Roberto Sennen Brusa

Direttore Vicario

Dipartimento di Fisica


Professore ordinario

Dipartimento di Fisica


Via Sommarive, 14 - 38123 Povo
tel. 0461 281552
robertosennen.brusa[at]unitn [dot] it
Formazione
"Diploma di Laurea " in Nuclear Enginering at the Politecnico di MIlano 1983;

"Esame di Stato" April 1984

Fellowship:
contract of one year from June 1985 to May 1986 to work at the design and construction of a brightness-enhancement positron beam to be built from the Atomic Physics Laboratory of Trento University in collaboration with the group of Prof. Raith at the University of Bielefeld (Germany).
Carriera accademica ed attività didattica
"Ricercatore" at the University of Trento and member of the Department of Physics since May 1986.

Actual position
Associate Professor at the University of Trento and member of the Department of Physics since August 2000.

Interessi di ricerca
positron solid state physics,
atomic and molecular physics (electron and positron scattering
Modelling of electron scattering data and positron measurements.
Design of positron beams apparatus.Electron optics for slow positron beams.
Positron techniques: Doppler, Lifetime, Reemission.
Defects profile in semiconductors and in thin films, measured by a positron beam;
positron mobility in polymers measured with a positron beam or a Doppler shift apparatus. Measurements of defects in semiconductors by lifetime techniques.
Involved in the four years BRITE Euram project (since 1995) for the design and construction of the first Positron Microscope.