Silvia Panzavolta

Silvia Panzavolta (SP) is an associate professor in Inorganic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician” of the University of Bologna, where she teaches General and Inorganic Chemistry, Applied Biomaterials and Bioinorganic Chemistry. She got her PhD in Chemistry in 1999, in 2019 she became associate professor at the University of Bologna. Her research activity, mainly focuses on the development and characterization of sustainable biomaterials for tissue regeneration, including:

• design of biomaterials for soft and hard tissue replacement, including calcium phosphates bone cements and biopolymer-based scaffolds;
• design of biomaterials with antibacterial activity, including coating of biomaterials by metal nanoparticles and Metal-Organic Frameworks as inorganic antibacterial systems and for drug delivery purposes;
• use of sustainable biopolymers as film forming materials for applications in the field of cosmetic, pharmaceutic and packaging.

 SP is co-author of 78 scientific publications in ISI journals (h-index 36) and 3 patents.

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Di Filippo, M.F., Dolci, L.S., Liccardo, L., Bigi, A., Bonvicini, F., Gentilomi, G.A., Passerini, N., Panzavolta, S*., Albertini, B. “Cellulose derivatives-snail slime films: New disposable eco-friendly materials for food packaging” (2021) Food Hydrocolloids, 111, art. no. 106247. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2020.106247

Di Filippo, M.F., Panzavolta, S*., Albertini, B., Bonvicini, F., Gentilomi, G.A., Orlacchio, R., Passerini, N., Bigi, A., Dolci, L.S. “Functional properties of chitosan films modified by snail mucus extract” (2020) International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 143, pp. 126-135. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.11.230

Panzavolta, S*., Torricelli, P., Casolari, S., Parrilli, A., Fini, M., Bigi, A. “Strontium-Substituted Hydroxyapatite-Gelatin Biomimetic Scaffolds Modulate Bone Cell Response” (2018) Macromolecular Bioscience, 18 (7), art. no. 1800096. DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201800096

Liguori, A., Bigi, A., Colombo, V., Focarete, M.L., Gherardi, M., Gualandi, C., Oleari, M.C., Panzavolta, S*. “Atmospheric Pressure Non-Equilibrium Plasma as a Green Tool to Crosslink Gelatin Nanofibers” (2016) Scientific Reports, 6, art. no. 38542. DOI: 10.1038/srep38542

Panzavolta, S., Gioffrè, M., Focarete, M.L., Gualandi, C., Foroni, L., Bigi, A. “Electrospun gelatin nanofibers: Optimization of genipin cross-linking to preserve fiber morphology after exposure to water” (2011) Acta Biomaterialia, 7 (4), pp. 1702-1709. DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.11.021