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Prof. Dr. FRANCESCO MANTEGAZZA (Associate Professor at the University of Milano- Bicocca, UNIMIB)

Education (degrees, universities, dates):

Laurea (degree) in physics, Università di Milano, 1989.
PhD in physics, Università di Milano, 1992.

Career/Employment (employers, positions and dates):
Università di Milano, Researcher, 19931999.
Università di Milano Bicocca, Researcher, 1999-2004.
Università di Milano Bicocca, Associate Professor, 2004-today.

Current research interests:

  • Physico-chemical characterization of nanoparticles
  • Development of single-molecule manipulation and imaging techniques.
  • Nanomanipulation by using Optical Tweezers (OT), Magnetic Tweezers (MT) and Atomic Force
  • Microscopy (AFM)
  • Aggregation and characterization of amyloid fibrils.
  • Nanomechanics of single molecule of DNA.
  • Nanoparticles and Nanomedicine
  • Single-molecule studies of DNA supercoils, DNA transitions, and DNA superstructures.
  • Nucleoid associated proteins and bacterial DNA packaging.
  • Intrinsic disordered protein unfolding.
  • Surface elasticity of cancer and healthy cells.

Past research interests:

  • Optical properties of complex fluids.
  • Electrokinetic phenomena of charged nanoparticles.
  • Colloidal suspensions and polyelectrolytes.
  • Ligand-receptor interactions.
  • Mixed systems of nanoparticles-liquid crystals
  • Persistence length of polyelectrolytes in solution.
  • Renewable energy from electrokinetic effects

Research activity:
F. M. is author of more than 80 publications with international reviews and over 40 communications for national and international conferences or congresses.

 

Dr. DOMENICO SALERNO (Researcher at the University of Milano-Bicocca, UNIMIB)

Education (degrees, universities, dates):
Laurea (degree) in physics, Università di Milano, 2002.
PhD in physics, Università di Milano, 2006.

Career/Employment (employers, positions and dates):
Università di Milano Bicocca, Researcher, 2006-today.

Publications: 45 publications on peer reviewed international journals.

 

Dr. VALERIA CASSINA (Technician, University of Milano-Bicocca, UNIMIB)

Education (degrees, universities, dates):
Laurea (degree) in Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2003.
Ph.D. in Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2007.

Career/Employment (employers, positions and dates):
Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy, in collaboration with STMicroelectronics, Agrate, Contract of scientific collaboration (post-doc), March 2007-February 2008.
Università di Milano-Bicocca, staff scientist, 2008 – today

Publications: 24 publications on peer reviewed international journals.