LMNT Lab
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Plinio Innocenzi
Plinio Innocenzi is
full professor of Materials Science at the University of Sassari
(Italy) and Director of the Laboratory of Materials Science and
Nanotechnology (LMNT). He has graduated in physics at the University of
Padua (Italy) and has been assistant professor and associate professor
at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Material Section in the
same University. On 1994 he has been awarded with the Science and
Technology Fellowship in Japan from the European Commission and has
been associate foreign researcher at Kyoto University (Japan). It has
been visiting professor at the University Paris VI, Kyoto University,
Osaka Prefecture University and Beijing University of Chemical
Technology. He has been one of the founders of the International
Sol-Gel Society and has served in the Board of Directors; he is Fellow
of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has authored more than 150
articles in International ISI Journals, 3 books and 12 patents. His
research interest is focused on self-assembly at the nanoscale, sol-gel
chemistry, and hybrid organic-inorganic materials. Google
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Luca Malfatti
Luca Malfatti
(1977) is
associate professor of Materials Science at the University of Sassari
(Italy). He got the master degree in Material Science at University of
Padua and the Ph.D. degree in "Materials for environment and energy" at
University of Rome Tor Vergata. He has been visiting researcher at
University Paris VI, CNEA in Buenos Aires, Osaka Prefecture University
and CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering Division of Melbourne. He
has authored more than 100 articles in International ISI Journals. His
research work deals with the synthesis of mesoporous and hierarchical
porous materials obtained by supramolecular self-assembly and their
applications as advanced functional ceramics. Google
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Luigi Stagi
Luigi Stagi is assistant
professor (RTDA) of Materials Science at the University of Sassari
(Italy). He got the master degree and Ph.D. in Physics at the
University of Cagliari (UNICA, Italy). After a research grant in UNICA,
he joined Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.a (Tolmezzo, Italy) as optical
designer of welding machines. In 2018 he was R&D specialist and
assistant manufacturer in the area of crystal growth at Optomaterials
s.r.l. He has been a researcher in the LMNT laboratory since 2019. His
current research is focused on the structural and optical properties of
2D-materials. Google
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Davide Carboni
Davide
Carboni graduated
in 2005 with 110/110 in Chemistry at the University of Sassari. He
received his PhD in Chemistry, funded by GSK, in 2010 from Queen Mary -
University of London, after working with Dr. M. Resmini on the
synthesis and kinetic characterisation of molecularly imprinted
nanogels with Aldolase type I activity as synthetic enzymes. In 2009 he
was appointed Research Assistant of Prof. J. M. Percy at the Department
of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, where he
started working on a project, funded by the EPSRC Initiative in
Physical Organic Chemistry, to understand the mechanism of RCM reaction
catalysed by second generation Grubbs catalyst. In 2010 he decided to
move back to the University of Sassari, as a guest Research Fellow in
the Laboratory of Materials Science and Nanotechnologies (LMNT) led by
Prof. P. Innocenzi, after being awarded of a 2 years personal
fellowship from the Sardinian regional government, to develop new
materials for carbamate hydrolysis. In December 2012 he has been
appointed Assistant Professor at University of Sassari and he is
currently working at LMNT on a project involving nanostructured
materials for environmental and energy applications. Google
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Pietro Rassu
Pietro
Rassu graduated in July 2013 from University of Sassari, Department of
Chemistry and Pharmacy, with a Master’s Degree in Chemical Sciences.
During the last year of his course, he interned at the Laboratory of
Materials Science and Nanotechnologies (LMNT) where he studied the
correlation between surfactants, thermal treatments and
photocatalytic activity in titania mesoporous thin films. Since 2015 he
is working as Scientific and News Editor at the "Restless Architect of
Human Possibilities (RAHP) s.a.s." in Sassari. From June 2016 he is
also a Research Collaborator at the LMNT - UNISS, designing
nanostructured materials with environmental and energy applications.
Stefania Mura
Graduated in
Chemistry and pharmaceutical technologies
(2006) at the University of Sassari. PhD in Biochemistry (2010)
University of Milan with a thesis “Nanostructured biosensors for the
detection of foodborne pathogens and toxins”. She has been visiting
scholar/ researcher at the laboratory of nanosensors in the ABE
Agricultural and biological engineering department, Purdue University,
USA (2010). After achieving a Master in Nanobiotechnologies with a
practical training period at the LMNT, she has been visiting scholar at
the Laboratory of molecular sensing of the Institute of Protein
Biochemistry, CNR ( Naples). From 2008 to 2014 she has been president
and CEO of a SME, Lea Nanotech S.r.l and she has been awarded in the
regional start-up competition (Start Cup). She has been involved in
different contracts as researcher at the University of Sassari; both in
private and public research centers. She is author of several
international publications and holder of a patent. At present, she is
post-doc at the University of Sassari; the current research is focused
on developing new nanomaterials for environmental applications (sensing
and remediation) and detection of foodborne pathogens. Google
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Federico Fiori
Federico Fiori received his master's degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology at the University of Sassari, Italy, in 2022 with a thesis entitled "Photostable and Biocompatible Carbon Dots for Bioimaging Applications: Evaluation of Fluorescence Emission and Cellular Uptake into Cultures of Fibroblast and Neuroblastoma Cells". Between 2022 and 2023 he worked at the LMNT lab on antiviral aminoacids based nanosystems and reflective and self-cleaning coatings. Now he's currently working at the LMNT lab as a PhD student on a Doctorate of National Interest in Photoinduced Processes and Technologies with a thematic on "Optically Active Carbon Based Nanosystems" and a curriculum on "Diagnostic and Treatment Methods for the Development of a Personalized Medicine".Google
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Usama Anwar
Usama Anwar is a PhD student of Chemical science and Technology in University of Cagliari and Sassari (UNICA-UNISS). He received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from University of Gujrat, Pakistan in 2015. He also received his master’s degree in chemistry from University of Gujrat, Pakistan in 2017 with a thesis titled " Heavy Metals Occurrence, Seasonal Variation and Enrichment in Urban Soils Augmented with Industrial Waste.” In November 2022 he was awarded a three-year PhD fellowship by Unica. Currently, he works at the Laboratory of Materials Science and Nanotechnologies (LMNT) as a full-time research student with a PhD project focused on the preparation and optical properties of boron quantum dots.Google
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