Amalia Patanè

Amalia Patanè studied at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” where she received her MSc in Physics (1994) and PhD (1998). She then moved to the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nottingham to research quantum semiconductor systems. She has been Professor of Physics (since 2011) and Director of Research (2019-23) at the University of Nottingham. Since 2015, Patanè is the UK Director and Council member of the European Magnetic Field Laboratory, a national facility of the EPSRC that develops and operates world class high magnetic field systems. Since 2018 she leads the EPI2SEM facility at Nottingham for development of atomically thin semiconductors. Her EPSRC Programme Grant (NEED2D 2025-30) with Queen Mary University of London and the University of Glasgow brings together UK research institutions and industry to develop prototype low-energy-consumption electronic devices beyond traditional semiconductor systems.

Her research achievements were recognized by the Sir Charles Vernon Boys Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics (2007), an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship (2004-09), a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship (2017-19), a Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) President’s International Fellowship Award (2018-19), and an honorary professorship at the Institute of Semiconductors, CAS, Beijing (since 2019).