CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM PERSONAL INFORMATION First Name Last Name Nationality Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone Italian EDUCATION - Activity period: September 19-22, 2010 Activity description: courses in Nanostructure Fabrications by Beam Induced Deposition and Etching and Nano-Imprint Litography and Applications At: MNE th International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering, Genova - Activity period: April 2008 March 2011 Activity description: PhD course in Scienze e Tecnologie Interdisciplinari, with specialization in Nanotecnologie e Grid Computing At: National Nanotechnology Laboratory - Università del Salento, Lecce, in collaboration with Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies of IIT@UNILE, Lecce, and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genova Qualification: PhD degree obtained on 19/04/2011, with final mark Excellent, with the thesis Patterning and Surface Wettability Control of Polymer Nanocomposite Coatings: Implementation in Microfluidic Systems Tutor: dr Athanassia Athanassiou, prof. Roberto Cingolani Competences: use of spectroscopic, laser and microscopy techniques (Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), UV-Vis Absorption Spectroscopy, Optical Microscopy, Contact Angle, of Nd:YAG laser instrumentation); preparations of chemical solutions; optimization of photopolymerization processes; realization of different nanocomposite materials, with tunable surface wettability, useful as sensors, and their morphological, optical, chemical and surface characterization - Activity period: May 2007 October 2007 Activity description: Legal authorization to enter the roll of the order of Engineers - Activity period: October 2004 April 2007 Activity description: Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering At: Politecnico di Milano Qualification: Master Degree obtained on 20/04/2007, with final marks 110/110, and the thesis Different chemical crosslinking degree influence on gelatin hydrogel properties Tutor: prof Mariacristina Tanzi - Activity period: July 2003 October 2003 Activity description: stage in diagnostic radioimaging At: Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milano Competences: programming of a software for the transmission of clinical data - Activity period: September 2001 July 2004 Activity description: Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering At: Politecnico di Milano Qualification: Bachelor Degree obtained on 22/07/2004, with final marks 98/110 and the thesis Stent and implantation device mechanical characterization: development of a trackability test workbench Tutor: prof. Gabriele Dubini 1

2 - Activity period: September 1996 June 2001 Activity description: high school At: Liceo Ginnasio Statale Aristosseno, ad indirizzo classico, scientifico e linguistico Qualification: maturità scientifica, with final marks 100/100 SCIENTIFIC AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING - Activity period: December 2013 November 2014 Activity description: postdoctoral fellowship focused on the research project entitled Tecnologie e materiali per l'utilizzo efficiente dell'energia solare (Technologies and materials for an efficient use of solar energy), with the following focus Materiali nanostrutturati biocompatibili organici ed ibridi per concentratori solari e convertitori di energia ad alta efficienza: preparazione, caratterizzazione spettroscopica e morfologica di fi1m (Nanostructured and biocompatible organic and hybrid materials useful as solar concentrator and high-efficiency energy converter: preparation and spectroscopic and morphological characterization of different films) At: Istituto per lo Studio delle Macromolecole CNR, Milano Supervisor: dr Chiara Botta Competences: study of the optical properties of different organic or hybrid host-guest materials and study of the energy transfer process characteristic of these materials - Activity period: January 2012 November 2013 Activity description: research fellowship focused on the research project entitled SOLCO - Nanostrutture organiche ed ibride per la conversione di energia solare (Organic and hybrid nanostructures for the conversion of solar energy), based on the realization and optical and morphological characterization of organic and hybrid nanostructures (quantum dots, organic dyes, inclusion compounds) for the production of low-cost devices capable of converting the solar energy, by exploiting the Resonant Energy Transfer process At: Istituto per lo Studio delle Macromolecole CNR, Milano Supervisor: dr Chiara Botta Competences: study of optical properties (absorption, photoluminescence, quantum yield of solid state materials and solutions) of different nanostructured materials, realized using semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots) and fluorescent molecules; study of the energy transfer process characteristic of these materials; realization and optical and morphological characterization of films obtained using the abovementioned components - Activity period: Giugno 2011 Dicembre 2011 Activity description: research fellowship focused on the project entitled Production of Nanocomposite