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

Exploring molecular approaches to the heterogenization of metal nanoclusters for electrocatalytic applications

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.

ORIAN Laura

FUNctional molecules designed from IN SIlico EleMEntary reactions

POLIMENO Antonino, ZERBETTO Mirco
Stochastic Approaches to LargE Molecules (SALEM)

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 

MAROTTA Ester
Study of the interaction of non-thermal plasma with activated carbon saturated with pefluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in treatments for the regeneration of the adsorbing material 

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
Development of new therapeutic textiles through green chemical methods

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

First-row transition metal complexes with N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) lig-ands as homogeneous catalysts in the chemical valorization of CO2

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

DOLMELLA Alessandro
Metal-based Radiopharmaceuticals

GANDIN Valentina
Development of target-specific metallodrugs

GATTO Barbara
Targeting RNA with small molecules to study multicomponent RNA-based interactions

MARZARO Giovanni
Dual kinase/HDAC inhibitors for cancer treatment

MASTROTTO Francesca

Development of RNA delivery systems 

MORO Stefano
New computational methodologies in inspecting ligand-receptor recognition pathways: a valuable strategy to speed up the identification of drug candidates.

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 

POLVERINO DE LAURETO Patrizia
Molecular basis of the interaction between α-synuclein and compounds with anti-fibrillogenic properties

REALDON Nicola

European regulatory system for veterinary medicinal products

SALMASO Stefano
Engineered smart nanovehicles for enhanced drug delivery across barriers