PARTNERS
Two partners are involved in the project:
- University of Bologna (UNIBO), with researchers from 5 different departments
- National Research Council of Italy - Institute of Science, Technology and Sustainability for Ceramics (CNR-ISSMC)
UNIBO
Enrico Sassoni - Principal Investigator (PI) of the SECURE-COATS project
Enrico is PhD in Materials Engineering and Associate Professor in Science and Technology of Materials at the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM). His research activity mainly covers innovative consolidants and protectives for conservation of heritage stones and mortars, sustainable materials for the building sector and nanostructured coatings for the biomedical sector. He received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship in 2015 ("HAP4MARBLE" project) and a "Gustavo Colonnetti Medal" awarded by RILEM in 2017. He is currently Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Materials and Structures" (Springer) and member of the Editorial Board of the journals "RILEM Technical Letters", "Frontiers in Materials" and "Coatings".
Elena is PhD in Industrial Chemistry and Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", working in the field of Chemistry for the Environment and for Cultural Heritage. Her research activity mainly covers the effects of environment and pollutants on traditional and modern materials for artistic, architectural and industrial applications, as well as the development of protective coatings for outdoor monuments and the development of accelerated ageing methods for different classes of materials. Since 2012 she is member of the Editorial Board of the international journal “Environmental Science and Pollution Research” (Springer).
Elisa is PhD in Chemical Sciences and Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician". Her research activity mainly covers the synthesis and characterization of nano- and micro-crystalline inorganic phases through novel biomimetic processes, the study of structural and morphological modifications of calcium phosphates due to the interaction with bioactive ions and molecules, oriented growth of inorganic phases on polymeric and metallic matrices, design and implementation of innovative biomaterials for orthopedics. In 2011 she was awarded the "Nardelli Prize" from Italian Association of Crystallography (AIC). She is member of the Editorial Board of the "Journal of Functional Biomaterials" and “Frontiers in Biomaterials Science”
Cristina is PhD in Electrochemical Engineering and Associate professor at the Department of Cultural Heritage. Her research activity mainly covers corrosion and protection of metallic materials, conservation of metallic Cultural Heritage and archaeometallurgy. She received the "Premio Improta 2007" for young researcher in the field of archaeometry awarded by AiAr (Italian Association of Archaemetry).
Matteo holds a Master degree in Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology obtained working at the Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FABIT). He is currently a Research Fellow at the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM, UNIBO), working on the analysis of the antimicrobial properties of innovative phosphate coatings for the conservation of historic stone substrates.
Luca holds a Master degree in Building Engineering and Architecture and is currently a Research assistant at the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM). His work is aimed at the development and characterization of innovative phosphate coatings for preventive conservation of historic stone substrates.
Elena holds a Master degree in Science and Technology for Conservation of Cultural Heritage at Sapienza University in Rome. After working in various institutions such as the Vatican Museums, the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum, and the Getty Conservation Institute, she is now a PhD candidate at the Department of Cultural Heritage, working withing the FRONTIERS PhD programme "Future Earth, Climate Change and Societal Challanges".
Alessandro is PhD in Chemical and Process Engineering and Associate Professor in Chemical Plants and Processes at the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM). His research interests lie at the interface of process optimization and environmental protection. He is working extensively on the optimization of flue gas cleaning, including CO2 capture, in several industrial processes, with the aim of coupling ultra-low emission targets with minimal cross-media effects in terms of reactant consumption and generation of process residues. He is pursuing the integration of life cycle assessment in the formulation and optimization of processes since their early design stages. Exploring new fields of application such as cultural heritage conservation, the main goal is to support the design of novel materials and processes with a sound application of quantitative sustainability assessment methods, where integration between the tools of process engineering and the mindset of industrial ecology is needed.
Stefano is Associate professor in Microbiology at the Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FABIT), where is also serves as Director of Second Cycle Degree in Molecular and industrial biotechnology. Part of the Molecular Environmental Microbiology Lab (web site: https://site.unibo.it/molecular-environmental-microbiology-lab/it). His research interests cover molecular microbial ecology, soil microbiology, microbial bioremediation of metal and organic toxic contaminated soil, plant-growth-promoting-rhizobacteria, development of molecular tools to monitor and characterize aerobic soil bacterial communities, physiological and molecular mechanisms of bacterial degradation of organic pollutants, mechanisms of bacterial resistance and detoxification of metalloids."
Alessio holds a Master degree is Building Engineering and Architecture and is currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM). His research activity is mostly focused on the development and characterization of phosphate treatments for the conservation of historic building materials and the improvement of new ones.
CNR-ISSMC
Simona Ortelli - co-Principal Investigator (co-PI) of the SECURE-COATS project
Simona is PhD in Chemistry, with expertise in the synthesis of nanomaterials. Her research activity is aimed at nanomaterials surface engineering, by adopting a "safe-by-design" approach, and at functionalization of nano-coated textiles. She has been involved in FP7 collaborative projects and she is currently collaborating to H2020 projects on nanosafety as key-staff.
Chiara is PhD in Materials Science, with expertise in the development of bioceramics materials based on calcium phosphate particles for application in the cosmetic and biomedical field. She works currently as Research Fellow in the Environmental Nanotechnologies and Nano-Security group of the CNR-ISSMC where she deals with the synthesis of nanoparticles for the SECURE-COATS project.
Anna is PhD in Chemical Science and she leads the Environmental Nanotechnology and Nano-Safety group of CNR-ISSMC. Her activity is mainly aimed at the synthesis and engineering of nano and micro powders; wet colloidal characterization; nanostructured surfaces and composites for application in (photo) catalysis and water depuration treatments. She coordinated the EU-FP7 project SANOWORK and is coordinating the H2020 project ASINA, focusing on the development of "safe by design" practices for promoting the sustainable integration of nano-enabled products.