Research
• PI of a Departmental Project: “Blue Biopolymers: Sustainable Valorization of Marine-Derived Polysaccharides (BlueSPolys)” (2025–2027).
•Supervisor, MSCA Project: “Highly Selective 2D COFs for Resource Recovery from Electronic Waste – COFFRREW” (2025–2027).
•PI of a PRIN project “Development of HYbrid and Multifunctional Bio-conjugates against Alzheimer’s Disease (HYMBAD)”, codice MUR 2022CAS9ZT
•Task Leader for a PNRR Project, Extended Partnership No. 11 (PE11): “Made in Italy Circular and Susutainable”, Spoke 4: “Smart and Sustainable Materials for Circular and Augmented Industrial Products and Processes” (2022–2025). Home page – MICS
Bilateral / cooperation projects
• “Solution and solid-state NMR for the speciation of metal-based drugs: a combined experimental and computational approach,” CNR-RS (UK) 2026/2027.
• “Membranes for water desalination based on discotic ionic liquid crystals,” CNR-CAS (China) 2024/2026.
• COST action CA24111 – European Network for Valorizing Food Processing Waste into Sustainable Fibers (ENFiber).
Teaching
• Local Coordinator for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Sustainable Catalysis “SuCAt”, in collaboration with the University of Poitiers, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, and the University of Aveiro. Program – Master SuCat