CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
PhD in Biophysics, 2003, University of Genoa, DISTBIMO (Department of Biophysics). Thesis entitled "Synthesis, characterisation, study of conducting polymers-carbon nanotubes nanocomposites and their possible applications".
M.Sc. in Chemistry, 1994, University of Genoa, Department of Chemistry, Italy, graduated with honours. Project thesis entitled "Determination Of Rare Earths In Drugs By HPLC-ICP: Gadolinium in tetraazacyclododecane and possible metabolic products".
SKILLS
Experience in synthesis and characterisation of conducting polymers and fabrication of nanocomposites derived from the association of these materials with fullerenes and carbon nanotubes.
Outstanding capability in analytical techniques, including HPLC, GC and FTIR for the characterisation of chemicals. Background in FDA procedures related to standard methods of analysis.
Employment History
Nov 1999 - Present University of Genoa, Italy.
Researcher on carbon nanotubes-fullerene/conducting polymer nanocomposites.
Prepared by standard and Langmuir-Schaeffer techniques. Characterised by Ultra Violet and Visible (UV-Vis) and Infra Red (IR) spectroscopy, Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC), High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Cyclic Voltammetry.
Responsible for HPLC Instrument: especially set up of new chromatographic methods for separating steroids, proteins, and organic polymer mixtures.
Dec 1996 - Sep 1999 CO.GE.P. s.r.l., Crude Oils Storage, Genoa, Italy.
Fuel oils and petroleum products trading operation.
Quality Control Manager: chemical analysis for the characterisation of the treated fuels by determining their viscosity, flash point, pour point, Conradson residue, sulphur content, ashes, water percentage, and other specific tests related to these materials.
Sep 1995 - Nov 1996 BIOCHIMICA OPOS s.p.a., Pharmaceutical Firm, Agrate Brianza, Milan, Italy.
A company active in pharmaceutical syntheses from crude materials.
Quality Control Lab Analyst: chemical analysis for the determination of the quality of the produced active principle by means of UV-Vis and IR spectroscopy, HPLC, Gas Chromatography (GC), titration, and the common tests performed for the characterisation of these materials.
Jan 1995 - Aug 1995 STAZIONE SPERIMENTALE PER I COMBUSTIBILI, Fuels Research Centre, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
Lab Analyst: tests of flammability carried out on various materials for their possible storage.
Apr 1994 - Jul 1994 3M ITALIA s.p.a., Ferrania, Savona, Italy.
Production of materials for photographs.
Lab Analyst: set up of new analytical methods by titration for the characterisation of some final products of synthesis.
LANGUAGES and COMPUTER
Excellent written and spoken English (4th and maximum level of the Shenker method, Shenker Institute of Genoa).
Experience of Windows, Excel, Power Point, Word, DOS and most scientific software. Webmaster and Webdesigner. PC management (Hardware e Software).
PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS
Bavastrello V.; Bezerra Correia Terencio T.; Nicolini C. Synthesis and characterization of polyaniline derivatives and related carbon nanotubes nanocomposites - Study of optical properties and band gap calculation Polymer 52 (2011) 46.
Nicolini C.; Sivozhelezov V.; Bavastrello V.; Bezerra T.; Scudieri D.; Spera R.; Pechkova E. Matrices for Sensors from Inorganic, Organic, and Biological Nanocomposites Materials 4 (2011) 1483.
Garibaldi S.; Brunelli C.; Bavastrello V.; Ghigliotti G.; Nicolini C. Carbon nanotube biocompatibility with cardiac muscle cells Nanotechnology 17 (2006) 391.
Carrara S.; Bavastrello V.; Ram M.K.; Nicolini C. Nanometer sized polymer based Schottky junctions, Thin Solid Films 510 (2006) 229.
Nicolini C.; Narizzano R.; Bavastrello V. New materials by organic nanotechnology and their applications, Recent Research Development in Materials Science (ed. Pandalai S.), Reserach SignPost, Kerala, India, Vol. 6. ISBN 81-308-0053-5, 2005.
Carrara S.; Riley D.J.; Bavastrello V.; Stura, E.; Nicolini, C. Methods to fabricate nanocontacts for electrical addressing of single molecules Sensors and Actuators B 105 (2005) 542.