Films with Tunable Surface Wettability Properties for the Realization of Cell Growth Systems, Realization of new scaffolds based on polymer nanocomposite materials with tunable wettability properties useful for the growth of neural cells; development of new magnetic polymer nanocomposite materials with controllable surface wettability changes; optimization of the photopolymerization technique based on the use of TiO 2 nanorods as reaction initiators At: Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies of IIT@UNILE, Lecce, ed Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova Supervisor: dr Athanassia Athanassiou Competences: use of spectroscopic, laser and microscopy techniques (Atomic Forse Microscopy (AFM), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), UV-Vis Absorption Spectroscopy, Optical Microscopy, Contacr Angle, use of Nd:YAG laser instrumentation); preparations of chemical solutions and photopolymerized nanocomposite materials; optimization of photopolymerization processes; cell cultures handling (rat embryos primary neurons and HEK 293 fibroblasts); realization of different nanocomposite materials, with tunable surface wettability, used as sensors, and their morphological, optical, chemical and surface characterization 2

3 SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION PUBLICATIONS - Despina Fragouli, Bruno Torre, Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone, Athanasia Kostopoulou, Gabriele Nanni, Andrea Falqui, Alberto Casu, Alexandros Lappas, Roberto Cingolani, Athanassia Athanassiou Nanocomposite Pattern-Mediated Magnetic Interactions for Localized Deposition of Nanomaterials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2013, 5, Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone, Elisa Mele, Gianvito Caputo, Fabrizio Spano, Salvatore Girardo,Pantaleo Davide Cozzoli, Dario Pisignano, Roberto Cingolani, DespinaFragouli, Athanassia Athanassiou Optically controlled liquid flow in initially prohibited elastomeric nanocomposite micropaths, RSC Advances 2012, 2, Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone, Claudio Canale, Gianvito Caputo, Pantaleo Davide Cozzoli, Roberto Cingolani, Despina Fragouli, Athanassia Athanassiou Controlled Swapping of Nanocomposite Surface Wettability by Multilayer Photopolymerization, Langmuir 2011, 27, Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone, Gianvito Caputo, Claudio Canale, Pantaleo Davide Cozzoli, Roberto Cingolani, Despina Fragouli, Athanassia Athanassiou Light-Controlled Directional Liquid Drop Movement on TiO2 Nanorods-Based nanocomposite Photopatterns, Langmuir 2010, 26, Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone, Claudio Canale, Gianvito Caputo, Pantaleo Davide Cozzoli, Roberto Cingolani, Despina Fragouli, Athanassia Athanassiou Layer by layer control of wettability in nanocomposite films, NSTI-Nanotech 2011, 1, Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone, Elisa Mele, Pantaleo Davide Cozzoli, Dario Pisignano, Roberto Cingolani, Despina Fragouli, Athanassia Athanassiou Spontaneous Liquid Flow in Microfluidic Systems by UV Irradiation of the Hybrid Polymer/TiO2 Nanorods Channels, NSTI-Nanotech 2011, 1, Despina Fragouli, Raffaella Buonsanti, Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone, Giovanni Bertoni, Claudio Sangregorio, Bruno Torre, Roberto Cingolani, Athanassia Athanassiou Directed assembly of magnetic nanoparticles in polymers: the formation of anisotropic plastic films containing aligned nanowires, NSTI-Nanotech 2010, 1, Athanassia Athanassiou, Despina Fragouli, Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone, Athanasios Milionis, Fabrizio Spano and Ilker Bayer Laser-based lithography for polymeric nanocomposite structures, Lithography-Book 2, Intech Open Acces Publisher SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES - Participation: Self-Assembled Functional Nanostructures: material tailoring for electronics and bioelectronics, ISMAC Workshop 2012, 15 Novembre, Milano, Italia - Oral presentation: Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone, Athanassia Athanassiou, Despina Fragouli, Fabrizio Spano, Roberto Cingolani, Using light sensitive nanocomposite systems for finely tuned surface wettability, Euromat 2011, Settembre, Montpellier, France - Poster: Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone, Canale Canale, Gianvito Caputo, Pantaleo Davide Cozzoli, Roberto Cingolani, Despina Fragouli, Athanassia Athanassiou, "Layer by Layer Control of Wettability in Nanocomposite Films", Nanotech 2011, Giugno, Boston, MA - Poster: Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone, Elisa Mele, Gianvito Caputo, Salvatore Girardo, Pantaleo Davide Cozzoli, Roberto Cingolani, Despina Fragouli, Athanassia Athanassiou, "Spontanoeus Liquid Flow in Microfluidi System by Gradual UV Irradiation of the Hybrid Polymer/TiO2 Nanorods Channels", Nanotech 2011, Giugno, Boston, MA - Oral presentation: Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone, Athanassia Athanassiou, Fabrizio Spano, Despina Fragouli, Roberto Cingolani, Light Sensitive Nanocomposite Systems for Finely Tuned Surface Wettability, ASME-McMat 2011, 30 Maggio 1 Giugno, Chicago, IL 3

