Potential PhD projects
On this page potential research projects for PhD-students are presented to provide an overview of the research that takes place within the Graduate Course in Molecular Sciences. The projects have been written by members of the Collegio dei Docenti that are interested in supervising a PhD-student. Candidates that are interested in one of the research projects described in this document are strongly invited to contact the respective PI prior to the admission procedure and express their interest.
It is noted that these are just proposals for research projects to provide candidates with an idea of the research carried out by the members of the Collegio dei Docenti. Candidates that have obtained a scholarship (without defined research theme) are free to choose their project and supervisor.
Curriculum: Chemical Sciences
Biotechnology
BERGANTINO Elisabetta
Molecular engineering of enzymes for biocatalysis and bioremediation
Analytical chemistry
BOGIALLI Sara
Methods and materials for environmental management
DI MARCO Valerio
Towards the development of new radiopharmaceuticals based on thermody-namically strong and kinetically inert metal-ligand complexes
CAPPELLIN Luca
Real-time separation of isomeric volatile organic compounds
FRASCONI Marco
Smart sustainable biosensors for biomarker detection
PASTORE Paolo
Development of cerium oxide based electrochemical sensors for detection of environmental pollutants
TAPPARO Andrea
Metal-ligand complexes in atmospheric particles: formation processes, proper-ties and relevance for public health in urban environment
Industrial chemistry
BENETTI Edmondo
Controlled Radical Polymerizations Compatible with Biological Environments
Physical chemistry
ABDIRISAK Ahmed Isse
Electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide to formic acid on nanostructured electrocatalysts
ANTONELLO Sabrina
BORTOLUS Marco
EPR spectroscopy in cellula, developing new strategies
CARBONERA Donatella
Extending the red limit of oxygenic photosynthesis: basic principles and implications for biotechnological applications to improve crops and photobioreactors
COLLINI Elisabetta
Ultrafast coherent and incoherent dynamics of complex materials
CORNI Stefano
Multiscale simulations of protein-surface and protein-nanoparticle interactions
DI VALENTIN Marilena
Innovative spin labels for distance measurements in biologically relevant systems by light-induced EPR spectroscopy
FERRANTE Camilla
Dynamics of protein corona formation on inorganic nanoparticles investigated with time resolved fluorescence techniques in microfluidic devices
FRANCO Lorenzo
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance investigation on new generation organic and hybrid electronic materials.
MIGLIORE AGOSTINO
Quantum information transfer via charge transfer processes
ORIAN Laura
FUNctional molecules designed from IN SIlico EleMEntary reactions
POLIMENO Antonino, ZERBETTO Mirco
Stochastic Approaches to LargE Molecules (SALEM)
RAMPINO Sergio
Learning Chemistry from Electron Densities through Artificial Intelligence RAMPINO Sergio
Organic chemistry
BATTISTUTTA Roberto
Structure-function relationships in proteins
BONCHIO Marcella
Optimizing chromophores aggregation for Enhanced Light Harvesting
DELL'AMICO Luca
Development of new sustainable processes mediated by light to access bio-logically relevant targets
DE ZOTTI Marta
Development of a Chemoenzymatic Green Synthesis of Bioactive Peptides
FORMAGGIO Fernando
Tumor-targeting peptidomimetics: synthesis and bio-medical applications
GABRIELLI Luca
Stimuli-responsive nanodevices
LICINI Giulia
Catalyst Design for Innovative Sustainable Chemical Transformations
MANCIN Fabrizio
Hydrolytic nanozymes
MENNA Enzo
Nano-carbon hybrid materials for biomedical applications
MORETTO Alessandro
Photo-flexible molecules to target neurodegenerative diseases [FlexMol]
ORLANDI Manuel
Development of New Enantioselective Transformations and Application to Asymmetric Synthesis
PEGGION Cristina
Peptide functionalisation of natural polysaccharides for wound treatment
PRINS Leonard
Chemically-fueled Synthesis of Organic Molecules
RASTRELLI Federico
Nanoparticle-assisted NMR spectroscopy
SAIELLI Giacomo
Computational studies of polymeric membranes for separation and/or conversion processes
ZONTA Cristiano
Supramolecular Catalysis and Sensing within Confined Systems
Inorganic chemistry
ALIPRANDI Alessandro
Regenerative chemiluminescent systems
ARMELAO Lidia
Development of new luminescent thermometers
BARON Marco
BIFFIS Andrea
Gold chemistry: catalytic, supramolecular, superatomic
CASALINI Stefano
Functional nanomaterials and their implementation in electronic devices
GROSS Silvia
Crystallisation of inorganic nanostructures under confinement
SAMBI Mauro
On-Surface Synthesis of Functional Nanomaterials
SONCINI Alessandro
Computational Design of Single-Molecule Magnetic Skyrmions
TUBARO Cristina
Gold(I) complexes with N-heterocyclic carbene ligands for catalytic, bio-medical and luminescence applications
ZECCA Marco, CENTOMO Paolo
Mesoporous polymer catalysts for heterogeneous catalysis
Curriculum: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutical sciences
CHILIN Adriana
New generation trimethylangelicin (TMA) analogues for selective modulation of defective CFTR or inflammation
DALLA VIA Lisa
New agents for multifaceted targeting of neurodegenerative diseases
GANDIN Valentina
Development of target-specific metallodrugs
GATTO Barbara
Targeting RNA with small molecules to study multicomponent RNA-based interactions
MASTROTTO Francesca
Development of RNA delivery systems
SISSI Claudia
The fluid interplay of nucleic acid interaction networks
Pharmaceutical technology
CALICETI Paolo
Smart nanocarriers for oligonucleotide delivery
MORPURGO Margherita
Probing composition/efficacy relationships towards effective delivery of nucleic acid drugs
PASUT Gianfranco
Targeting of mRNA delivery systems
SALMASO Stefano
Engineered smart nanovehicles for enhanced drug delivery across barriers
