Position: Permanent Staff
Email: claudia.crestini@unive.it
Phone: +39 041 234 854
Location: Venice
Development of new materials from lignins: Lignin nanostructures; Lignin nanocapsules and nanoparticles for active controlled release; Lignin nanofibers for biomedical and cosmetic devices, carbon nanoparticles and nanofibers from lignin nanostructures.
Lignin purification and upgrade via flow processes.
Development of supported catalysts and biomimetic catalysts for the activation of oxygen and hydrogen peroxide to the selective oxidation and functionalization of natural substances: lignans, terpenes, cardanols, nucleosides, lignins and lignin model compounds.
Development of immobilized catalysts from metalloporphyrins, methylrhenium trioxide.
Biocatalysis in processes of lignin degradation, with a special focus on the study of manganese peroxidase, laccases and laccase-mediator systems.
Structural characterization of polyphenolic biomolecules (lignins and tannins) by advanced heteronuclear NMR techniques and quantitative 2D heterocorrelated NMR spectroscopy.
Study of supramolecular association-dissociation behavior in lignin. Structural characterization of archaeological wood materials. Evaluation of ageing processes. Detection of radical species by 31P- based spin trap systems in oxidative systems: Lipoxygenase, laccase, bleaching solutions
Inorganic Chemistry and Laboratory, B.Sc. in Chemistry and Sustainable Technologies.
Chemistry, M. Sc. Pharmacy (in English).
1986: Ph. D. Engenieering, Alma Mater University, Bologna, Italy
1990: MSc. Chemistry. Laurea Summa cum Laude, University of Rome La Sapienza
1990: Consultant for the national research council Center for the Study of Natural Substances, University of Rome La Sapienza
1990-1993: Researcher and team leader at the Francesco Angelini Research Institute, Pomezia, Italy.
1994: Consultant. Agrital Ricerche Research Center, Maccarese (Rome), Italy.
1995 and 1996: Visiting Scientist, McGill University, Montreal, Que., Canada.
1997: Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University, Montreal, Que., Canada.
1998-2015: Assistant Professor in Chemistry, University of Rome Tor Vergata
2000: Visiting scientist at the Wroclaw University (Poland)
2010: Visiting professor at Departamento die Ciencia Quimicas, Facultad de Ecologia y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Andres Bello Vina del Mar, Cile.12-18/07/2010.
2015: Associate Professor in Chemistry, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche Università di Roma Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1 - 00133 Rome, Italy
2018: Professor in Chemistry, University of Venice Ca’ Foscari. Dipartimento di Scienze Molecolari e Nanosistemi.
1990: Prize Reiss Romoli for the best Master dissertation.
2011: The paper: Milled Wood Lignin: A Linear Oligomer. by C Crestini, F Melone, M Sette and R Saladino. Biomacromolecules 2011 12 11 PMID: 21928799 DOI: 10.1021/bm200948r has been selected for evaluation by Faculty of 1000 (F1000).
2018: The paper: Synthesis of Nano- and Microstructures from Proanthocyanidins, Tannic Acid and Epigallocatechin-3-O-Gallate for Active Delivery. Green Chem. 2017 19 (21), 5074–5091 was selected among HOT manuscripts in Green Chemistry in 2017.
Mechanistic insight into hydroxy-methylation of hardwood Kraft lignin
- Peralta M.B. - Nicolò Pajer - Claudia Crestini - Nicolau V.V.Introducing Hydrogen Bond Networks in the Self-Assembly of Chitin Nanocrystals: Strong and Flexible Bioactive Films Containing Natural Polyphenols
- Massari D. - Sgarzi M. - Matteo Gigli - Claudia CrestiniLignin-Derived Sustainable Nano-Platforms: A Multifunctional Solution for an Efficient Dye Removal
- Rahimihaghighi M. - Matteo Gigli - Ficca V.C.A. - Placidi E. - Sgarzi M. - Claudia CrestiniFish Scales for Wearable Patches: Tailoring Films Assembled From Fish Waste Gelatin, Carbon Dots and Chitin Nanocrystals
- Segato J. - Calmanti R. - Gnoato G. - Cavarzerani E. - Rizzolio F. - Claudia Crestini - Perosa A. - Matteo Gigli - Selva M.Improving the production efficiency and sustainability of lignin-alcohol fuel processed at ambient temperature
- Simonsen T.I. - Djajadi D.T. - Montanvert H. - Sgarzi M. - Matteo Gigli - Thomsen S.T. - Orozco Y.C. - Claudia CrestiniModulation of physicochemical and antioxidant properties of Pickering emulsions using colloidal lignin particles based on kraft softwood and hardwood acetone fractions
- Colucci G. - Matteo Gigli - Sgarzi M. - Rodrigues A.E. - Claudia Crestini - Barreiro M.F.The Laccase Catalysed Tandem Lignin Depolymerisation/Polymerisation
- Nicolò Pajer - Matteo Gigli - Claudia CrestiniKraft (Nano)Lignin as Reactive Additive in Epoxy Polymer Bio-Composites
- Pappa C.P. - Cailotto S. - Matteo Gigli - Claudia Crestini - Triantafyllidis K.S.Physicochemical Insights into Enzymatic Polymerization of Lignosulfonates
- Mayr S.A. - Wagner S. - Nagl R. - Pellis A. - Matteo Gigli - Claudia Crestini - Horvat M. - Zeiner T. - Guebitz G.M. - Weiss R. - Schwaiger N.High-performance sustainable active packaging from poly(hexamethylene furanoate) and bark extracts
- Guidotti G. - Massari D. - Matteo Gigli - Soccio M. - Siracusa V. - Claudia Crestini - Lotti N.Consorzio interuniversitario per lo sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase
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