Prof. Dr. Francesca Venturini

Position at the ZHAW

Professor of applied optics
- Topic Editor for the journal Sensors (MDPI)
- Reviewer for the journal Agriculture (MDPI)
- Reviewer for the journal Applied Sciences (MDPI)
- Reviewer for the journal Optik (Elsevier)
- Reviewer for the journal Optics (MDPI)
- Reviewer for the journal Sensors (MDPI)

http://www.iamp.zhaw.ch/de/engineering/institute-zentren/iamp.html

Professional development teaching

Associate in Risk Management (TM) ARM

Expertise and research interests

Optics, laser spectroscopy, luminescence spectroscopy, sensorics, gas sensing, fiber optic, Raman spectroscopy, non-linear optics, solid state physics, superconductivity, magnet technology

Educational background

01/2015 - 01/2016: CAS Hochschuldidaktik, PHZH, Zürich, CH
11/2006 - 11/2007: PGCert Business Administration, The Open University Business School, UK
09/1998 - 04/2003: PhD in Physics, Technische Universität München, München, DE
08/1997 - 07/1998: Graduate studies, The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
10/1992 - 07/1997: Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Physics, Università degli Studi di Firenze, IT

Professional milestones

Since 09/2013: Researcher, Lecturer ZHAW
Since 11/2018: Co-founder TOELT GmbH, cH
06/2011 – 08/2013: Head of product development R&D,Mettler-Toledo AG, CH
08/2008 – 05/2011: Senior project manager R&D, Mettler-Toledo AG, CH
08/2003 – 07/2008: Project manager R&D, Bruker BioSpin AG, CH

Membership of networks

• Researchgate
• Linkedin
• Optical Society of America
• Schweizerischen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
• Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft

• Raman spectroscopy for material analysis / Project leader / Project ongoing
• ARES - AI for fluoREscence Spectroscopy in oil / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Self-learning optical sensor / Project leader / Project completed
• Optical gas sensor with ceramic cell / Project leader / Project completed
• StereO2 – Low-power optical oxygen sensor / Project leader / Project completed
• Miniaturized gas sensor / Project leader / Project completed
• Feasibility study and sensor improvements / Project leader / Project completed

• Venturini, Francesca; Sperti, Michela; Michelucci, Umberto; Herzig, Ivo; Baumgartner, Michael; Caballero, Josep Palau; Jimenez, Arturo; Deriu, Marco Agostino,

  2021.

  Exploration of Spanish olive oil quality with a miniaturized low-cost fluorescence sensor and machine learning techniques.

  Foods.

  10(5), pp. 1010.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10051010

• Michelucci, Umberto; Venturini, Francesca,

  2021.

  Estimating neural network’s performance with bootstrap : a tutorial.

  Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction.

  3(2), pp. 357-373.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/make3020018

• Venturini, Francesca; Michelucci, Umberto; Baumgartner, Michael,

  2020.

  Dual oxygen and temperature luminescence learning sensor with parallel inference.

  Sensors.

  20(17), pp. 4886.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/s20174886

• Michelucci, Umberto; Venturini, Francesca,

  2019.

  Multi-task learning for multi-dimensional regression : application to luminescence sensing.

  Applied Sciences.

  9(22).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/app9224748

• Michelucci, Umberto; Baumgartner, Michael; Venturini, Francesca,

  2019.

  Optical oxygen sensing with artificial intelligence.

  Sensors.

  19(4), pp. 777.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/s19040777

• Chelwani, N.; Baum, A.; Böhm, T.; Opel, M.; Venturini, Francesca; Tassini, L.; Erb, A.; Berger, H.; Forró, L.; Hackl, R.,

  2018.

  Magnetic excitations and amplitude fluctuations in insulating cuprates.

  Physical Review B.

  97(2).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.024407

• Venturini, Francesca; Baumgartner, Michael; Borisov, Sergey,

  2018.

  Mn4+-doped magnesium titanate : a promising phosphor for self-referenced optical temperature sensing.

  Sensors.

  18(2/668).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/s18020668

• Venturini, Francesca; Schönherr, Veit; Rey, Julien; Adolfsson, Erik,

  2017.

  Characterization of light-gas interaction in strongly-scattering nanoporous materials and its implications for tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy.

  Applied Physics B.

  123(4), pp. 123-136.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-017-6705-z

• Michelucci, Umberto; Venturini, Francesca,

  2017.

