Silvia Vignolini

Silvia Vignolini
BornJanuary 1981 (age 43)
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Alma materUniversity of Florence (PhD)
AwardsGibson-Fawcett Award (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsPhotonic Structures in Plants
Metamaterials
Photonic crystals[1]
InstitutionsMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
University of Cambridge
University College London
ThesisSub-wavelength probing and modification of complex photonic structures (2010)
Doctoral advisorDiederik Wiersma[2]
Websitewww.ch.cam.ac.uk/person/sv319 Edit this at Wikidata

Silvia Vignolini (born 1981[3]) is an Italian physicist who is Director of research at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces and Professor of Chemistry and Bio-materials[4] in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge.[1][5] Her research investigates natural photonics structures, the self-assembly of cellulose and light propagation through complex structures. She was awarded the KINGFA young investigator award by the American Chemical Society and the Gibson-Fawcett Award in 2018.[6][7]

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