Read my blog posts on my research in nanophotonic-plasmonic and light-matter interaction and my research in advanced antireflection metasurfaces.
I joined Stanford University in September 2013 and I was a PostDoctoral Scholar in the group of Prof. Mark Brongersma till May 2016. This is one of the best environments I have been working in during my professional life. Located in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, it is really one of the world’s leading teaching and research universities. I tried to take advantages of as many as possible opportunities offered by the Farm.
My research project focuses on improving the existing solar cells and make them cheaper and a real alternative to traditional energy sources. My project here is funded by 3Sun / Enel Green Power / ST Microelectronics and the US Department of Energy through the Bay Area PhotoVoltaic Consortium.
Peer-reviewed publications
Patent
Broadband, polarization-independent, omnidirectional, metamaterial-based antireflection coating
C. E. A. Cordaro, E. F. Pecora, M. L. Brongersma, J. van de Groep
US Patent 11,467,495 issued on October 11, 2022
Leadership training
- Selected as group facilitator for the “Management Matters” class organized and offered by the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Stanford University
- Selected by the Director of the Stanford Interdisciplinary Life Science Communications as a facilitator for a scientific pitch training workshop for 3rd year Stanford grad students (Spring 2014)
- Admitted at Adventures in Design Thinking: A d.school Experience class offered by the Stanford Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education (Summer 2015)
- Admitted at the full time Stanford Ignite program by the Stanford Graduate School of Business (Summer 2015)
- Admitted at “The Improviser’s Mindset” class offered by the Stanford Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education
- Negotiation skills class, offered by the Stanford Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
- iRite/iSpeak course, offered by the Stanford Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
- Stanford future leaders: Mentoring Workshop, offered by the Stanford Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
