🧠 Innovating Electronics for the Most Demanding Challenges

STLab designs and develops high-performance, application-specific electronic systems tailored for environments where precision, speed, and reliability are non-negotiable.

 

Our core areas of expertise include:


X-ray Detection Systems

Precision electronics engineered for synchrotrons, high-radiation fields, and harsh environments where conventional systems fail.

💡 FLASH Radiotherapy Instrumentation

Custom sensing solutions designed for ultra-high dose-rate radiotherapy (FLASH), enabling safer and more effective cancer treatments when existing detectors fall short.

🧬 Microfluidics & Electrokinetics

Smart systems that manipulate fluids and particles using electric fields — powering next-gen diagnostics, biomedical research, and lab-on-chip platforms.


 

🛠️ From Technology to Startups

Beyond our engineering lab, STLab acts as a company builder: we help launch and grow startups born from scientific breakthroughs, guiding them from concept to commercialization.

Leveraging our global scientific and business network, we:

  • Incubate synergistic innovations,

  • Support tech transfer from labs to the market,

  • Provide deep-tech guidance with repeatable, structured methods.


🔬 Active Research & Collaborations

STLab proudly contributes to national and international R&D efforts through four projects:

  • SAMOTHRACE – advanced sensing technologies (PNRR),

  • FRIDA and DREAM – innovations in radiotherapy instrumentation (INFN)

  • RePowerSiC - innovation in space applications

👨‍🔬 Who We Are

Founded in 2020 by Dr. Massimo Camarda, STLab is driven by a passion for turning frontier technologies into real-world impact.


🤝 Collaborate With Us

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NEWS

06/05/2025

STLab is proud to collaborate with Professor Bucolo's research group and excited to share their latest results. We are committed to supporting the technology transfer of this innovative, label-free technique for evaluating cell viability.

   

 

30/04/2025

Prof. Luigi Fortuna has joined STLab as affiliated external consultant

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15/04/2025

As part of the R&D activities performed by STLab within the SAMOTHRACE project

the company is looking for:

-  Customized mechanical works (see here for more details)

-  Customized electronic systems (PCB design&layouting) realization (see here for more details)

Interested candidates should send their email to Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. before May 31, 2025.
Include a brief introduction and a portfolio showcasing previous work.

 

01/04/2025

Prof. Pethig has joined STLab as Scientific Director focusing on the development of new electrokinetics systems

 

01/01/2025

Antonio Manno, now phD student at the university of Catania is now working for STLab as external freelance (partita Iva)

 

20/11/2024

Niccolò La Rosa and Giulia Valenti have joined STLab as PhD students 

 

11/09/2024

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

STLab is looking for one new figure, to strengthen the resources of the company. In more details, we are looking for:

-  One young engineer to work on the design and realization of 3d-printed elements, for their integration in microfludics and sensor systems.

The candidates should send their CVs to: Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. 

OLDER NEWS

 

 

03/09/2023

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

STLab welcomes (again) Antonio Barbagallo, lab technician, and Dr. Antonio Manno (again) as part of the R&D team

 

29/07/2024

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

STLab is looking for two new figures, to strengthen the resources of the company. In more details, we are looking for:

-  One highly motivated junior technitian to work in design of electronic circuit boards for Silicon Carbide sensors.

-  One electronic engineer to work in the design, fabrication and testing of electronic components for ultra-low noise current measurement systems.

The candidates should send their CVs to: administration@stlab.eu 

 

11/12/2023

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

A new paper on Silicon Carbide sensors is now available online:

"Single-Ion Counting with an Ultra-Thin-Membrane Silicon Carbide Sensor"

  Materials 2023, 16(24), 7692; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16247692

 

01/12/2023

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

STLab welcome Antonio Barbagallo, lab technician, as part of the R&D team

 

01/12/2023

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

STLab welcome Andrea Montagno, electronic engineer, as part of the R&D team

 

20/11/2023

After the successfully collaboration experience with the group of Dr. Francesco Romano, from INFN-CT, within the FRIDA project on flash radiotherapies, we are happy to communicate that the collaboration is further strengthening with the recently approved R4I project named DREAM (silicon carbide array DetectoR for dose profilE meAsureMents at FLASH regimes). 

The project, coordinated by Dr. Francesco Romano, a Researcher at the INFN Section of Catania, was selected under the INFN Research for Innvovation (R4I) call, supporting the passage of new technologies developed within INFN that are promising for future commercialisation.

 

Above Dr. Francesco Romano (right), PI of the project DREAM and Dr. Camarda (left), CEO of STLab during the first tests at SIT sordina

 

 

07/08/2023

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

STLab is looking for new figures, to strengthen the resources of the company. In more details, we are looking for:

One highly motivated junior tecnitian with skills in: assembly and testing of electronics components and systems.

One engineer in automation with skills in: a) electronics systems design and realisation, b) development of acquisition and control systems.

The candidates, as usual, should be able to talk and write fluently in English....

 

01/08/2023

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

STLab welcome Gabriele Trovato, scientist in radiation sensors, as part of the R&D team

 

 

01/03/2023

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

STLab is looking for new figures, to strengthen the resources of the company. In more details, we are looking for:

One highly motivated junior physicist with skills in: a) presentation of research results, b) paper writing and c) efficient team working. Finally the candidates should talk and write fluently in English.

One senior electrical engineer with specific skills in: a) design and prototyping of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), b) design and prototyping of advanced measurement systems, c) Sensors and Transducers development d) design and prototyping of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) e) • Linux and OSGI platforms coding for IoT device controls. Finally the candidate should talk and write fluently in English.