Shumyantseva V.V.; Carrara S.; Bavastrello V.; Riley D.J.; Bulko T.V.; Skryabin K.G.; Archakov A.I.; Nicolini C. Direct electron transfer between cytochrome P450scc and gold nanoparticles on screen-printed rhodium-graphite electrodes Biosensors and Bioelectronics 21 (2005) 217.
Riley D.J.; Bavastrello V.; Covani U.; Barone A.; Nicolini C. An in-vitro study of the sterilization of titanium dental implants using low intensity UV-radiation Dental Materials 21 (2005) 756.
Carrara S.; Bavastrello V.; Ricci D.; Stura E.; Nicolini C. Improved nanocomposite materials for biosensor applications investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy Sensors and Actuators B 109 (2005) 221.
Bavastrello V.; Carrara S.; Ram M.K.; Nicolini C. Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Poly(o-toluidine) Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Composite Langmuir-Schaefer Films Langmuir 20 (2004) 969.
Bavastrello V.; Stura E.; Carrara S.; Erokhin V.; Nicolini C. Poly(2,5-dimethylaniline)-MWNTs nanocomposite: a new material for conductometric acid vapours sensor Sensors and Actuators B 98 (2004) 247.
Bavastrello V.; Erokhin V.; Carrara S.; Sbrana F.; Ricci D.; Nicolini C. Morphology and conductivity in poly(ortho-anisidine)/carbon nanotubes nanocomposite films Thin Solid Films 468 (2004) 17.
Valentini L.; Bavastrello V.; Stura E.; Armentano I.; Nicolini C.; Kenny J.M. Sensors for inorganic vapor detection based on carbon nanotubes and poly(o-anisidine) nanocomposite material Chemical Physics Letters 383 (2004) 617.
Valentini L.; Bavastrello V.; Armentano I.; D'Angelo F.; Pennelli G.; Nicolini C.; Kenny J.M. Synthesis and electrical properties of CdS Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers nanoparticles on self-assembled carbon nanotubes Chemical Physics Letters 392 (2004) 214.
Stura E.; Carrara S.; Bavastrello V.; Bertolotti F.; Nicolini C. Hydrogen storage as stabilization for wind power: a completely clean system for insulated power generation Chemical Engineering Transactions 4 (2004) 317.
Bertoncello P.; Nicolini D.; Paternolli C.; Bavastrello V.; Nicolini C. Bacteriorhodopsin-Based Langmuir-Schaefer Films for Solar Energy Capture IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NANOBIOSCIENCE 2 (2003) 124.
Carrara S.; Stura E.; Bavastrello V.; Nicolini C. New Nanomaterials for lithium battery, 1st International Energy Convertion Engineering Conference Book, 17-21 August 2003, American Institute Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Bavastrello V.; Ram M.K.; Nicolini C. Synthesis of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Poly(o-anisidine) Nanocomposite Material: Fabrication and Characterization of Its Langmuir-Schaefer Films Langmuir 18 (2002) 1535.
Bavastrello V.; La misurazione dei gas negli incendi, Antologia Organica di Prevenzione Incendi EPC (eds), Rivista Antincendio 9 (1995) 162.
Mazzucotelli A.; Bavastrello V.; Magi E.; Rivaro P.; Tomba C. Analysis of gadolinium polyaminopolycarboxylic complexes by HPLC-ultrasonic nebulizer-ICP-AES hyphenated technique Analytical Proceedings Including Analytical Communications 32 (1995) 165.
Carrara S.; Bavastrello V.; Stura E.; Nicolini C. Sensore per gas acidi GE2003A000074 (patent).
Referees
Dr Jason Riley
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
Tel.: +44 (0)117 928 7668.
Fax: +44 (0)117 925 1295.
Email: Jason.Riley@bristol.ac.uk
Prof Josè Maria Kenny
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Pentima Bassa, 05100 Terni, Italy.
Tel.: +39 (0)744 492 934.
Fax: +39 (0)744 492 925.
Email: kenny@unipg.it
Dr Manoj Kumar Ram
Fractal Systems Inc., 200 9th Avenue North, Suite 100, Safety Harbor, FL 34695, USA.
Tel.: +1 727 723 1077.
Fax: +1 727 723 3007.
