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Piero Gamarra

Technology Transfer Manager
Research Manager
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Biografia

I'm a physicist, and I've been working on semiconductor materials and technologies for about ten years, having a wide variety of roles from researcher to proposal manager to the business developer in charge of the commercialization of the research outcomes. During my career, I had the chance to be part of the R&D community, both academic and industrial, and interact closely with the business side with its priorities, dynamics, and philosophy.  

I'm part of the Industrial Liaison team at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) - Technology Transfer Directorate.

Our mission is to translate IIT's technologies from the labs to commercial applications by setting up R&D agreements with companies and institutions. We support our partners' C-level executives and R&D managers in searching for cutting-edge technologies to address specific needs, make their processes, products, and services more competitive, or even investigate new business opportunities. On the IIT side, we help the researchers identify and assess the commercial potential of their discoveries, promote them to prospective industrial partners, and cooperate closely with our colleagues specializing in IP and licensing management.

IIT's industrial collaborations have been growing steadily since the foundation of IIT in 2006. More than 800 agreements have been signed, resulting in more than 200 ongoing commercial projects. Commercial projects have raised more than 35 million euro in funding and employed more than 100 researchers per year in the past three years. These projects come in all shapes and sizes: they span from classical sponsored research or one-off service agreements up to the Joint Labs, long term (three to five years) strategic cooperation on specific research topics, carried out by IIT and company staff, either at our premises or company premises. The cooperation opportunities are tailored for businesses of all shapes and sizes. For example, we currently have more than 15 active Joint Labs with start-ups, SMEs, major Italian companies, and international corporations.

For further information please contact me or visit the TT Office webpage.

Education

Title: PhD - Material Science
Institute: Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Location: Lyon
Country: France
From: 2009 To: 2012

Title: Master's Degree in Physics (Laurea Specialistica)
Institute: Univeristà degli Studi di Torino
Location: Torino
Country: Italy
From: 2007 To: 2009

All Publications
2020
Bourlier Y., Bouttemy M., Fregnaux M., Patard O., Gamarra P., Piotrowicz S., Delage S., Etcheberry A.
In-depth analysis of InAlN/GaN HEMT heterostructure after annealing using angle-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Surface and Interface Analysis, vol. 52, (no. 12), pp. 914-918
2019
Potier C., Jacquet J.-C., Lacam C., Michel N., Dua C., Oualli M., Delage S.L., Piotrowicz S., Chang C., Patard O., Trinh-Xuan L., Gruenenpuett J., Gamarra P., Altuntas P., Chartier E.
10W Ka Band MMIC Power Amplifiers based on InAlGaN/GaN HEMT Technology
2019 49th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2019, pp. 824-827
Conference Paper Conference
2019
Aroulanda S., Patard O., Altuntas P., Michel N., Pereira J., Lacam C., Gamarra P., Delage S.L., Defrance N., De Jaeger J.-C., Gaquiere C.
Cl2/Ar based atomic layer etching of AlGaN layers
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, vol. 37, (no. 4)
Article Journal
2019
Malmros A., Gamarra P., Thorsell M., Hjelmgren H., Lacam C., Delage S.L., Zirath H., Rorsman N.
Impact of Channel Thickness on the Large-Signal Performance in InAlGaN/AlN/GaN HEMTs with an AlGaN Back Barrier
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 66, (no. 1), pp. 364-371
Article Journal
2019
Mohamad R., Chauvat M.P., Kret S., Gamarra P., Delage S., Hounkpati V., Lacam C., Chen J., Ruterana P.
The critical role of N-vacancy on chemical composition fluctuations and degradation of InAlN layer
Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 125, (no. 21)