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09 / MastheadFrom research to open scienceopenQCM / Team

The first spin-off of INAF

From research
to open science.

Novaetech S.r.l. is the first spin-off company of the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF). Its sensors were born for space, then came down to Earth, and became openQCM.

Meet the people
Choose a station, or let the probe travel
02 / The founders

The people
behind openQCM.

Touch a crystal. Like every quartz resonator, it answers a little mass with a little shift in frequency.

Raffaele Battaglia

Astrophysicist · Founder of Novaetech · Creator of openQCM

I am an astrophysicist, founder of Novaetech Srl. and creator of the openQCM project. Following my Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, I specialized in developing mass sensors for planetary space missions and have coordinated numerous research projects spanning the biomedical and biological fields.

ResearchGate

Marco Mauro

Physicist · CEO of Novaetech · Co-founder of openQCM

I am a physicist and CEO of Novaetech S.r.l. and co-founder of openQCM project, with extensive experience in designing and developing analytical systems utilizing Micromechanical Sensors and Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) technology. My expertise encompasses highly sensitive mass measurements, biosensor and gas sensor development, environmental monitoring systems, aerosol and particulate matter (PM) detection, and LabVIEW software development.

ResearchGate
03 / Contributors

People who participated
in the openQCM project.

Glenda Torres Guizado

Industrial designer

Glenda is an Industrial Designer with experience in the design of electronic appliances of medium complexity. She specialized her studies at the Politecnico di Milano and designed the first model of openQCM.

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Gianluca Ferrini

Physicist · Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering

Gianluca is a physicist with a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering skilled in Project and General Management, coordination of teams and Research activities. Passionate of coding, digital fabrication, product design and Startup.

ResearchGate

Vittorio Laguzza

Electronic engineer

Vittorio is an electronic engineer with expertise in both analog and digital electronic circuit design. He has the title of researcher specialized in real-time monitoring systems. Vittorio worked on the development of the alpha version of the openQCM Q-1 software.

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