Diana Leitao
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Assistant Professor
Diana Leitao
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Applied Physics and Science Education
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RESEARCH PROFILE
Diana Leitao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Physics at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Her research focus on exploring novel thin-film stackings and fabrication methods to improve the performance of magnetic sensors and engineer additional functionalities. She is an expert in micro/nanofabrication with strong focus on electron beam lithography and process development for magnetoresistive nanodevices. The technology being developed has applications in the data-storage and automotive industry, nondestructive testing, and biomedical devices.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Diana Leitao has a PhD in Physics from the University of Porto. Her thesis was done in close collaborations with the Materials Institute of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC). She then joined INESC Microsystems and Nanotechnologies in Lisbon as a postdoctoral researcher, and later won an FCT Investigator Starting Grant. During this time, she worked closely with key players in the automotive industry on the development of magnetoresistive sensing technologies. She was also an invited assistant professor at the Physics Department of the Technical University of Lisbon. She joined TU/e in 2021.
Recent Publications
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[### The multi-scale dynamics of all-optical exchange bias reversal
(2026)
Floris J.F. van Riel,Bert Koopmans,Diana Leitao](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/966e54a2-6564-4580-be9f-d91dd36a0a4f) - [### Stress-actuated partially flexible microelectrode arrays for activity recording in 3D neuronal cultures
Lab on a Chip
(2025)
João Serra,José C. Mateus,Susana Cardoso,João Ventura,Paulo Aguiar,Diana C. Leitao](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/5a29924b-04f1-45b9-a2eb-b898d92fc967) - [### Demonstration of on-chip all-optical switching of magnetization in integrated photonics
(2025)
Pingzhi Li,Gijs W.A. Simons,Tianyu Zhang,Philip P.J. Schrinner,Sohrab Kamyar,Ronald Dekker,Diana C. Leitao,Reinoud Lavrijsen,Yuqing Jiao,Bert Koopmans](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/d7788a37-02ff-4580-a14d-bbd4cc0b4ed5) - [### Understanding field-free single-shot laser-induced reversal of exchange bias
Communications Materials
(2025)
Floris J.F. van Riel,Bert Koopmans,Diana Leitao](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/53f9e4cd-4780-482a-9407-13371a44227b) - [### Stress-actuated Flexible Microelectrode Arrays for Activity Recording in 3D Neuronal Cultures
(2024)
João Serra,José C. Mateus,Susana Cardoso,João Ventura,Paulo Aguiar,Diana C. Leitao](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/43e55d1c-be2d-4fc8-ad61-9625957394b9)
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