Dr. Alessio Varesano is a Senior Researcher and the Head of the Prototype and Pilot Plant Laboratory. He obtained his degree in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin, Italy in 2001. His research focuses on traditional chemical spinning and electrospinning processes; the preparation and characterization of polymeric solutions and blends for chemical spinning and electrospinning processes; the synthesis and deposition of electrically conductive polymers on textile substrates; chemical treatments and industrial textile processes; the chemical–physical–mechanical characterization of fibers and textile materials; the instrumental characterization and analysis techniques: Infrared spectrophotometry (FT-IR), UV/visible spectrophotometry, optical microscopy, electron microscopy (SEM) and microanalysis (EDX), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), mechanical and dynamometric characterization; viscometric and rheological measurement techniques; analytical tests according to UNI EN ISO textile standards.
Dr. Claudia Vineis is the Senior Researcher at CNR-STIIMA, biologist and the head of
the CNR-STIIMA Biological Laboratory. She led international and national research projects and industrial research contracts. She is a member of the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing, Euratex (Bruxelles), a member of the Technical Committee Textiles and Clothing n. 046 UNI and ISO group WG22, an expert member of “Rete Nazionale Tessile, Innovazione e Salute”, a member of the Scientific Committee of Associazione Tessile&Salute, and a Guest Editor for Polymers MDPI Journal and the Journal of Functional Biomaterials MDPI. Her main activities are in the field of the synthesis and analysis of new
antimicrobial finishing for textiles; study and characterization of
biopolymers, mainly structural proteins; extraction of keratin from wool fibres;
preparation and characterization of nanofibres by means of the electrospinning
process; development of analytical methods for distinguishing fine animal hairs;
fibre science and processing; fibre testing; and the structure and properties of
textile materials.
