Our Partners.

Prof. Angelo Sampaolo

co-founder & C.E.O.

Angelo Sampaolo obtained his Master degree in Physics in 2013 and the PhD Degree in Physics in 2017 from University of Bari. He was a visiting researcher in the Laser Science Group at Rice University from 2014 to 2016 and in 2017 a research intern at Aramco Services Company in Houston. From May 2017 to June 2018, he was a Post-Doctoral Research associate at University of Bari and from July 2018 to December 2019 he was a Post-Doctoral Research associate at Polytechnic of Bari. Since 2018, he is an associate researcher at the Institute of Laser Spectroscopy of Shanxi University in Taiyuan, China. Since December 2019 he is Assistant Professor at Polytechnic of Bari. His research activity has included the study of the thermal properties of heterostructured devices via Raman spectroscopy. Most recently, his research interest has focused on the development of innovative techniques in trace gas sensing, based on Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy and covering the full spectral range from near-IR to THz. His achieved results have been acknowledged by a cover paper in Applied Physics Letter of the July 2013 issue.

Prof. Pietro Patimisco

co-founder

Pietro Patimisco obtained the Master degree in Physics (cum laude) in 2009 and the PhD Degree in Physics in 2013 from the University of Bari. Since 2018, he is Assistant professor at the University of Bari. He was a visiting scientist in the Laser Science Group at Rice University in 2013 and 2014. Dr. Patimisco’s scientific activity addressed both micro-probe optical characterization of semiconductor optoelectronic devices and optoacoustic gas sensors. Recently, his research activities included the study and applications of trace-gas sensors, such as quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy and cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy in the mid infrared and terahertz spectral region, leading to several publications, including a cover paper in Applied Physics Letter of the July 2013 issue.

Prof. Vincenzo Spagnolo

co-founder

Vincenzo Spagnolo obtained the PhD in physics in 1994 from University of Bari. From 1997–1999, he was researcher of the National Institute of the Physics of Matter. Since 2004, he works at the Technical University of Bari, formerly as assistant and associate professor and, starting from 2018, as full Professor of Physics. Since 2019, he is vice-rector of the Technical University of Bari, deputy to technology transfer. He is the director of the joint-research lab PolySense between Technical University of Bari and THORLABS GmbH, fellow member of SPIE and senior member of OSA. His research interests include optoacoustic gas sensing and spectroscopic techniques for realtime monitoring. His research activity is documented by more than 230 publications and two filed patents. He has given more than 50 invited presentations at international conferences and workshops.

Dr. Vincenzo Russo

co-founder

Vincenzo Russo is a Senior Consultant focused on Business Development. He graduated in Economics with honours from the University of Bari in 1999 and got a Master's Certificate in General Management at Spegea Business School in 2000. He has an education in Economics and a deep interest in industry 4.0 technologies such as IoT and Big Data: he also attended some Sales courses at LUISS Business School and got an Executive Master’s Degree in Innovation and Digital Transformation from the Polytechnic of Bari in 2017. More than 20 years of experience in different business functions (marketing, sales, advertising, employer branding, education and accounting) have shaped his know-how. He is co-founder and CEO of “MATH2B”, a company dealing with edutainment formats such as IoT competitions and optimization problem contests for STEM students and young graduates, a co-founder of “AYR4142”, a spin-off company of the University of Bari dealing with data analysis services, and co-founder and business consultant of “PolySense Innovations”, a spin-off company of the Polytechnic of Bari.