NWO Rubicon grant for Jacopo Pinna

Dr. Jacopo Pinna, who recently defended his PhD with Prof.dr. Maria Antonietta Loi, received an NWO Rubicon grant. Pinna will use the grant to go to ETH Zürich in Switzerland. There, he will focus on developing non-toxic infrared photodectectors for next-generation consumer electronics.

More about Rubicon: https://www.nwo.nl/en/researchprogrammes/rubicon

RUG press release Rubicon 2026: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/latest-news/news/archief2026/nieuwsberichten/two-promising-ug-researchers-to-top-institutes-abroad-on-rubicon-grants