Fields of Interest and Expertise

Nucleolipid Assembly.

Hybrid Nanoparticle/Lipid assemblies for Stimuli-responsive Drug Delivery.

Nanostructures Fluids for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage.

Interaction of Nanostructured Assemblies with Model Membranes.

Neutron and X-ray Scattering Techniques for Soft Matter.

Functional Dynamics in Phospholipid Assemblies.

Design of phospholipid-based Materials for Life Science Research.

Teaching

Chimica Fisica dei Nanosistemi (LM Scienze Chimiche, Univ. Firenze)

Curriculum Vitae

Mar 1993: Degree in Chemistry at the University of Florence and LENS (110 cum laude/110). Title: "Photoinduced Electron Transfer in organized systems: solvation dynamics".

1994-1997: PhD (Dottorato di Ricerca) in Physical Chemistry at the University of Florence. Title: "Molecular Recognition in Self-Assemblies". Advisor: Prof. P. Baglioni (University of Florence).

1994-present: Research activity at: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology: Department of Materials (Zuerich, Switzerland); Laboratoire Léon Brillouin in Saclay (France); Institut Charles Sadron, (Strasbourg, France); Laboratoire Leon Brillouin (Saclay, France); NIST Center for Neutron Research (Gaithersburg, MD, USA); NSLS, Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton-Long Island, NY, USA); IPNS, Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne, IL, USA); BENSC, Hahn-Meitner Institute in Berlin (Germany); Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble (France).

1994-1995: Research Scholar at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology: Department of Materials (Zuerich, Switzerland).

1997-2000: Post-doc at CSGI Florence.

2000-2014: Research fellow at the Dept. of Chemistry of the University of Florence.

2014-present: Associate Professor at the Dept. of Chemistry of the University of Florence.

Unit

• Florence

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