Prof. Tito Busani worked as a process engineer at STMicroelectronics and as a research engineer at IMEC prior to earning a doctoral degree in Physics and nanomaterials at the University of Grenoble in France with distinction. He continued to work on transistor reliability and switching memories during his postdoc funded by the AFRL. He is currently an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Endowed Associate Chair for Microelectronics at the University of New Mexico

In the past 15 years, his research focus has been on energy materials and atomic precision fabrication using wide bandgap materials, optical ring resonators, opto-mechanical modulators, and waveguides.  Particularly, he has worked on tip metrology and nano- to quantum-lithography methods, as well as on machine learning applied to photovoltaic HIT cells and to complex material processing. His current research interest is 1D nanostructured materials and metasurfaces, nano lasers and nano membranes, and their integration into multi-functional devices for advancements in qubits and GHz communications. Dr. Busani leads projects on agrivoltaics and leads the effort for heterogeneous integration of interferometers and waveguides for quantum optical computing, as part of one of the US regional centers funded by the NSF.

He also actively engaged in the NM communities, working extensively with high schools and community colleges such as Zuni School District and Navah Tech. He is committed to providing educational opportunities to NM underrepresented groups.

Dr. Busani is a member of the organizing committee for the SPIE Advanced Lithography + Patterning conference; he is the president of the New Mexico Energy Manufacturing Consortium; State Director of the New Mexico Junior Academy of Science; and served several years as a member of the NM local chapter for the Vacuum Society. He has organized sustainable energy symposiums at the Materials Research Society, and he also served as a consultant for large European energy industries.