Dr Paolo Mennea

Senior Research Assistant

e: p.l.mennea@soton.ac.uk
t: +44 23 8059 3836

Paolo is a senior research assistant in the Planar Optical Materials group. His research topic is UV written planar waveguide circuits for quantum networks, including work on integrated photon-number-resolving detectors. Paolo graduated from the University of Southampton in 2011 with a first-class MEng degree in Electronic Engineering with Artificial Intelligence.

When not in the lab Paolo can often be found re-enacting 15th century medieval battles, clad in armour and wielding a longsword. His hobbies also include computer graphics and astronomy.