Curriculum vitae
Valeria Garbin
Postdoctoral associate in the Stebe group and the Crocker group at the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professional experience
Postdoctoral fellow in the group of Detlef Lohse (Physics of Fluids), University of Twente, The Netherlands (2007-2009)
Education
Ph.D. (Physics), Università di Trieste, Italy (2007)
Dissertation: Optical tweezers for the study of microbubble dynamics in ultrasound [pdf]
Advisor: Enzo Di Fabrizio
Laurea (Physics), Università di Padova, Italy (2003)
Advisor: Giampaolo Mistura
Fellowships & Awards
● Rubicon post-doctoral fellowship of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (2007)
● Visiting Fellow, Department of Applied Physics, University of Twente, The Netherlands (2006)
• Best Poster prize, 12th European Symposium on Ultrasound Contrast Imaging Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2006)
• Best Student prize, 3rd National Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Trieste, Italy (2006)
● Italy-MIT International Science and Technology Fellow (2005)
• Bracco Imaging Ph.D. fellowship(2004-2006)
● Graduate Research Assistant, TASC National Laboratory, Trieste, Italy (2003)
● Undergraduate Research Assistant, Università di Padova, Italy (2003)
Teaching Experience
Instructor of the course “Physics of Bubbles” for Masters in Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering and Applied Mathematics, University of Twente, The Netherlands (2008 & 2009)
Research Experience
● Università di Padova, LaFSI group: wetting transitions on microstructured substrates (2003)
● Università di Trieste and TASC National Lab: microbubble dynamics in ultrasound, optical tweezers (2004-2007)
● MIT, Lang Laboratory: single-molecule force spectroscopy using optical tweezers (2005)
● Elettra Synchrotron Light Source and European Synchrotron Radiation Facility: optical manipulation, small-angle X-ray scattering (2006)
● University of Twente, Physics of Fluids group and Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of The Netherlands: ultrasound contrast agents, microbubble dynamics in confined geometries, targeted molecular imaging (2007-2009)
Professional Activities
● Referee: Soft Matter, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Lab on a Chip, Physica D
last updated: 02/20/2011