Email: mram@fractalsysteminc.com
EDUCATION
PhD in Biophysics, 2003, University of Genoa, DISTBIMO (Department of Biophysics). Thesis entitled "Synthesis, characterisation, study of conducting polymers-carbon nanotubes nanocomposites and their possible applications".
M.Sc. in Chemistry, 1994, University of Genoa, Department of Chemistry, Italy, graduated with honours. Project thesis entitled "Determination Of Rare Earths In Drugs By HPLC-ICP: Gadolinium in tetraazacyclododecane and possible metabolic products".
SKILLS
Experience in synthesis and characterisation of conducting polymers and fabrication of nanocomposites derived from the association of these materials with fullerenes and carbon nanotubes.
Outstanding capability in analytical techniques, including HPLC, GC and FTIR for the characterisation of chemicals. Background in FDA procedures related to standard methods of analysis.
Employment History
Nov 1999 - Present University of Genoa, Italy.
Researcher on carbon nanotubes-fullerene/conducting polymer nanocomposites.
Prepared by standard and Langmuir-Schaeffer techniques. Characterised by Ultra Violet and Visible (UV-Vis) and Infra Red (IR) spectroscopy, Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC), High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Cyclic Voltammetry.
Responsible for HPLC Instrument: especially set up of new chromatographic methods for separating steroids, proteins, and organic polymer mixtures.
Dec 1996 - Sep 1999 CO.GE.P. s.r.l., Crude Oils Storage, Genoa, Italy.
Fuel oils and petroleum products trading operation.
Quality Control Manager: chemical analysis for the characterisation of the treated fuels by determining their viscosity, flash point, pour point, Conradson residue, sulphur content, ashes, water percentage, and other specific tests related to these materials.
Sep 1995 - Nov 1996 BIOCHIMICA OPOS s.p.a., Pharmaceutical Firm, Agrate Brianza, Milan, Italy.
A company active in pharmaceutical syntheses from crude materials.
Quality Control Lab Analyst: chemical analysis for the determination of the quality of the produced active principle by means of UV-Vis and IR spectroscopy, HPLC, Gas Chromatography (GC), titration, and the common tests performed for the characterisation of these materials.
Jan 1995 - Aug 1995 STAZIONE SPERIMENTALE PER I COMBUSTIBILI, Fuels Research Centre, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
Lab Analyst: tests of flammability carried out on various materials for their possible storage.
Apr 1994 - Jul 1994 3M ITALIA s.p.a., Ferrania, Savona, Italy.
Production of materials for photographs.
Lab Analyst: set up of new analytical methods by titration for the characterisation of some final products of synthesis.
LANGUAGES and COMPUTER
Excellent written and spoken English (4th and maximum level of the Shenker method, Shenker Institute of Genoa).
Experience of Windows, Excel, Power Point, Word, DOS and most scientific software. Webmaster and Webdesigner. PC management (Hardware e Software).
PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS
Bavastrello V.; Bezerra Correia Terencio T.; Nicolini C. Synthesis and characterization of polyaniline derivatives and related carbon nanotubes nanocomposites - Study of optical properties and band gap calculation Polymer 52 (2011) 46.
Nicolini C.; Sivozhelezov V.; Bavastrello V.; Bezerra T.; Scudieri D.; Spera R.; Pechkova E. Matrices for Sensors from Inorganic, Organic, and Biological Nanocomposites Materials 4 (2011) 1483.
Garibaldi S.; Brunelli C.; Bavastrello V.; Ghigliotti G.; Nicolini C. Carbon nanotube biocompatibility with cardiac muscle cells Nanotechnology 17 (2006) 391.
Carrara S.; Bavastrello V.; Ram M.K.; Nicolini C. Nanometer sized polymer based Schottky junctions, Thin Solid Films 510 (2006) 229.
Nicolini C.; Narizzano R.; Bavastrello V. New materials by organic nanotechnology and their applications, Recent Research Development in Materials Science (ed. Pandalai S.), Reserach SignPost, Kerala, India, Vol. 6. ISBN 81-308-0053-5, 2005.
Carrara S.; Riley D.J.; Bavastrello V.; Stura, E.; Nicolini, C. Methods to fabricate nanocontacts for electrical addressing of single molecules Sensors and Actuators B 105 (2005) 542.
