Marco Polini graduated in Physics in 1999 from the University of Pisa (Italy) and received his Ph.D. in Physics in January 2003 from the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa, Italy). After his PhD he worked with Allan MacDonald as a postdoctoral researcher and then returned to Pisa for a Researcher permanent position at the National Research Council. He then held a Senior Scientist position at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genoa (Italy), where he led the “Theory and technology of 2D materials” group. He is currently a Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the Department of Physics of the University of Pisa (Italy). He has co-authored more than 200 publications in peer-reviewed international journals including Physics Today, Science, Nature Physics, Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Photonics, Nature Communications, and Physical Review Letters. His publications have received more than 18.000 citations for an Hirsch index of 59 (Google Scholar). His recent interests include quantum effects in energy storage (quantum batteries), topological and quantum plasmonics, electron hydrodynamics, and cavity quantum electrodynamics of correlated electron systems.
Relevant Publications
- D. Rossini, G. M. Andolina, D. Rosa, M. Carrega, and M. Polini, Quantum charging supremacy via Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev batteries, arXiv:1912.07234.
- G.M. Andolina, F.M.D. Pellegrino, V. Giovannetti, A.H. MacDonald, and M. Polini, Theory of photon condensation in a spatially-varying electromagnetic field, arXiv:2005.09088
- M. Polini and A.K. Geim, Viscous electron fluids, Phys. Today 73(6) 28 (2020)
- P. Novelli, I. Torre, F.H.L. Koppens, F. Taddei, and M. Polini, Optical and plasmonic properties of twisted bilayer graphene: Impact of interlayer tunneling asymmetry and ground-state charge inhomogeneity, Phys. Rev. B 102, 125403 (2020)
- G.M. Andolina, M. Keck, A. Mari, M. Campisi, V. Giovannetti, and M. Polini, Extractable work, the role of correlations, and asymptotic freedom in quantum batteries, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 047702 (2019).
- P. Novelli, F. Taddei, A.K. Geim, and M. Polini, Failure of conductance quantization in two-dimensional topological insulators due to non-magnetic impurities, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 016601 (2019).
- G.M. Andolina, F.M.D. Pellegrino, V. Giovannetti, A.H. MacDonald, and M. Polini, Cavity QED of strongly correlated electron systems: A no-go theorem for photon condensation, Phys. Rev. B 100, 121109(R) (2019)
- G.M. Andolina, M. Keck, A. Mari, V. Giovannetti, and M. Polini, Quantum versus classical many-body batteries, Phys. Rev. B 99, 205437 (2019)
- D. Ferraro, G.M. Andolina, M. Campisi, V. Pellegrini, and M. Polini, Quantum supercapacitors, Phys. Rev. B 100, 075433 (2019).
- D. Rossini, G.M. Andolina, and M. Polini, Many-body localized quantum batteries, Phys. Rev. B 100, 115142 (2019).
- D. Ferraro, M. Campisi, G.M. Andolina, V. Pellegrini, and M. Polini, High-power collective charging of a solid-state quantum battery, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 117702 (2018).
Teaching activities related to quantum computing and technologies
Condensed Matter Physics (60 hrs) with A. Tomadin, D. Rossini and F. Taddei.