Personal Information

Fields of Interest and Expertise

Colloidal Systems.

Host-guest relationships in membrane mimetic systems.

Kinetic properties of the membrane bacterial protein Reaction Centre.

Molecular self-assembly.

Ageing processes in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC).

Teaching

Chimica Generale e Inorganica (LT Biotecnologie Agro-Alimentari, Univ. “La Sapienza”, Roma)

Curriculum Vitae

May 1985: Degree in Biological Sciences, at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” (110 cum laude/110). Thesis title: "A simplified model of the endocellular compartment: the reverse micelles. Structure and dynamics of endomicellar water".

1989-1991: visiting scientist at ETH of Zürich in the group of Prof. P.L. Luisi working on the spectroscopic characterization of surfactants aggregates.

1991-1994: PhD in Chemical Sciences at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Title: "Physico-chemical characterization of a four component water-in-oil microemulsion and examples of its applicability to the solubilization of nucleic acids ". Advisor: Prof. M. Giomini (University of Rome “La Sapienza”).

1994-1999: Research fellow at the Centre for the Physico-Chemical Studies for Light-Matter Interactions of the Italian Council of Research (CNR) c/o Dept. of Chemistry of the University of Bari

1999-present: Research fellow at the Dept. of Chemistry of the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.

• Bari

• Incorporation of the bacterial reaction centre into dendrimersomes. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (2012)
• Polymer-photosynthetic protein multilayer architectures for herbicide optical detection. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical (2012)
• Effect of the Alkaline Cations on the Stability of the Model Polynucleotide Poly(dG-dC).Poly(dG-dC). JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS (2011)
• Triazine herbicides determination in water with an optical biosensor. (2009)
• Circular dichroism of polyncleotides: Interactions of NiCl2 with poly(dA-dT)center dot poly(dA-dT) and poly(dG-dC)center dot poly(dG-dC) in a water-in-oil microemulsion. CHIRALITY (2008)