One senior electrical engineer with specific skills in:sensors assembly and integration

 

 

 

08/03/2023

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

STLab welcome Carla Caruso and Antonino Manno, electronic engineers, as part of the R&D team

 

28/02/2023

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

A new paper on Silicon Carbide sensors is now available online:  Applied Sciences link

 

 

09/01/2023

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

A new paper on Silicon Carbide sensors is now available online:  Micromachines link

 

15/12/2022

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

STLab is looking for one new figures, to strengthen the resourses of the company on the engineering side. In more details, we are looking for:

One senior electrical engineer with specific skills in: a) design and prototyping of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), b) design and prototyping of advanced measurement systems, c) Sensors and Transducers development d) desgin and prototyping of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) e) • Linux and OSGI platforms coding for IoT device controls. Finally the candidate should talk and write fluently in English.

 

 

14/12/2022

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

STLab welcome Antonino Amato, electronic engineer, as part of the external consultants team

Mr. Antonino Salvatore Amato is a senior electronics expert, whose main areas of expertise are: low level DC current measurements; field electronics for remote control and beam diagnostics for accelerators and beamlines; low-noise, high-sensitivity electronics for the diagnostics of hadrotherapy beams; high-speed electronics for the diagnostics of laser-driven pulsed beams; electromagnetic compatibility; high voltage and/or high current power supplies; PSPICE simulations of electronic circuits. Mr. Amato has been working at INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS) of Catania since early 1984, he is currently Head of the "Electronics, power converters, diagnostics and automations” department, belonging to the Accelerators Technologies Service. Over the course of his 39 years career at INFN-LNS, he has worked for many projects, among these the most relevant are: the construction and commissioning of the Superconducting Cyclotron K800, which produced the first beam in 1994; the establishment in 2002 of the CATANA protontherapy center, devoted to the treatment of patients suffering ocular tumors; the completion in 2018 of the ELIMED beamline installed at the international laser research center ELI-Beamlines of Prague.

 

04/12/2022

Although with some delay...

STLab welcomes Enrico Sangregorio, chemist and material scientist, as part of the phD students team

Dr. Sangregorio obtained his Master’s Degree in Materials Chemistry in June 2021 with an experimental thesis entitled “Vibrational spectroscopy in molecular ices subjected to irradiation with ionic beams and their application in astrophysics”, a work made in collaboration with the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF). In December 2021 he started the Ph.D course in Materials Science and Nanotechnology at the University of Catania. His research subject involves the development and the characterization of innovative SiC-based X-Ray and neutrons detectors with possible applications in physics, nuclear fusion and nuclear medicine. This project was born from a collaboration between UniCT’s department of Physics and Astronomy, CNR-IMM (Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystem) and STLab (Science and Technology Laboratory)

 

29/11/2022

Yesterday, the "partner company" SenSiC has finally achieved what have been pursued for more than 9 months with more than 50000€ in invested resources....

SenSiC news

 

09/11/2022

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

STLab welcome Andrea Ballo, electronic engineer, as part of the external consultants team

Dr. Ballo (Member, IEEE) was born in Catania, Italy, in 1990. He received the Laurea degree (summa cum laude) and the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Catania, Italy, in 2016 and 2020, respectively. From 2021 he is a research fellow and Adjunct Professor of electronic devices at the University of Catania, Italy. His current research interests include low-voltage low-power analog circuit design and analog and mixed electronics for energy harvesting applications

 

07/11/2022

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

STLab welcome Ludovica Maugeri, biomolecular chemists, as part of the external consultants team

Dr.  Maugeri graduated in Biomolecular Chemistry at the University of Catania in 2020. From April 2021, she was involved in point-of-care platform development for fast detection of phenylalanine in PKU-affected patients with the Expanded Newborn Screening Laboratory, University Polyclinic of Catania, and later her research activities focus on the synthesis of new nanomaterials and the development and characterization of biosensors at the Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Computer Engineering (DIEEI). Her main scientific interests are focused on the synthesis, physio-chemical characterization, and applications of new nanomaterials for biosensor environments and health

 

 01/10/2022

As part of the SAMOTHRACE project

STLab welcome Samuele Moscato, electronics&Automation engineer, as its new member!

Dr. Moscato received his Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering (University of Catania) in 2020 and his Master’s degree (cum Laude) in Automation Engineering and Control of Complex Systems (University of Catania) in 2022. During various activities, university and not, he dealt with Model Predictive Control System for Two-Phase flow in microfluidics, MEG data Analysis, Central Pattern Generator (CPG) Locomotion control, Smartphone-Based Sensing System, and Chaotic Circuit design and Synchronization. Excellent communication and socialization skills thanks to the voluntary activities carried out at the Italian Red Cross (2017-2021). Attention to detail, ability to work in teams and problem-solving achieved during the different activities

 

 

 01/08/2022 

STLab within the SAMOTHRACE project

is looking for multiple research and development figures:

microelectronics engineers

biochemists

mechanical engineers

software engineers

Grant managment

 

 

 

 23/06/2022 

STLab is one of the winner of the SAMOTHRACE project!

grant document

 

 26/04/2022 

STLab defines its Gender Equality Plan, signing the associated letter of commitment

 

 
15/10/2021 Looking for two phD!

The two students will work on the development of Silicon Carbide sensors for harsh enviroment diagnostic (FLASH radiotherapies and fusion reactors) performing (i) modelling, (ii) fabrication, (iii) system assembly, (iv) testing&validation.

The phDs will work in a international collaboration between the university of Catania and:
(i) INFN, (ii) STLab, (iii) l’NPL (UK) and (iv) CNM (ES).
Starting 2022, deadline 15th of October!

                                                                                                                      DIAGNOSTIC OF FLASH RADIOTHERAPIES                                      DIAGNOSTIC OF NUCLEAR FUSION REACTORS

 

21/07/2021 new operational headquarters at CNR-IMM

 

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