Apl. Prof. Dr. Andrea Donarini

Address	Institut I - Theoretische Physik Universität Regensburg Universitätsstraße 31 93053 Regensburg
Telephone	+49 (0)941 943 2043
Fax	+49 (0)941 943 2038
EMail	andrea.donarini(at)physik.uni-regensburg.de
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Office	PHY 3.1.21

Academic Education


2014	Habilitation (Theoretical Physics): "Transport through complex interacting nanojunctions", University of Regensburg
2001 - 2004	PhD in Physics: "Dynamics of Shuttle Devices", Technical University of Denmark (supervisor: A-P. Jauho)
1996 - 2001	Study of Physics: "Fisica delle nanostrutture a doppio strato" (Laurea), Università di Milano (supervisor: R. Ferrari)

Scientific appointments

Aug 2020 - present	apl Professor at the University of Regensburg
Mar 2016 - Jul 2020	Assistant Professor (staff member) at the University of Regensburg
Oct 2014 - Feb 2016	Assistant Professor at the University of Regensburg
Apr 2013 - Sep 2014	Substitute Professor at the University of Regensburg
2010 - 2014	Habilitand at the University of Regensburg
2006 - 2013	Research Assistant in the group of Prof. Milena Grifoni at the University of Regensburg
2004 - 2006	Post-doc in the group of Prof. Milena Grifoni at the University of Regensburg

The common denominator of my research interests is the electronic transport through complex, interacting nano-junctions. I have explored several different aspects of this problem.
Together with my colleagues, I intensively studied interference effects in a benzene single electron transistor, triple dots and STM single molecule junctions. The interplay between interaction and interference has been also the focus of our work on dark state formation in suspended carbon nanotubes [1]. Along similar lines, we also studied, recently, the emergence of synthetic spin-orbit coupling due to pseudo exchange fields in a double quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads [2].
In a second research path I combine STM on a thin insulating film with THz optical pumping. The theoretical description of such lightwave driven STM allowed us recently to visualize the SOI induced electronic dynamics a copper-phthalocyanine, directly in its intrinsic time and length scales [3].
My third research line concerns nanoelectromechanical systems. We studied quantum shuttles, the dynamical symmetry breaking in the non-linear transport through a molecular junction with equivalent mechanical configurations and the role of vibrons in the current and noise of suspended carbon nanotubes [4]. Presently, I am investigating the Jahn-Teller effect in a Phthalocyanine STM single molecule junction.

[1]	A. Donarini, et al., Coherent population trapping by dark state formation in a carbon nanotube quantum dot, Nature Communication 10, 381 (2019).
[2]	C. Rohrmeier and A. Donarini, Pseudospin resonances reveal synthetic spin-orbit interaction, Phys. Rev. B 103, 205420 (2021).
[3]	M. Frankerl and A. Donarini, Spin-orbit interaction induces charge beatings in a lightwave-STM single molecule junction Phys. Rev. B 103, 085420 (2021).
[4]	Andrea Donarini, Michael Niklas, and Milena Grifoni, Interference and shot noise in a degenerate Anderson-Holstein model Phys. Rev. B 102, 125422 (2020) .