Associate Professor
Office: 5.2.16
Tel: +39-02-2399-3046
E-mail: francesca.baldelli@polimi.it
CURRICULUM VITAE
Date of birth:
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Education:
- Degree in Chemistry (5 years), University of Florence, December 2000
Employments:
? Associate Professor in Chemistry at the Politecnico di Milano (Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering) since December 2014? Lecturer B in Colloid Science and Nanotechnology at the University of East Anglia (School of Pharmacy) Norwich, UK - March 2011-December 2014
? Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for BioNano Interactions (CBNI), University College Dublin, Ireland -February 2009-February 2011 (Advisor: Prof. Kenneth Dawson)
? Post-Doctoral Fellow at Department of Chemistry and CSGI, University of Florence, Italy - June 2006-February 2009. (Advisor: Prof. Piero Baglioni)
? Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden - May 2005-June 2006. (Advisor: Prof. Bengt Nordén)
? Research contract at the Department of Chemistry and CSGI, University of Florence, Italy-May 2004- April 2005. (Advisor: Prof. Piero Baglioni)
Other Professional Activities and Awards
- since May 2013-present: Team Leader at the Foundation European Centre of NanomedicineResearch Interests
Study of biophysical interactions between surface-functionalized nanoparticles and biological membrane/barrier model systems.Development of multimodal nanomaterials for drug delivery and 19F-MRI imaging.
Study of protein-corona nanoparticle complexes formed in relevant biological environments.
Physical-chemical characterization of self-assembling systems in solution and at air-liquid interface.
Publications
- Papers in peer reviewed journals: 33- Scientific Communications at International Conferences and Workshops: >80
- Chapters in Books: 2