  Novel semi-parametric algorithm for interference-immune tunable absorption spectroscopy gas sensing.

  Sensors.

  17(10), pp. 2281.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/s17102281

• Venturini, Francesca; Bürgi, René; Borisov, Sergey; Klimant, Ingo,

  2015.

  Optical temperature sensing using a new thermographic phosphor.

  Sensors and Actuators A: Physical.

  233, pp. 324-329.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2015.07.009

• Munnikes, N.; Muschler, B.; Venturini, Francesca; Tassini, L.; Prestel, W.; Ono, Shimpei; Ando, Yoichi; Peets, D. C.; Hardy, W. N.; Liang, Ruixing; Bonn, D. A.; Damascelli, A.; Eisaki, H.; Greven, M.; Erb, A.; Hackl, R.,

  2011.

  Pair breaking versus symmetry breaking : origin of the Raman modes in superconducting cuprates.

  Physical Review B.

  84(144523).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.144523

• Prestel, W.; Venturini, Francesca; Muschler, B.; Tütto, I.; Hackl, R.; Lambacher, M.; Erb, A.; Komiya, Seiki; Ono, Shimpei; Ando, Yoichi; Inosov, D.; Zabolotnyy, V. B.; Borisenko, S. V.,

  2010.

  Quantitative comparison of single- and two-particle properties in the cuprates.

  The European Physical Journal Special Topics.

  188(1), pp. 163-171.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2010-01304-2

• Hackl, R.; Tassini, L.; Venturini, Francesca; Erb, A.; Hartinger, Ch.; Kikugawa, N.; Fujita, T.,

  2006.

  Raman study of ordering phenomena in copper–oxygen systems.

  Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids.

  67(1-3), pp. 289-293.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2005.10.126

• Tassini, L.; Venturini, Francesca; Zhang, Q. -M.; Hackl, R.; Kikugawa, N.; Fujita, T.,

  2005.

  Dynamical properties of charged stripes in La(2-x)SrxCuO4.

  Physical Review Letters.

  95(117002).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.117002

• Zhang, Qingming; Venturini, Francesca; Hackl, Rudi; Hori, Jun’ya; Fujita, Toshizo,

  2003.

  New electronic Raman scattering results in underdoped La2−xSrxCuO4.

  Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications.

  286, pp. 282-285.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4534(02)02132-9

• Venturini, Francesca; Opel, M.; Hackl, R.; Berger, H.; Forró, L.; Revaz, B.,

  2002.

  Doping dependence of the electronic Raman spectra in cuprates.

  Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids.

  63(12), pp. 2345-2348.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3697(02)00239-1

• Michelucci, Umberto; Venturini, Francesca; Kampf, Arno,

  2002.

  Quantum interference phenomena between impurity states in d-wave superconductors.

  Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids.

  63(12), pp. 2283-2286.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3697(02)00238-X

• Venturini, Francesca; Zhang, Q. -M.; Hackl, R.; Lucarelli, A.; Lupi, S.; Ortolani, M.; Calvani, P.; Kikugawa, N.; Fujita, T.,

  2002.

  Raman scattering versus infrared conductivity : evidence for one-dimensional conduction in La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4).

  Physical Review B.

  66(6).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.66.060502

• Venturini, Francesca; Hackl, R.; Michelucci, U.,

  2002.

  Comment on : nonmonotonic $d_{x^{2}-y^{2}}$ superconducting order parameter in Nd$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_4$.

  Physical Review Letters.

  90(14), pp. 149701-1.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.149701

• Venturini, Francesca; Opel, M.; Devereaux, T. P.; Freericks, J. K.; Tüttő, I.; Revaz, B.; Walker, E.; Berger, H.; Forró, L.; Hackl, R.,

  2002.

  Observation of an unconventional metal-insulator transition in overdoped CuO2 compounds.

  Physical Review Letters.

  89(10), pp. 107003-1-107003-4.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.107003

• Opel, Matthias; Venturini, Francesca,

  2002.

  Raman scattering in solids.

  European Pharmaceutical Review.

  7(3), pp. 76-82.

• Opel, M.; Nemetschek, R.; Venturini, Francesca; Hackl, R.; Tutto, I.; Berger, H.; Forro, L.; Erb, A.; Revaz, B.; Walker, E.,

  2001.

