Germano Maioli Penello

Professor,Researcher,Curious

Name: Germano Maioli Penello

Profile: Professor

Email:

Phone: +55(21) 3938-7940

Skills

  • Experimental Physics / Semiconductor
  • Optoelectronic devices / Photodetectors / Solar Cells
  • Superlattice / Bound state in the continuum
  • Distance Learning / Games / Python
  • IoT / 3D printing / Arduino / Raspberry Pi

Curriculum Vitae

About me

Professor at the Physics Institute of USP / Course coordinator (ICF1) in CEDERJ.

Former professor at the Physics Institute of UFRJ, and former head of the graduate program in teaching Physics (from 2020 to 2022). Former professor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication of UERJ, Postdoctoral research fellow in the Electrical Engineering department at Princeton University; PhD (with a six month sandwich program at Princeton University), master's and bachelor's degree in physics at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; electronic technician at Escola Técnica Pandiá Calógeras.

Research

Optoelectronic devices

Infrared photodetectors with superlattices based on III-V semiconductors and bound states in the continuum / Quantum Cascade Detectors (QCD) / Solar cells

Games

Desktop and Android game developing for Introductory Physics courses

Ex.: Vectors, Projectile motion

Students performance

quantification of students learning evolution and identification of a particular group of students in need of individualized attention

Works

Research / Classes / Outreach & Softwares