{"id":8,"date":"2021-06-28T11:17:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T11:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantoni.faculty.polimi.it\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:29:54","slug":"dr-matteo-cantoni-associate-professor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cantoni.faculty.polimi.it\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Matteo Cantoni &#8211; associate professor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/cantoni.faculty.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9726-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantoni.faculty.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9726-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cantoni.faculty.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9726-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cantoni.faculty.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9726-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cantoni.faculty.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9726-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cantoni.faculty.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9726-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cantoni.faculty.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9726-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/cantoni.faculty.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9726-1280x853.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisi.polimi.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Physics<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polifab.polimi.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polifab<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polimi.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Politecnico di Milano<\/a><br>via G. Colombo 81, 20133 Milano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone: +39 02 2399 9662<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:matteo.cantoni@polimi.it\">matteo.cantoni@polimi.it<\/a><br>Linkedin: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/matteo-cantoni-421b226b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">matteo-cantoni-421b226b<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ORCID: <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-8946-1847\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-8946-1847\">0000-0001-8946-1847<\/a><br>\nScopus: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.uri?authorId=57201445170\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.uri?authorId=5720144517\">57201445170<\/a><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Curriculum vitae<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p><\/p><li>Graduation cum laude in Nuclear Engineering in 1999 at Politecnico di Milano, with a thesis on the employ of genetic algorithms and Monte Carlo simulation for optimal plant design.<\/li><p><\/p>\n<p><\/p><li>Process engineer in Corning OTI from 2000 to 2002 for the realization of special optical fibers.<\/li><p><\/p>\n<p><\/p><li>PhD in Physics in 2005 at Politecnico di Milano, with a thesis on semiconductor spin electronics.<\/li><p><\/p>\n<p><\/p><li>Assistant professor at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisi.polimi.it\/\">Physics Department<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polimi.it\/\">Politecnico di Milano<\/a> from 2008 to 2014.<\/li><p><\/p>\n<p><\/p><li>Associate professor from 2014 at Politecnico di Milano.<\/li><p><\/p>\n<p><\/p><li>Enrolled in 2023 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unimi.it\/en\/education\/bachelor\/philosophy\">Philosophy bachelor course<\/a> at Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Milano.<\/li><p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scientific activity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>His research activity is devoted to the realization and characterization of magnetic and multiferroic heterostructures and prototypical devices for spin-optoelectronics, spin-orbitronics, magneto-electronics and nano-biotechnology, and to the development of instrumentation for surface science (electron spin filters).<\/p><p>He participated to many research project on spin-electronics, as well as MEMS technology and nano-biotechnology, and coordinated 2 italian research projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is author of more than 100 publications on international journals (WOS and Scopus <strong>h-index 23<\/strong>), 4 patent applications and 1 chapter book. He is editor of journals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/materials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Materials<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/electronic-materials\">Frontiers in Electronic Materials<\/a> and referee of many international journals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He attended many international conferences, and co-organized many conferences and events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SuperFOx<strong> <\/strong>(First Conference on Superconductivity and Functional Oxides \u2013 2012, Como, Italy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ECOS<strong> <\/strong>(workshop on Electric control of spin \u2013 2020, Milano, Italy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aimagn.org\/school2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6th Italian School on Magnetism<\/a> (Information processing in spin-based systems &#8211; 2023, Milano, Italy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aimagn.org\/spincom2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SpinCom2024<\/a> (Spin-based computing and signal processing &#8211; 2024, Milano), satellite event of ICM 2024 (Bologna)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magnet.aimagn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MAGNET2026<\/a> (February 2026, Lecce)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TMAG2026 (September 2026, Milano)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2025 he is member of the directory committee of Associazione Italiana di Magnetismo (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aimagn.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.aimagn.org\/\">AIMAGN<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>He is actually lecturer of three courses at Politecnico di Milano:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-5b2f0d37-b57e-4c84-a351-cd1b69dd0284\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www11.ceda.polimi.it\/schedaincarico\/schedaincarico\/controller\/scheda_pubblica\/SchedaPublic.do?&amp;evn_default=evento&amp;c_classe=814268&amp;polij_device_category=DESKTOP&amp;__pj0=0&amp;__pj1=746045d4fc1c271e4212838283adf060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elements of Modern Physics<\/a> (quantum physics) for Mechanical Engineering (master&#8217;s degree)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www11.ceda.polimi.it\/schedaincarico\/schedaincarico\/controller\/scheda_pubblica\/SchedaPublic.do?&amp;evn_default=evento&amp;c_classe=714745&amp;polij_device_category=DESKTOP&amp;__pj0=0&amp;__pj1=20e5c04526d5e45fdfba6799efef8cbd\" target=\"_blank\">Advanced Micro and Nanofabrication Technologies<\/a> for Engineering Physics (master&#8217;s degree)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www11.ceda.polimi.it\/manifestidott\/manifestidott\/controller\/MainPublic.do?evn_dettaglioinsegnamento=evento&amp;aa=2022&amp;k_cf=82&amp;k_corso_la=1376&amp;ac_ins=0&amp;lang=IT&amp;c_insegn=058955&amp;jaf_currentWFID=main\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www11.ceda.polimi.it\/schedaincarico\/schedaincarico\/controller\/scheda_pubblica\/SchedaPublic.do?&amp;evn_default=evento&amp;c_classe=843158&amp;lang=IT&amp;__pj0=0&amp;__pj1=34fe3d7a7564a792e0c4b989fe3c6019\">Advanced characterization and applications of ferroelectrics<\/a><\/mark><\/a> for Phd course in Physics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He is author of a textbook on wave physics and contributed to different textbooks on classical physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He organizes free events for Kids at &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/festivapp.polimi.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Festival Internazionale dell&#8217;Ingegneria<\/a>&#8221; at Politecnico di Milano, dedicated to &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/sciencebox.cnr.it\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/sciencebox.cnr.it\/\">Il magnetismo in una scatola<\/a> \u2013 Campi magnetici nella vita quotidiana&#8221;, and lectures for secondary schools on magnetism and electromagnetism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You can download <a href=\"http:\/\/cantoni.faculty.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Curriculum-Vitae-Matteo-Cantoni-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> an extended version of the CV.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Physics &#8211; PolifabPolitecnico di Milanovia G. Colombo 81, 20133 Milano Phone: +39 02 2399 9662E-mail: matteo.cantoni@polimi.itLinkedin: matteo-cantoni-421b226b ORCID: 0000-0001-8946-1847 Scopus: 57201445170 Curriculum vitae Graduation cum laude in Nuclear Engineering in 1999 at Politecnico di Milano, with a thesis on the employ of genetic algorithms and Monte Carlo simulation for optimal plant design. 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