Caterina Ducati

Caterina Ducati
Born
Milan
Alma materUniversity of Milan
University of Cambridge
Known forElectrochemistry
Nanomaterials
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge

Caterina Ducati is a Professor of Nanomaterials in the Department of Materials at the University of Cambridge. She serves as Director of the University of Cambridge Master's programme in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise as well as leading teaching in the Nanotechnology Doctoral Training Centre.

Early life and education[edit]

Ducati was born in Milan.[1][2] She studied at the University of Milan, where she earned an undergraduate degree in physics. Her research project involved designing a time-of-flight mass spectrometer for supersonic cluster beams under the supervision of Paolo Milani.[1] She moved to the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering for her graduate studies, where she worked with John Robertson.[1] Her doctorate considered nanostructured carbon for electrochemistry as well as the relationship between morphology, crystallographic phases and electronic properties in nanomaterials.[3] This included the development of carbon nanotubes and investigations into their growth models using transmission electron microscopy.[4][5]

Research and career[edit]

In 2003 Ducati was awarded a Knowledge Transfer Partnership fellowship working on the 4151 programme with Alphasense Limited. In 2004 she was made a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin fellow, where she started to research metal oxide nanostructures for catalysis.[6] She was simultaneously awarded a Sackler junior fellowship. She was subsequently awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship to explore electron microscopy of nanostructures, and was based in Churchill College, Cambridge.[7] This involved developing transmission electron microscopy to study the nanoscale properties of solar cells, which allows better understanding of how electrons move through a structured anode.[7]

In 2009 Ducati was made a lecturer in the Department of Materials at the University of Cambridge. She researches the degradation of nanostructured solar cells, and lithium-ion batteries in collaboration with Paul Midgley and Clare Grey. She was awarded a European Research Council Starting Grant to study photoactive nanomaterials and devices, and a Proof of Concept grant to study metal – metal oxide nanocomposites for air purification.[8] She was elected to AcademiaNet in 2011.[9] Ducati has worked with the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis group and the Nanoscale Physics and Technology Group.[10] She worked with Rachel Oliver on the delivery of Master's course in Micro- & Nanotechnology Enterprise.

She was promoted to Professor of Nanomaterials in 2019 and serves as Tutor and Director of Studies of Materials Science in Trinity College, Cambridge.[11] She has led activities at Trinity to improve the representation of women scientists.

Awards[edit]

In 2018, Ducati was awarded the Royal Microscopical Society Medal for Innovation in Applied Microscopy for Engineering and Physical Sciences.[12]

Personal life[edit]

Ducati has two sons born in 2003[1] and 2007.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d T, Thompson J. Michael; Giles, Davies (2007-10-18). Advances In Nanoengineering: Electronics, Materials And Assembly. World Scientific. ISBN 9781908979391.
  2. ^ "Caterina Ducati". ieeexplore.ieee.org. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ "Dr Caterina Ducati — Energy Research at the University of Cambridge". www.energy.cam.ac.uk. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  4. ^ Hofmann, S.; Ducati, C.; Robertson, J.; Kleinsorge, B. (2003-06-30). "Low-temperature growth of carbon nanotubes by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition". Applied Physics Letters. 83 (1): 135–137. Bibcode:2003ApPhL..83..135H. doi:10.1063/1.1589187. ISSN 0003-6951. S2CID 96788742.
  5. ^ Chhowalla, M.; Teo, K. B. K.; Ducati, C.; Rupesinghe, N. L.; Amaratunga, G. a. J.; Ferrari, A. C.; Roy, D.; Robertson, J.; Milne, W. I. (2001-10-31). "Growth process conditions of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition". Journal of Applied Physics. 90 (10): 5308–5317. Bibcode:2001JAP....90.5308C. doi:10.1063/1.1410322. ISSN 0021-8979.
  6. ^ Snaith, Henry J.; Ducati, Caterina (2010-04-14). "SnO2-Based Dye-Sensitized Hybrid Solar Cells Exhibiting Near Unity Absorbed Photon-to-Electron Conversion Efficiency". Nano Letters. 10 (4): 1259–1265. Bibcode:2010NanoL..10.1259S. doi:10.1021/nl903809r. ISSN 1530-6984. PMID 20302336.
  7. ^ a b "Royal Society | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  8. ^ Wineman, Adina (2016-08-07). "Caterina Ducati". www.msm.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  9. ^ "Dr. Caterina Ducati - AcademiaNet". www.academia-net.org. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  10. ^ "Group Prize". www.iop.org. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  11. ^ "Prof Caterina Ducati — Electron Microscopy Group". www.emg.msm.cam.ac.uk. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  12. ^ "Dr Cate Ducati wins RMS Medal". www.msm.cam.ac.uk. August 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
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