Massimiliano Di Ventra#


Massimiliano Di Ventra
Membership Number:5270
Membership type:FOREIGN
Section:PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Elected:2020
Main Country of Residence:UNITED STATES
Homepage(s):https://diventra.physics.ucsd.edu
ORCID:0000-0001-9416-189X





Present and Previous Positions

  • 2006 - present Professor of Physics, University of California, San Diego
  • 2004 - 2006 Associate Professor of Physics, University of California, San Diego
  • 2003 Associate Professor of Physics, Virginia Tech
  • 2000 - 2002 Assistant Professor of Physics, Virginia Tech
  • 1998 - 2000 Visiting Scientist, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
  • 1997 - 2000 Research Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
  • 1993 - 1997 PhD student, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne

Fields of Scholarship
  • Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics
  • Quantum transport
  • Physics-inspired computing
  • Theoretical condensed matter physics

Honours and Awards
  • 2022 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 2022 IEEE Nanotechnology Council Distinguished Lecturer
  • 2022 Fellow, IEEE
  • 2021 George W. and Carol A. Lattimer Research Fellow
  • 2020 Feynman Prize for Theory in Nanotechnology
  • 2019 APS Outstanding Referee from the American Physical Society
  • 2018 Highly Cited Researcher from Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science)
  • 2015 Dresden Senior Fellow, Technical University of Dresden
  • 2013 Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Ben Gurion University, Israel
  • 2012 Fellow, American Physical Society
  • 2002 Fellow, Institute of Physics
  • 2002 NSF Early CAREER Award
  • 2002 New Century Technology Council Innovation Award
  • 2001 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award

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