  A light-scattering study of dynamical carrier properties in cuprate systems.

  Ferroelectrics.

  249(1), pp. 155-164.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/00150190108214977

• Venturini, Francesca; Michelucci, U.; Devereaux, T. P.; Kampf, A. P.,

  2000.

  Collective spin fluctuation mode and raman scattering in superconducting cuprates.

  Physical Review B.

  62, pp. 15204-15207.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.62.15204

• Opel, M.; Venturini, Francesca; Hackl, R.; Revaz, B.; Berger, H.; Forrò, L.,

  2000.

  Superconducting gap and pseudogap in Bi-2212.

  Physica B: Condensed Matter.

  284-288, pp. 669-670.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4526(99)02344-3

• Opel, M.; Götzinger, M.; Hoffmann, C.; Nemetschek, R.; Philipp, R.; Venturini, Francesca; Hackl, R.; Erb, A.; Walker, E.,

  1999.

  Pseudogap and superconducting gap in YBa2Cu3o6+x : a raman study.

  Journal of Low Temperature Physics.

  117(3-4), pp. 347-351.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022513531861

• Opel, M.; Nemetschek, R.; Venturini, Francesca; Hackl, R.; Erb, A.; Walker, E.; Berger, H.; Forrò, L.,

  1999.

  Raman spectroscopy in YBa2Cu3O6+x and Bi2Sr2(CaxY1-x)Cu2O8+d : pseudogap and superconducting gap.

  Physica status solidi B.

  215(1), pp. 471-476.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-3951(199909)215:1<471::AID-PSSB471>3.0.CO;2-K

• Venturini, Francesca,

  2003.

  Raman scattering study of electronic correlations in cuprates : observation of an unconventional metal insulator transition.

  Berlin:

  Mensch-und-Buch-Verlag.

  ISBN 978-3-89820-530-6.

• Hackl, Rudi; Tassini, Leonardo; Venturini, Francesca; Hartinger, Christine; Erb, Andreas; Kikugawa, Naoki; Fujita, Toshitsu,

  2005.

  Ordering phenomena in cuprates

  .

  In:

  Kramer, Bernhard, ed.,

  Advances in solid state physics.

  Heidelberg:

  Springer.

  pp. 227-238.

  Advances in Solid State Physics ; 45.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/11423256_18

• Venturini, Francesca,

  2003.

  Evidence for a metal-insulator transition in overdoped Cuprates : new Raman results

  .

  In:

  Kramer, Bernhard, ed.,

  Advances in solid state physics.

  Springer.

  pp. 253-266.

  Advances in Solid State Physics ; 43.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-44838-9_18

• Venturini, Francesca; Michelucci, Umberto; Baumgartner, Michael,

  2021.

  Implementation of multi-task learning neural network architectures for robust industrial optical sensing [poster].

  In:

  Lehmann, Peter; Osten, Wolfgang; Albertazzi Gonçalves Jr., Armandi, eds.,

  Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection XII.

  SPIE Optical Metrology 2021, online, 21-25 June 2021.

  SPIE.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593469

• Michelucci, Umberto; Venturini, Francesca,

  2021.

  New autonomous intelligent sensor design approach for multiple parameter inference [paper].

  In:

  7th Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications, Online, 15-30 November 2020.

  MDPI.

  pp. 96.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2020002096

• Venturini, Francesca,

  2021.

  New approach for temperature-immune oxygen sensing based on Pt-TFPP [paper].

  In:

  OSA Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress, online, 19-23 July 2021.

  OSA Publishing.

• Venturini, Francesca; Michelucci, Umberto; Baumgartner, Michael,

  2020.

  Multi-task learning approach for optical luminescence sensing [poster].

  In:

  Applied Machine Learning Days (AMLD), Lausanne, 25-29 January 2020.

• Venturini, Francesca; Michelucci, Umberto; Baumgartner, Michael,

  2020.

  Deep-learning for multi-parameter luminescence sensing : demonstration of dual sensor [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science.

  OSA Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science, online, 14-17 September 2020.

  OSA Publishing.

• Venturini, Francesca; Michelucci, Umberto; Baumgartner, Michael,

  2020.

  Dual oxygen and temperature sensing with single indicator using multi-task-learning neural networks [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings Volume 11354 : Optical Sensing and Detection VI.

  SPIE Photonics Europe, Digital Forum, France, 6 - 10 April 2020.

