Exploitation of natural polymers: chemical modification, biofunctionalization, processing, and crosslinking of polysaccharides, proteins, and microbial polyesters.
Additive manufacturing of polymers and relevant composites: development of macro/microstructured 3D polymeric scaffolds for personalized regenerative medicine and in vitro tissue modelling.
Drug-loaded polymeric colloids and electrospun nanofibers: development of customized formulations for controlled and targeted release of bioactive agents.
Biobased composites: exploitation of food waste biomass as filler for polyolefin and biodegradable polymer plastics.

Puppi Dario
Battisti Antonella, Grazia Totaro, Andrea Corti
Research Assistant: Braccini Simona