Dr Alessandro Rossi

Senior Lecturer

Physics

Personal statement

Alessandro leads the Semiconductor Quantum Electronics Lab (SEQUEL) in the Department of Physics. He is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and a Senior Lecturer. He is jointly appointed with the National Physical Laboratory, where he holds a Measurement Fellowship. His team's research interests span from quantum computing to quantum electrical metrology in semiconductor systems, as well as development of hybrid super/semi-conductive nanotechnology.

Alessandro studied Electronic Engineering at the University of Naples (Italy) where he received his BSc and MSc summa cum laude.
After working for two years as an engineering consultant at Altran Ltd (Italy), he moved to the UK to engage in his doctoral studies in Physics at the University of Cambridge. Alessandro graduated in 2011 with a dissertation on microwave-assisted charge transport in single-electron transistors.
Following the award of his PhD, Alessandro worked at the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory (UK) as a research scientist in the area of silicon-based quantum information.
From 2012 until 2015, he worked at the University of New South Wales (Australia) as a post-doctoral research fellow in the group of Prof. Andrew Dzurak. In Australia, Alessandro focussed on the development of silicon-based single-electron devices to generate electric currents with record accuracy. For this work, he was awarded Australia’s National Measurement Institute Prize for excellence in measurement research. He returned to Cambridge University upon the award of a EU Marie Curie Fellowship, which he held between 2016 and 2018.

To date, Alessandro has raised competitive early career research income from British, European and Australian funding agencies for a combined amount of approximately £3m.

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

Top downloaded article: Recipient; 2023
Emerging Leader 2021: Recipient; 6/8/2021
National Physical Laboratory Scientific Achievement Award: Recipient; 2021
Future Leaders Fellowship: Recipient; 10/2020
Strategic Themes and Impact Award: Recipient; 29/7/2020
Chancellor's Fellow: Recipient; 2019

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Publications

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Publications

Characterization of a compact wideband microwave metasurface lens for cryogenic applications: Al-Moathin Ali, Zhong Mingyan, Al-Taai Qusay, Jiang Yunan, Farage Michael, Kazim Jalil ur Rehman, Ali Muhammad Zulfiqar, Nikbakhtnasrabadi Fatemeh, Powell Megan, Khatri Prince, Stanley Manoj, Rossi Alessandro, Heidari Hadi, Imran Muhammad Ali, Abbasi Qammer H, Ridler Nick M, Weides Martin, Li Chong; 101st ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference ARFTG Conference (2023); https://doi.org/10.1109/ARFTG57476.2023.10279542
Wireless microwave signal transmission for cryogenic applications: Kazim Jalil ur Rehman, Ali Muhammad Zulfiqar, Al-Moathin Ali, Nikbakhtnasrabadi Fatemeh, Khatri Prince, Powell Megan, Stanley Manoj, Ridler Nick M, Rossi Alessandro, Weides Martin, Heidari Hadi, Imran Muhammad Ali, Abbasi Qammer H, Li Chong; 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI) 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, pp. 43-44 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1109/USNC-URSI52151.2023.10237549
Gate-based spin readout of hole quantum dots with site-dependent g-factors: Russell Angus, Zotov Alexander, Zhao Ruichen, Dzurak Andrew S, Gonzalez-Zalba M Fernando, Rossi Alessandro; Physical Review Applied Vol 19 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.044039
Single-hole pump in germanium: Rossi Alessandro, Hendrickx Nico W, Sammak Amir, Veldhorst Menno, Scappucci Giordano, Kataoka Masaya; Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics Vol 54 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac181d
Where I work Alessandro Rossi: Glausiusz Josie, Rossi Alessandro; Nature Vol 596, pp. 454 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02224-z
Cover Image, Volume 121, Issue 14: Rossi Alessandro, Baity Paul G, Schäfer Vera M, Weides Martin; International Journal of Quantum Chemistry Vol 121 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.26306

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Research

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Professional Activities

The 7 secrets of highly successful research students: Participant; 15/6/2023
A career chasing single electrons: Invited speaker; 14/2/2023
Next generation hardware platforms for quantum computers: Invited speaker; 2023
Silicon Quantum Information Processing: Member of programme committee; 20/9/2022
Effective delegation: Participant; 12/9/2022
Towards quantum electronics in silicon carbide: Invited speaker; 5/9/2022

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Projects

DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Parry, Euan: Rossi, Alessandro (Principal Investigator) Martin, Robert (Co-investigator) Parry, Euan (Research Co-investigator); 01-Oct-2023 - 01-Apr-2027
QCA Cluster Phase 3: Daley, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Pritchard, Jonathan (Co-investigator) Rossi, Alessandro (Co-investigator) Ward, Jeremy Stuart (Co-investigator); 01-Aug-2023 - 31-Jul-2024
Empowering Practical Interfacing of Quantum Computing: Rossi, Alessandro (Principal Investigator); 30-Apr-2022 - 29-Apr-2026
Autonomous Quantum Technology: Rossi, Alessandro (Co-investigator); Innovate UK: Commercialising Quantum Technologies: CRD & Tech round 2; 01-Apr-2022 - 31-Mar-2025
Altnaharra: Cryoelectronics for quantum circuits: Rossi, Alessandro (Co-investigator); Innovate UK: Commercialising Quantum Technologies: CRD & Tech round 2; 01-Apr-2022 - 31-Mar-2025
Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | Powell, Megan: Rossi, Alessandro (Principal Investigator) Trager-Cowan, Carol (Co-investigator) Powell, Megan (Research Co-investigator); 01-Oct-2021 - 01-Apr-2025