Dr. Martino Poggio

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Biography

Martino Poggio received his A.B. in Physics from Harvard University in 2000 and completed his Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2005. During graduate school, he worked with Professor David Awschalom on ultrafast optics and semiconductor spintronics, completing his thesis titled "Spin Interactions Conduction Electrons Local Moments Semiconductor Quantum Wells". After receiving his doctorate, he served as a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Probing Nanoscale Phenomena, a joint center involving Stanford University and IBM Corporation, funded by the National Science Foundation. In late 2008, Poggio joined Dr. Dan Rugar's lab at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, CA, focusing on high sensitivity nuclear magnetic resonance force microscopy. In the summer of 2008, he was appointed as a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Basel. He was awarded an ERC Starting Grant in 2013, and the university promoted him to Associate Professor in 2014 and then to Full Professor in 2020. His research interests include nanomechanics and the application of nano-mechanical sensors for ultra-sensitive measurements of force, spin, and charge, as well as nanomagnetism, particularly the development of magnetometers for measuring magnetization and stray fields from individual nanometer-scale magnets.

Research Interests

Experience

Full Professor

2008-01-01 — Present

University of Basel • Basel, Switzerland

Martino Poggio is a Full Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Basel, focusing on research interests related to nanomechanics and nanomagnetism.

Requirements for University of Basel

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:95
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with at least 180 ECTS Specific ECTS requirements in core subjects (e.g., 90 ECTS in Math/CS for Data Science)
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor's degree certificate or current transcript of records
  • Diploma Supplement (if available)
  • CV/Resume
  • Copy of valid passport or ID card
  • Evidence of language proficiency (C1 level recommended for English/German programs)
  • Proof of payment of application fee (CHF 100)
Specialization Notes

The University of Basel generally requires C1 level proficiency in the language of instruction. For most English-taught Masters, TOEFL (min 92-95) or IELTS (min 7.0) is the standard.