I discovered a real passion for teaching during my PhD, as a teaching assistant in the lab courses and through the outreach events I organised. Today I enjoy it most in the lab, helping students turn an idea into a working experiment and then into a paper.
Teaching resources
Lecture notes, slides and exercise sheets will appear here soon.
Courses: University of Vienna
| Year | Course | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020, 2024 | Foundations of mesoscopic engines | Co-lecturer |
| 2022, 2024 | Challenges in research I: Presentation of problems and solutions | Co-lecturer |
| 2022 | Challenges in research II: From practical work to publication | Co-lecturer |
| 2022 | Presenting research in hybrid materials | Co-lecturer |
| 2019, 2020 | Quanteninformation PUE (3 ECTS) | Lecturer (exercise class) |
| 2024 | STEOP 2 | Teaching assistant |
| 2019, 2020 | Laborpraktikum: Klassische- und Quantenoptik | Teaching assistant |
Courses: Sapienza University of Rome
| Year | Course | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Information, paradoxes and demons: a history of surprise, seminar at the School of Advanced Studies (SSAS) | Lecturer |
| 2014, 2015 | OFA course: basic mathematics for first-year students (4 ECTS) | Lecturer |
| 2015 – 2017 | Laboratory courses in Mechanics and Optics (9–12 ECTS) | Teaching assistant |
Supervision & mentoring
- Currently: co-supervising two postdocs and five PhD students in the Aspelmeyer group, Vienna.
- Vienna: mentored T. Wenzl (MSc), S. Lindner (MSc) and J. Rieser (PhD).
- Rome: co-supervised six MSc theses, all graduating 110/110 cum laude: S. Paesani, L. Mancino, C. Vigliar, V. Cimini, G. Pinna and A. Geraldi.
Interested in a Master’s or PhD project on levitated optomechanics? Write to me.