PhD Projects
Prof. Elisabetta Rombi e Dottoressa Giorgia Cutrufello
-Heterogeneous catalysis and development of innovative catalysts
Prof. Claudia Caltagirone (UniCA)
– Synthesis and selectivity studies of novel neutral receptors for anion sensing.
– Synthesis and characterisation of new Near Infrared Emitting dyes for biomedical imaging.
Prof. Maria Laura Mercuri (UniCA)
- Synthesis of Molecular Materials, Coordinatiron Polymers, Metal-Organic_Frameworks, and their applications.
Prof. Antonio Carta (UniSS)
– Progettazione, sintesi, valutazione biologica in vitro e analisi SAR di sistemi policiclici aromatici azotati con attività di inibizione enzimatica nei confronti di virus a elevata patogenicità umana.
Prof. Andrea M. Scorciapino (UniCA)
–Solution NMR studies of antimicrobial peptides: linking structure to function?
(Structural, biological and computational studies of antimicrobial peptides in solution and membrane-mimetic micelles, bicelles or organic solvent mixtures.
The structural studies will be performed by spectroscopic techniques, mainly through the use of NMR spectroscopy)
Prof. Alberto Mariani (UniSS)
– Materiali polimerici avanzati per le nanotecnologie
– Materiali polimerici “intelligenti”
Prof. Sergio Murgia,
Colloid Science and Nanobiotechnologies
– Soft matter (surfactant-based nanostructures for nanomedicine)
– Hard Matter (ordered mesoporous materials for biocatalysis and nanomedicine)
Prof. Andrea Salis (UniCA)
Hofmeister Phenomena (ion specific effects in protein, colloid and nanostructured systems)
– ‘Green’ production of biodiesel through biocatalysis
Prof. Carla Cannas, Dott.ssa Valentina Mameli (UniCA)
– DESIGN di NANOSTRUTTURE INORGANICHE E IBRIDE con applicazioni nel campo della biomedicina, dell’energia e della catalisi