Shumyantseva V.V.; Carrara S.; Bavastrello V.; Riley D.J.; Bulko T.V.; Skryabin K.G.; Archakov A.I.; Nicolini C. Direct electron transfer between cytochrome P450scc and gold nanoparticles on screen-printed rhodium-graphite electrodes Biosensors and Bioelectronics 21 (2005) 217.
Riley D.J.; Bavastrello V.; Covani U.; Barone A.; Nicolini C. An in-vitro study of the sterilization of titanium dental implants using low intensity UV-radiation Dental Materials 21 (2005) 756.
Carrara S.; Bavastrello V.; Ricci D.; Stura E.; Nicolini C. Improved nanocomposite materials for biosensor applications investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy Sensors and Actuators B 109 (2005) 221.
Bavastrello V.; Carrara S.; Ram M.K.; Nicolini C. Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Poly(o-toluidine) Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Composite Langmuir-Schaefer Films Langmuir 20 (2004) 969.
Bavastrello V.; Stura E.; Carrara S.; Erokhin V.; Nicolini C. Poly(2,5-dimethylaniline)-MWNTs nanocomposite: a new material for conductometric acid vapours sensor Sensors and Actuators B 98 (2004) 247.
Bavastrello V.; Erokhin V.; Carrara S.; Sbrana F.; Ricci D.; Nicolini C. Morphology and conductivity in poly(ortho-anisidine)/carbon nanotubes nanocomposite films Thin Solid Films 468 (2004) 17.
Valentini L.; Bavastrello V.; Stura E.; Armentano I.; Nicolini C.; Kenny J.M. Sensors for inorganic vapor detection based on carbon nanotubes and poly(o-anisidine) nanocomposite material Chemical Physics Letters 383 (2004) 617.
Valentini L.; Bavastrello V.; Armentano I.; D'Angelo F.; Pennelli G.; Nicolini C.; Kenny J.M. Synthesis and electrical properties of CdS Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers nanoparticles on self-assembled carbon nanotubes Chemical Physics Letters 392 (2004) 214.
Stura E.; Carrara S.; Bavastrello V.; Bertolotti F.; Nicolini C. Hydrogen storage as stabilization for wind power: a completely clean system for insulated power generation Chemical Engineering Transactions 4 (2004) 317.
Bertoncello P.; Nicolini D.; Paternolli C.; Bavastrello V.; Nicolini C. Bacteriorhodopsin-Based Langmuir-Schaefer Films for Solar Energy Capture IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NANOBIOSCIENCE 2 (2003) 124.
Carrara S.; Stura E.; Bavastrello V.; Nicolini C. New Nanomaterials for lithium battery, 1st International Energy Convertion Engineering Conference Book, 17-21 August 2003, American Institute Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Bavastrello V.; Ram M.K.; Nicolini C. Synthesis of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Poly(o-anisidine) Nanocomposite Material: Fabrication and Characterization of Its Langmuir-Schaefer Films Langmuir 18 (2002) 1535.
Bavastrello V.; La misurazione dei gas negli incendi, Antologia Organica di Prevenzione Incendi EPC (eds), Rivista Antincendio 9 (1995) 162.
Mazzucotelli A.; Bavastrello V.; Magi E.; Rivaro P.; Tomba C. Analysis of gadolinium polyaminopolycarboxylic complexes by HPLC-ultrasonic nebulizer-ICP-AES hyphenated technique Analytical Proceedings Including Analytical Communications 32 (1995) 165.
Carrara S.; Bavastrello V.; Stura E.; Nicolini C. Sensore per gas acidi GE2003A000074 (patent).
Referees
Dr Jason Riley
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
Tel.: +44 (0)117 928 7668.
Fax: +44 (0)117 925 1295.
Email: Jason.Riley@bristol.ac.uk
Prof Josè Maria Kenny
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Pentima Bassa, 05100 Terni, Italy.
Tel.: +39 (0)744 492 934.
Fax: +39 (0)744 492 925.
Email: kenny@unipg.it
Dr Manoj Kumar Ram
Fractal Systems Inc., 200 9th Avenue North, Suite 100, Safety Harbor, FL 34695, USA.
Tel.: +1 727 723 1077.
Fax: +1 727 723 3007.
Email: mram@fractalsysteminc.com
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