Luca Boarino was born in Torino, Italy, in 1961. He achieved the Physics Laurea in 1987 at University of Torino with a work of thesis on "Semiconductor power device analysis and simulation with the Finite Difference code "Gemini", in the research group of Prof. C. Manfredotti. After a period of work as a free-lance in the field of computer graphics and multimedia (IBM Italy, Apple Italy) he joined the Department of Acoustics at Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale "Galileo Ferraris" (IENGF), with a grant on the development of modulated phothermal reflectance for the study of transport phenomena in semiconductors. In 1994 he obtained the permanent position of researcher in the same Department. From 1995 his research activity has been focused on the study, production and characterisation of porous silicon layers for sensors and microsystems application, in the new technological facility of the Quantum Resource Laboratory. From 1997 to 2000 he has been the responsible of projects with Italian firms like Olivetti Balteadisk and ST-Microlectronics, respectively on PS micromachining for bubble ink-jet technology and SOI substrates obtained by PS.

In the basic research activity, from 1999 he started the first studies on interaction between Nitrogen Dioxide and Porous Silicon. From 2001 he coordinated the European Space Agency project "CHECS" (Closed Habitat Environmental Control Sensor) in the framework of the Microgravity Application Promotion program of ESA, co-funded by ASI. In the same year he achieved the position of "Senior Technologist" in the Department "Nanotechnology and Microsystems". In 2009 he founded "Nanofacility Piemonte INRiM" a laboratory devoted to the structures and devices nanofabrication by ion and electron beams. His current interests are related to mesoscopic transport and nanodevices fabrication and characterization. He is author and co-author of more than 150 international publications.

2021