Paolo Villoresi is a Full Professor of Physics (Professore Ordinario) at the University of Padova, where he currently teaches Quantum Optics and related subjects.
He is a Director and Founding member of the Padua Quantum Technologies Research Center. Member of the Board of Stakeholders of the European Technological platform Photonics21. National delegate for Action COST Nanoscale Quantum Optics and Deputy National Delegate for COST Action Quantum Physics in Space. Member of the Executive Board of Department of Information Engineering, UniPD.
Author of more than a hundred seventy publications on peer-refereed journals, including Nature and Science, on encyclopaedia and editor of 2 books. Coauthor of more than 200 congresses contribution in the areas of Quantum Communication, Quantum Optics, laser-matter interaction and Atomic and Plasma Physics. Served as coordinator in several national and international research projects, including the area of quantum communication, attosecond Physics, application of laser in Medicine and Industry.
He served as supervisor of 17 PhD project (3 in progress), 7 as co-supervisor (4 in progress) and supervisor of 88 Master students (3 in progress).