  Bellingham:

  Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2554941

• Venturini, Francesca; Baumgartner, Michael; Michelucci, Umberto,

  2019.

  New approach for luminescence sensing based on machine learning [paper].

  In:

  Jalali, Bahram; Kitayama, Ken-ichi, eds.,

  Proceedings Volume 10937 : Optical Data Science II.

  SPIE OPTO, San Francisco, USA, 2-7 February 2019.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2508969

• Venturini, Francesca; Baumgartner, Michael; Borisov, S.M.,

  2018.

  New opportunities for optical temperature sensing with Mn4+-doped magnesium titanate [paper].

  In:

  Advanced Photonics 2018.

  OSA Advanced Photonics Congress 2018, Zürich, 2-5 July 2018.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1364/BGPPM.2018.JTu2A.63

• Venturini, Francesca; Michelucci, Umberto,

  2017.

  Novel algorithm for calibration-free absorption spectroscopy sensor [paper].

  In:

  5th International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S 2017), Barcelona, Spain, 27-29 September 2017.

  Basel:

  MDPI.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings1080833

• Venturini, Francesca; Schönherr, Veit; Adolfsson, Erik,

  2017.

  Ultracompact oxygen sensor using nanoporous materials as strongly-scattering multipass cell for tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy [paper].

  In:

  The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2017.

  2017 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics & European Quantum Electronics Conference, Munich, 25–29 June 2017.

  IEEE.

• Venturini, Francesca; Schönherr, Veit; Rey, Julien; Adolfsson, Erik,

  2016.

  Characterization of light-gas interaction in strongly-scattering nanoporous materials and its implications for tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy [poster].

  In:

  International Conference on Field Laser Applications in Industry and Research (FLAIR 2016), Aix-les-Bains, Frankreich, 12.-16. September 2016.

• Borisov, Sergey; Klimant, Ingo; Schönherr, Veit; Bürgi, René; Venturini, Francesca,

  2015.

  Investigation of the Luminescence Emission of Chromium(III)-Doped Yttrium Aluminum Borate for the Design of an Optical Temperature Sensor [poster].

  In:

  MAF 14, The 14th Conference on Methods and Applications in Fluorescence, Würzburg, Germany, 13-16 September 2015.

• Borisov, Sergey; Klimant, Ingo; Bürgi, René; Venturini, Francesca,

  2015.

  Temperature sensing and sensor design using a new thermographic phosphor for a wide range of applications [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings 2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference.

  2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics & European Quantum Electronics Conference, 21–25 June 2015.

  Optical Society of America.

• Venturini, F.; Michelucci, U.; Devereaux, T. P.; Kampf, A. P.,

  2000.

  Collective modes and electronic raman scattering in the cuprates [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity High Temperature Superconductors VI.

  International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity High Temperature Superconductors VI, Houston, USA, 20-25 February 2000.

  Elsevier.

  pp. 2265-2266.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4534(00)00972-2

• Minardi, F.; Knight, D. J. E.; Arie, A.; Pavone, F. S.; Venturini, Francesca; Inguscio, M.,

  1997.

  Frequency doubling of 1083 nm diode-laser radiation for locking to iodine absorption [paper].

  In:

  Zhang, Zhiming, ed.,

  Laser Spectroscopy: Xiii International Conference : Hangzhou, China 2-7 June 1997.

  Laser Spectroscopy: XIII International Conference, Hangzhou, China, 2-7 June 1997.

  Singapore:

  World Scientific.

• Venturini, Francesca; Michelucci, Umberto; Baumgartner, Michael,

  2021.

  New approach for temperature-immune oxygen sensing based on Pt-TFPP.

  In:

  OSA Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress, online, 19-23 July 2021.

  Available from: https://osa.zoom.us/rec/play/MvNgUQyUZcCHsaYidUEieFhKJSC_0H951ohgwMQLgaJu2hOUG4Cp8c6EbckrxwSFPVgA4icXYkOKpYHl.bke5ll04aQIuRasd?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=rEeKPUbBRbuPidh8EtTeUQ.1630395453945.87ac6bdfd1c3781b0e74319831d7e46a&_x_zm_rhtaid=928

• Venturini, Francesca; Michelucci, Umberto; Baumgartner, Michael,

  2020.

  Dual oxygen and temperature sensing with single indicator using multi-task-learning neural networks.

