Giovanni Magno

Assistant Professor (RTDb)

Dr. Giovanni Magno

(SCOPUS: 55436855400 / ORCID: 0000-0003-2985-1215 / SCHOLAR: ‪Link‬ / RESEARCHGATE: Link )

Assistant Professor (RTDb) in Electromagnetic Fields at Politecnico di Bari, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, specializing in optical and microwave frequency structures and devices. Expert in numerical modelling, near-field characterization, and design of advanced photonic and plasmonic structures.

Research Experience

Assistant Professor (RTDb) – February 2026 – present – DEI – Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Bari

Electromagnetic Fields (IINF-02/A). Italian National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as Associate Professor, valid 2023-2035.

Visiting Professor – September 2026 – C2N – Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay

“Professeurs invités 2026” programme: thermoplasmonic couplers for the localized activation of phase-change materials.

Assistant Professor (RTDa) – December 2020 – January 2026 – DEI – Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Bari

Electromagnetic Fields (IINF-02/A).

Researcher – November 2017 – October 2020 – C2N – Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CNRS

Led development of time-domain opto-thermal simulator for laser-matter interaction analysis in additive manufacturing processes (SOFIA project)

Researcher – November 2016 – October 2017 – C2N – Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CNRS & Thales R&D

Design and experimental near-field characterization of integrated plasmonic resonators for electron beam optical modulators

Researcher – June 2015 – October 2016 – IEF – Institut d’Électronique Fondamentale, CNRS

Numerical design and near-field characterization of plasmonic nanotweezers

Education

Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering – 2012 – 2015 – Politecnico di Bari, Thesis: “Mesoscopic Self-Collimation in Photonic Crystal Structures”

  • Research focus: Numerical modelling of plasmonic structures for optical interconnections and on spatial dispersion engineering in photonic crystals with multiple periodicity, in collaboration with LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France.

Areas of Expertise

  • Numerical modelling and simulation
  • Near-field characterization
  • Photonic and plasmonic structures design
  • Optical interconnections
  • Optical Tweezers
  • Metasurfaces and Metalens for optical sensors and displays
  • Graphene electromagnetic devices

Involvement in national and international Research Projects

– STRATIFY (2020-2024) – Development of a far-field emulator for satellite simulation (in collaboration with Thales Alenia Space Italia)
– LabCom PhOVéa (2021-2023) – Investigation of compact and ultra-compact holographic systems (funded by Stellantis)
– OPTAPHI (2020-2024) – Optical sensing using advanced photo-induced effects (EU Horizon 2020)
– PASSEPARTOUT (2021-2025) – Photonic accurate and portable sensor systems for air pollution monitoring (Horizon 2020 ICT)
– IMPACTS (2022-2024) – Integrated magneto-biPlasmonic circulator for silicon photonics (PHC Galilée)
– CIRCULIGHT (2024-2027) – Circulating light on any photonic platform (EIC Pathfinder Open 2023)
– GRAforVITA (2023-2025) – Graphene production for energy storage applications (PNRR MUR)

Teaching Activities

– Photonics for Industry 4.0 (2021-2024, SCUDO Doctoral Program, Politecnico di Bari)
– Electromagnetic Compatibility (2020-2025, Master’s Degree in Electronic Engineering)
– Radio Propagation (2020-2025, Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering)
– Campi Elettromagnetici e Teoria dei Segnali: modulo Esposizione alle radiazioni non ionizzanti (2023-2025, Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Systems Engineering)

Supervision of PhD Students 

– Ajmal Thottoli (PhD, Design of Integrated Optical Beam Combiners for Sensing Applications)
– Marius Crouzier (PhD, Nanometric Resolution Holography and Optical Addressing Structures)
– Francesca Filograno (PhD, Metasurfaces and Photonic Devices for Medical Applications)
– Giovanni Piscopo (PhD, Metasurfaces for Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy)
– Carla Cantore (PhD, Optical Links for Space Applications)
– Sana Ullah Khan (PhD, Design of Graphene-Based Metasurfaces for mmWave, sub-THz, and THz Applications)
– Luigi Melchiorre (PhD, Photonic Integration and Non-Linear Optics for Opto-Acoustic Sensing)
– Alessandro Santorsola (PhD, Physical Layer Security for Smart Radio Systems)

Supervision of Bachelor and Master Theses

– 25 Bachelor’s Theses
– 30 Master’s Theses

Publication List