 on °Cloaked Sensor"
  12. ^ "Metamaterial Technologies Inc | Mastering Light". www.metamaterial.com. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
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