  In:

  SPIE Photonics Europe, Digital Forum, France, 6 - 10 April 2020.

• Venturini, Francesca,

  2020.

  Applications of ML to oxygen sensing.

  In:

  Deep learning meets (Astro)physics : A one day tutorial on neural nets, deep learning and TensorFlow 2.0, with applications to (astro)physics and science, ETHZ, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich (Switzerland), 22 January 2020.

  Available from: https://sites.google.com/view/dl-meets-astrophysics-2020/

• Venturini, Francesca; Michelucci, Umberto; Baumgartner, Michael,

  2020.

  Deep-learning for multi-parameter luminescence sensing : demonstration of dual sensor.

  In:

  OSA Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science, online, 14-17 September 2020.

• Venturini, Francesca; Baumgartner, Michael,

  2019.

  New approach for luminescence sensing based on machine learning.

  In:

  SPIE OPTO, San Francisco, USA, 2-7 February 2019.

  SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.

• Venturini, Francesca,

  2016.

  Progress in NIR spectroscopy and its industrial applications.

  In:

  Swiss Photonics Optical Sensing Workshop : From THz to X-ray - Inventing the Future, Zurich (Switzerland), 31 March 2016.

  Available from: https://www.swissphotonics.net/workshops/workshop-datenbank?2914

• Venturini, Francesca; Dumont, Elisabeth; Fuchs, Hans Ulrich; Maurer, Werner,

  2014.

  From forces of nature to the physics of dynamical systems.

  In:

  9th International Conference on Conceptual Change, Bologna, Italy, 26-29 August 2014.

Patents and patent applications

• Bergström, Pär; Hertel, Martin; Kondziella, Ralph; Tazreiter, Martin; Venturini, Francesca,

  2021.

  Gas Cell.

  Patent number DE102019006763 A1

  (2021-04-01)

  .

  Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DDE102019006763A1

• Fischer, Milan; Ulmer, Lilya; Venturini, Francesca,

  2020.

  Optochemical sensor.

  Patent number EP3333568 B1

  (2020-06-24)

  .

  Available from: https://register.epo.org/espacenet/regviewer?AP=16203104&CY=EP&LG=en&DB=REG

• Venturini, Francesca; Bergstroem, Paer; Hertel, Martin,

  2018.

  Gas measurement system.

  Patent number EP3401666 A1

  (2018-11-14)

  .

  Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP3401666A1

• Venturini, Francesca; Mock, Patrick; Schauwecker, Robert,

  2017.

  Horizontal magnet arrangement with radial access.

  Patent number DE102007013349 B4

  (2017-11-02)

  .

  Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?FT=D&date=20080917&DB=&locale=en_EP&CC=EP&NR=1970920A1&KC=A1&ND=4

• Venturini, Francesca; Vanoni, Claudio,

  2017.

  Messverfahren für einen optochemischen Sensor.

  Patent number EP2887054 B1

  (2017-02-22)

  .

  Available from: https://register.epo.org/espacenet/regviewer?AP=13198431

• Vanoni, Claudio; Venturini, Francesca; Kleinlogel, Christoph,

  2015.

  Method of operating an optochemical sensor.

  Patent number US9103795 B2

  (2015-11-11)

  .

  Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?FT=D&date=20150811&DB=&locale=en_EP&CC=US&NR=9103795B2&KC=B2&ND=6

• Allgaeuer, Mario; Ehrismann, Philippe; Meier, Dario; Ufheil, Joachim; Vayhinger, Marcus; Venturini, Francesca,

  2013.

  A Sensor utilizing a clamping mechanism.

  Patent number WO2013083759 A1

  (2013-06-13)

  .

  Available from: https://register.epo.org/espacenet/regviewer?AP=12812896&CY=EP&LG=en&DB=REG

• Radanovic, Dragan; Venturini, Francesca,

  2013.

  Opto-chemical sensor.

  Patent number EP2573548 A1

  (2013-03-27)

  .

  Available from: https://register.epo.org/espacenet/regviewer?AP=11182045&CY=EP&LG=en&DB=REG

• Venturini, Francesca; Schauwecker, Robert; Bovier, Pierre-Alain,

  2008.

  Superconductive magnet assembly with hysteresis-free magnetic coils.

  Patent number EP1990648 B1

  (2008-11-12)

  .

  Available from: https://register.epo.org/espacenet/regviewer?AP=08008146

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