Nano@Sens

Group

Team members

Chiara Zanardi

Full Professor
Expertise:

  • Modified electrodes (conducting polymers, metal nanoparticles, carbon nanomaterials)
  • Definition of the electrocatalytic properties of nanosized materials and relevant composites
  • Wearable electrochemical sensors for the detection of biomarkers in biological fluids
  • Electrochemical sensors for water contaminants
  • Sensors for drugs of abuse
  • Sensors for the definition of quality of foodstuffs and beverages

Maria Antonietta Baldo

Associate Professor
Expertise:

  • Development of electrochemical micro-sensors and innovative analytical strategies for in situ applications in real matrices 
  • Sensors for monitoring water contaminants and food quality
  • Electroanalysis
  • Characterization and analysis of painting materials used in the Cultural Heritage field

Angela Maria Stortini

Researcher
Expertise:

  • Modified electrodes (metal nanoparticles and nanowires, conducting polymers).
  • Sensors for water contaminants and foods
  • Characterization by SEM-EDS of modified surfaces
  • Electroanalysis

Alessandro Silvestri

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
Expertise:

  • Synthesis and functionalization of nanomaterials
  • Chemistry of 2D materials
  • Formulation of smart and responsive inks
  • Ink-jet printing of biosensors
  • Electroanalysis

Salvatore Daniele

Senior Researcher
Expertise:

  • Theoretical and experimental aspects of micro-nano electrodes.
  • Applications for environmental, pharmaceutical and food analysis.
  • Development of biosensors for detection of biological analytes
  • Expert in Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM)
  • Application of SECM for characterization of nanostructured materials at high special resolution
  • Application of SECM for the detection of analytes at the interface

Ligia Moretto

Senior Researcher
Expertise:

  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors for environmental, clinical and food analysis
  • PFAS electroanalysis
  • Design of portable electrochemical biosensing assay
  • Modified electrodes  
  • Analytical methods for cultural heritage: glass and pigments

Lorena Gobbo

Scientific Technician
Expertise:

  • Methods for the extraction and determination of heavy metals in the environmental field
  • Expert in the use of: 
  • MP-AES (Emission Spectrometer Atomic Plasma Microwave)
  • Elemental Analyzer CHNS
  • Microwave Oven

Sabrina Fabris

Scientific Technician
Expertise 

  • Modification of chemical physical properties of phospholipid membranes with molecules of biological and clinical importance
  • Study of the antioxidant Properties of natural compounds
  • Application of the instrumental analytical techniques: Ion chromatography (IC), gas chromatography (GC), UV-VIS spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
  • Organization and support of research and didactic laboratories
  • institutional website, Instagram, and LinkedIn management

Linda Trevisan

Scientific Technician
Expertise:

  • Synthesis and characterization of cyclic peptides
  • Yeast surface display technology
  • Microelectrodes
  • HPLC purification and characterization

Najmeh Karimian

Fellow researcher  
Expertise:

  • Electrochemosensors and biosensors, environmental electroanalysis
  • Surface modification
  • Molecularly imprinted Polymers, polymeric Materials, carbon nanomaterials 
  • Nanoelectrodes

Victoria Beltran

MSCA Postdoctoral Researcher 
Expertise:

  • FTIR and Raman spectroscopy
  • Synchrotron radiation
  • Degradation mechanisms of organic compounds
  • Multi-analytical characterization of materials from historical objects

Giulia Moro

External collaborator
Expertise:

  • Design of portable electrochemical biosensing assay
  • Aptasensors and peptide-based sensors
  • Multi-analytical study of bioreceptor/target interactions
  • Electropolymerization and surface functionalization
  • PFAS electroanalysis

PhD students

Francesco Fama

Thesis title: SCREENFIT: screening techniques for phytosanitary products monitoring in biological and environmental matrices
Supervisor: Andrea Gambaro (DAIS - Ca’ Foscari)

Edoardo Tartaglia

Thesis title: Innovative conservation treatment for archaeological metal objects based on nanostructured materials   
Co-supervisor: Arianna Tartaglia and Mauro Moglianetti (IIT)

Francesco Abate

Thesis title: Characterization and Protection of Archaeological Bronze objects
Supervisor: Maria Antonietta Baldo (DSMN - Ca’ Foscari)
Co-supervisor: Arianna Traviglia (IIT)

Michael Douglas Peçanha de Souza

Michael Douglas Peçanha de Souza

Visiting PhD student
Thesis title: Development of an electroanalytical sensor to evalute internal corrosion by quantifying soluble iron
Supervisor: Simone Brasil (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ)

Giulia Cazzador

Thesis title: "Development of Electrochemical Wearable Biosensor for Biomarkers Detection”

BSc students

Arianna Panizzo

Arianna Panizzo

Development of paper-based analytical devices for the analysis of organic pollutants in biological fluids.

Celeste Beraldo

Celeste Beraldo

Application of microelectrodes to the determination of traces of disinfectants in drinking water

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