COVA FRANCESCA

Role
Assistant Professor  
Academic disciplines
Experimental Physics of Matter and Applications (PHYS-03/A)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS OF MATTER AND APPLICATIONS (02/PHYS-03)
Email
[email protected]

Publications

  • Cova, F. (2026). Role of localized electronic levels in scintillating materials for high-energy radiation detection. In EuroDim 15 BOOK OF ABSTRACTS (pp.49-49). Detail

  • Cova, F. (2026). Novel Scintillators for radiation detection and medical imaging. In ICTON 2026 (International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks). (pp.1-2). IEEE. Detail

  • Ciavatti, A., Cova, F., Sessolo, M. (2026). Novel materials and devices for photon and ionizing radiation detection. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. C, 14(10), 3786-3787 [10.1039/d6tc90020h]. Detail

  • Mai, P., Cheref, Y., Marie-Luce, R., Lerouge, F., Houel, J., Ledoux, G., et al. (2026). Nanocrystal Quality–Controlled Scintillation in Porous YAG:Ce Aerogels. ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS, 14(19 (22 May 2026)) [10.1002/adom.71263]. Detail

  • Moiraghi, P., Cova, F., Mostoni, S., Fasoli, M., Gironi, L., D'Arienzo, M. (2026). Liquid scintillators enriched with high-Z metal oxide nanoparticles for rare events search. Intervento presentato a: 18th International Conference on Scintillating Materials and their Applications (SCINT2026) - from May 25th to May 29th, 2026, Gyeongju, South Korea. Detail

Full list

Research projects

Self-powered nano-scintillators for energy: mini-batterie nucleari integrabili
Year: 2021
Call: Fondazione UNIVERSITY FOR INNOVATION (U4I) Invito a presentare proposte all’INNOVATION PROJECT FUND 2021 (IPF 2021)
Grantors: UNIVERSITY FOR INNOVATION (U4I)

Awards

Awards

  • Premio Giovani Talenti dell'Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, con il Patrocinio dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 2024
  • Early Career Distinguished Presenter of the MRS Fall Meeting, Materials Research Society, 2024
  • Falling walls lab, 2022

Editorial boards

  • Guest Editor di rivista o collana editoriale - JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. C, 2025
  • Associate Editor di rivista o collana editoriale - IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 2024 - 2025

Research and teaching assignments

  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2023 - 2024
  • Docente a contratto - professore a contratto per il corso "Laboratorio di Fisica dei Materiali" (FIS/01), corso di laurea triennale in Scienza dei Materiali - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2021
  • Docente a contratto - professore a contratto per il corso “Esperimentazioni di Fisica I” (FIS/01), Corso di Laurea Triennale in Fisica - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2017
  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2024 - 2026
  • Attivita' di insegnamento - Lecture at the Summer School of the 17th International Conference on Scintillating Materials and their Applications (SCINT), Milano, Italy (2024)
    Title: Role of Defects in Scintillation - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2024

Congresses/Conferences

  • Program committee - Radiographic Imaging and Tomography Symposium (RadIT) Optica Imaging Congress(Stati Uniti), 2025
  • Program committee - European Materials Research Society (EMRS Spring 2025) Symposium "Novel materials and devices for photon and ionizing radiation detection"(Francia), 2025
  • Program committee - Luminescent Detectors and Transformers of Ionizing Radiation(Lettonia), 2024