_________ RESUME_________ Silvano Donati___________
Education: Graduation (Laurea) in Physics, cum laude, University of Milano
Scientific Production:
360+
scientific publications
Two
books by Prentice Hall, one with Chinese, India and e-book editions,
one book in Italian, several book chapters
Editor and/or Chairman of 13 Conference
Proceedings
Guest Editor of 9 Special
Issues in International Journals
H factor 46, 9800+ citations
Service to the Scientific Community:
Counselor, IEEE Student Branch of Pavia (2010-present)
President, IEEE Italy Section (2007-09)
Counselor, OSA Int’l Advisory Committee (2006-09)
Vice President, IEEE Italy Section (2005-07)
IEEE LEOS Board of Governors Elected Member (2005-2007)
Vice President, IEEE LEOS Membership, Region 8 (2002-04)
Editor, Alta Frequenza-Rivista di Elettronica,
1986-92
Chairman and Founder,
Italian IEEE LEOS Chapter
Chairman, AEI Optoelectronics Society 1992-95
Member of IEC-CEI Standard Committee TC-76 and TC-86
A number of services to the IEEE: Institute, Society, Region and Section
Awards and Acknowledgements:
- top 2% scientists in “Lifetime Scientific Impact”, NTUST 2025
- Distinguished Service Award, IEEE Italy Section, 2017
- Aaron Kressel Award from IEEE Photonics Society, 2015
- Elevation to Emeritus Professor status, University of Pavia, 2015
- Distinguished Service Award, IEEE Photonics Society, 2011
- Distinguished Lecturer Award, IEEE LEOS/Photonics Society, 2006/07 and 2007/08
- Elevation to Life Fellow Member, IEEE, 2009
- Elevation to Fellow Member, IEEE, 2003
- Elevation to Fellow Member, Optical Society of America, 2003
- seven Awards from LEOS Society and
IEEE Region 8 awarded for the activity of the LEOS Italian Chapter
- Guglielmo Marconi Prize,
awarded by AEI 1999, in recognition of prominent scientific career
- Elevation to Senior Member, IEEE 1999.
- Elevation to Socio Benemerito (Meritorious Member), AEI 1998.
- ElectroOptics Prize, awarded from the Optoelectronics Society of AEI, 1996, for the best research work in Optoelectronics.
- Ottavio Bonazzi Prize, awarded by AEI, in 1974 and in 1996, for the best experimental research in Electronics.
- Philip Morris Prize, awarded by Philip Morris 1995, for the prominent research work in electrical Engineering.
- Telecommunication Gold Medal, awarded by Siemens Telecomunicazioni Italia, in 1991 and in 1993, for research in Communications.
- Milano AEI Prize, awarded by Sezione di Milano of AEI, 1990, for the best research work in Electronics.
- A paper [29d] included in the SPIE Milestone in Optics Series; two papers excerpted in textbooks, Desurvire "Erbium Doped Optical Amplifiers" [48d] and Agrawal "Nonlinear Fiberoptics" [57d].
Courses Taught:
at University of Pavia, Faculty of Engineering:
Optical Communications (1994-2001),
ElectroOptical
Systems (1975-80), first course on Photonics
given in Italian University
Optoelectronic
Instrumentation (1980 to 2014),
Photodetectors
(1980 to 2014),
Electronic
Materials and Technologies (1977-91),
Electronic
Circuits Design (1971-1977)
at National Taiwan University: Optoelectronic
Instrumentation (2005)
at Sun Yat Sen University, Kaohsiung: Optoelectronic Instrumentation (2007 and 2008)
at Universidad Catolica
del Peru: Optoelectronic
Instrumentation short
course(May 2007)
at National Cheng Kong University, Tainan: Optoelectronic Instrumentation (2012)
at National Chung Hsing University, Taichung:
Optoelectronic
Instrumentation (2013,14) Photodetectors (2013,14)
at ISTIM, School of Engineering, Milano: Electronics (4 years)
Mentoring:
125 Thesis of Master in Electronic Engineering supervised
21 Thesis of PhD in Electronic Engineering supervised
Promoting the growth:
of the Electrooptics
Group in Pavia:
founded 1975, started with a single Researcher and a Master graduate – today it features 4 Professors (2 Chair, 1 Associate 1 Assistant) 1 staff Technician, and additionally 5-7 post-Docs, 5-7 PhD student, 2-4 graduates (Group photo 1995,_ 1998,_ 2001,_ 2005)
Main research activity and results – see_ RESEARCH activity briefing and summary
