Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Campus Monte de Caparica 2829-516 Portugal

Dr. Tito Busani earned the degree in Nuclear Engineering from the Polytechnic of Milan (Italy) and a PhD in material science and nanotechnology at University J. Fourier ofGrenoble(France). His major research for the last 12 years was on oxides, ceramics and polymers in the field of transistors and renewable energy applications. He has long experience in the research and application of novel materials, at the nano-and micro-scale, with defined properties and performance characteristics. He worked independently and as part of multidisciplinary teams to assure the materials meet present and proposed future research and industry needs specifically. For the last 7 years He has concentrated on the dependence between material properties and performance and material composition, microstructure, preparation under specific conditions and material interfaces analysis and their improved characteristics. He has been a member of interdisciplinary teams that were formed to investigate fundamental materials properties, answer cutting-edge scientific questions, and develop new processing and analytical solutions.

Since 2007 Dr. Busani is an adjunct research professor at University of New Mexico(USA) where, in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories, is studying nano-synthesis and nano-characterization of light harvesting materials. Part of his work was in combined tapping and contact mode AFM for studying electrical properties in organic materials and developing a method of nano-printing using the AFM. From 2010 Dr. Busani has joined the FCT-I3N laboratories in Portugal as Senior  Application leader for Atomic Force Microscopy and High Resolution Scanning Electron microscopy, Focus Ion beam, nano-manipulator and Electron Dispersive Spectroscopy. His recent activity includes piezoelectric materials, FETs nano-fabrications, and surface/cross section analysis of materials used in conservation.

Dr. Busani has been PI (Principal Investigator) or Co-PI of a total of 2 million dollar grants in the area of semiconductors, art and nano-science. He is author of more than 40 papers and he is dedicated to knowledge transfer of nano-science to different level of educations and disciplines.