Annamaria Petrozza

Annamaria Petrozza is an American chemist who is a professor at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. Her research considers sustainable materials for optoelectronic devices. She was awarded the 2022 Materials Research Society Award in Innovation in Materials Characterization.

Early life and education
Petrozza completed her master's degree in electronic engineering at the École Superieure d'Electricité, where she focused on device physics and engineering. She moved to the Polytechnic University of Milan for graduate studies, working in optoelectronics. She earned her doctorate at the University of Cambridge, where she worked alongside Richard Friend and Ji-Seon Kim on optoelectronic processes in hybrid semiconductors. Shen then moved to Sharp Corporation, where she worked on novel photovoltaics. At Sharp, her main focus was understanding the needs of the photovoltaic market.

Research and career
In 2010, Petrozza joined the Center for Nano Science and Technology (CNST) at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. Her research considers new materials platforms for optoelectronics, with a focus on sustainable optoelectronic materials.

Awards and honors

 * 2014 Innovators Under 35 Italy
 * 2017 Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Investigators
 * 2017 European Research Council Consolidator Grant
 * 2022 Distinguished Scientist Fellowship from the King Saud University
 * 2022 Materials Research Society Innovation in Materials Characterization
 * 2022 Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry