Prof. Franca Castiglione received her Ph.D in Chemical Sciences, University of Calabria, Italy, in 1999 and her MSc in Chemistry, University of Calabria, Italy, in 1995. She was a Postdoctoral Lecturer at CMIC, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, during 2007–2015, and now she is an Associate Professor in Chemistry at CMIC, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Her current research interests include the study of the dynamics properties of new gels, ionic liquids, and deep eutectic solvents using NMR spectroscopy, the determination of the transport properties and release kinetics of small drugs loaded in gels, Xenon-NMR structural studies using xenon gas as a sensor, and solid state NMR of polymers.
Prof. Roberta Bongiovanni received her M.Sc. in Colloid and Interface Science, University of Bristol, 1989 and her Ph.D in Physical Chemistry, University of Bristol, 1998. She used to be an Associate Professor of Chemistry at DISAT, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, from 2003 to 2010. Now, she is a Full Professor of Chemistry at DISAT, Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Her main scientific interests have been focused on the synthesis of polymeric networks in the form of films via photoinduced processes and their characterization. Her fields of application are protective and functional coatings, membranes, and materials for photolithographic and 3D printing processes; the selective modification of the surface of polymers both by cophotopolymerization and photografting of monomers; coatings and textiles; the preparation of nanocomposites and hybrid materials via photoprocesses, including the modification of both the inorganic fillers and the polymeric matrices; and functional and smart coatings and membranes.
Dr. Sara Dalle Vacche earned her MSc degree in Chemical Engineering and her PhD in Industrial Chemical Processes from Università La Sapienza of Rome, Italy. She now is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Science and Technology of Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Previously, she worked in the industry at Procter & Gamble and General Electrics Advanced Materials before joining as a researcher at EPFL, Switzerland, where she specialized in the development of polymer composites and the study of their process–structure–properties relationships. She was awarded a Marie Heim-Vögtlin grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation in 2012 and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship by the European Commission in 2017. Her current research interests include biobased thermally and photo-crosslinked composites, cellulose micro- and nanofibers, reversible crosslinking, and 3D printing.
