Fields of Interest and Expertise

-Inorganic nanochemistry: noble metal, covalent and coordination polymer nanoparticles

Coordination complexes in solutions, micelle-included, grafted on surfaces and nanoparticles

Antimicrobic materials based on inorganic nanoparticles

Photothermal materials based on inorganic nanoparticles

Inorganic nanoparticles for drug delivery and hyperthermal treatments

Biodegradable polymeric films for food (smart)packaging

Sensing of molecules with optical and electrochemical tools exploiting nanoparticles

Capture and disposal of inorganic nanoparticles

Teaching

General and inorganic chemistry (for 1st year Chemistry Students)

Inorganic nanochemistry (for master degree in Chemistry students)

Nanomedicine (for PhD students)

Curriculum Vitae

1986: Degree in Chemistry at the University of Pavia. Thesis on tetraaza macrocycles with coordinating dangling arms (supervisor: Luigi Fabbrizzi)

1990: PhD in Chemistry at Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, on low valent group 4 organometallic compounds (supervisor: Fausto Calderazzo)

1991: technical assistant, University of Pavia, Department of General Chemistry

1994: researcher, University of Pavia, Department of General Chemistry

2010: associate professor, University of Pavia, Department of Chemistry

2017- present: full professor, University of Pavia, Department of Chemistry

2018-2020: coordinator of the PhD in Chemical Science, Pharmaceutical Science and Industrial Innovation of the University of Pavia

Awards

2001: Medaglia Nasini prize from the Inorganic Division of the Italian Chemical Society, for the results in the inorganic supramolecular chemistry dedicated to sensors, molecular oriented movements and molecular devices

Unit

• Pavia

Publications