Phd in ELECTRICAL, MATERIALS, RAW MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING

email: mariagabriella.santonicola@uniroma1.it
phone: 06 4976 6372 (int. 26372)
building: RM017 - Via del Castro Laurenziano 7
room: 1.03

M.G. Santonicola is Associate Professor of Materials Science and Technology at Sapienza University of Rome since August 2021 and Associate Fellow of the National Laboratory of Frascati (Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics INFN) since January 2020. She received her PhD degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from University of Delaware (USA) in 2006 with a thesis on molecular interactions and self-assembly in solutions of surfactants and membrane proteins. In 2007, she joined the Department of Materials Science at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz (Germany) as postdoctoral researcher, working on biosensors characterization using spectro-electrochemical methods. From 2009 to 2011, she worked in the group of Materials Science and Technology of Polymers at the University of Twente and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology (Netherlands) on the EU-FP7 project ASMENA (Functional assays for membrane protein on nanostructured supports).

In April 2011, she was appointed Team Leader at the Italian Institute of Technology (Center for Advanced Biomaterials for Healthcare) and then joined the Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment (DICMA) at Sapienza University of Rome in August 2012 after the award of the Montalcini Grant (MIUR). She holds the National Habilitation as Associate Professor of Materials Science and Technology (S.C. 09/D1) since April 2017.

TEACHING ACTIVITY
"Materials and Surfaces for Biomedical Use" (12 cfu in ING-IND/22), Graduate Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome
"Biocompatible Materials and Surfaces" (4 cfu in ING-IND/22), Degree in Medicine HT, Sapienza University of Rome

RESEARCH FIELDS
Bioactive polymer materials and interfaces for biomedical applications
Carbon nanomaterials and carbon/polymer nanocomposites for (bio)sensing applications
Stimuli-responsive polymer materials and polymer brushes
Lightweight polymer membranes and composite materials for astronautical applications (radiation shielding materials, solar sail membranes)

PUBLICATIONS
Author of about 70 publications in international journal and proceedings (MRS, IEEE, IAC) indexed Scopus/WoS database. Presenter at more than 30 international conferences.