4 - Oral presentation: Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone Photopolymerized Patterns of Polymer-TiO2 Nanocomposites: Demonstration of Directional Water Drop Movement upon UV Irradiation on their Surfaces, Primo Ciclo Seminari, Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies of Lecce - Poster: Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone, Athanassia Athanassiou, Fabrizio Spano, Despina Fragouli, Roberto Cingolani, Diverse approaches for creation of surfaces with gradient wettability to achieve liquid droplet movement, 36th International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering-MNE 2010, Settembre, Genova, Italia - Oral presentation: Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone, Athanassia Athanassiou, Fabrizio Spano, Despina Fragouli, Roberto Cingolani, Diverse approaches for creation of surfaces with gradient wettability to achieve liquid droplet movement, 240th ACS National Meeting 2010, Agosto, Boston, MA - Oral presentation: Despina Fragouli, Raffaella Buonsanti, Francesca Villafiorita-Monteleone, Giovani Bertoni, Claudio Sangregorio, Bruno Torre, Roberto Cingolani and Athanassia Athanassiou, Directed assembly of magnetic nanoparticles in polymers: the formation of anisotropic plastic films containing aligned nanowires, Nanotech 2010, Giugno, Anaheim, CA TECHNICAL COMPETENCES AND SKILLS Competent in: - using spectroscopic techniques for the optical characterization of nanostrucutred materials: UV-Vis Absorption techniques, Photoluminescence Measurement techniques, quantum yield of solution and solid samples - studying and optimizing systems composed by different fluorescent materials, and based on the exploitation of the Fluorescent Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) process - using spectroscopic, laser and conventional microscopy techniques for the chemical and morphological characterization of nanostructured coating materials: Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Fourier- Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Optical Microscopy, Contact Angle techniques, Nd:YAG laser instrumentations - preparing chemical solutions and photopolymerization techniques - realizing nanocomposite coatings and bulk materials (through drop casting and spin coating techniques) - handling cell cultures - using different laboratory instrumentations (laboratory centrifuge, chemical hood, glove box, spin coater, sonicator bath) COLLABORATIONS Activated with the following researchers: - Dr Chiara Botta, Optoelectronics Devices and Photophysics group, Istituto per lo Studio delle Macromolecole (ISMAC) CNR, Milano - Dr Maria Cecilia Pasini, Optoelectronics Materials Development group, Istituto per lo Studio delle Macromolecole (ISMAC) CNR, Milano - Prof Mirella Del Zoppo, Molecular Dynamics and Vibrational Spectroscopy group, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering G. Natta, Politecnico di Milano - Dr Eleonora Canesi, Design and Synthesis of Advanced Polymer Materials group, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering G. Natta, Politecnico di Milano - Prof Paola Del Buttero, Industrial Chemistry group, Department of Organic and Industrial Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Milano - Prof Emanuela Licandro, Organic Chemistry group, Department of Organic and Industrial Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Milano - Dr Athanassia Athanassiou and dr Despina Fragouli, NAPH Material Science group, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genova - Dr Bruno Torre e dr Claudio Canale, NAPH Scanning Probe Microscopy group, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genova - Dr Silvia Dante, NBT Neuro Technology group, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genova 4

5 LANGUAGES Mother tongue: Other languages: Italian English French European Language Levels Self Assessment (*) English French Listening Proficient User (C2) Indipendent User (B1) Understanding Reading Proficient User (C2) Proficient User Speaking Spoken Spoken Interaction Production Proficient User Proficient User Indipendent Indipendent User User (B1) (B1) (*) according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Writing Proficient User Indipendent User (B1) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IT COMPTETENCES SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES OTHER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES DRIVING LICENSE Good command of Microsoft Windows operative systems (95, 98, me, XP, Vista, 7), Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook), Adobe Photoshop, Origin Software, KaleidaGraph Software, Mathematica Software and many web browsing programs (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari) Good team-working skills, gained through past situations requiring collaboration among different persons with different roles, within multi ethnic and multi language environment. Good managing and organizing skills, gained as supervisor of master thesis and PhD students. Good adjustment skills, useful in situations requiring the use of few means to find smart and creative solutions to solve different problems. I ve been volunteering for a long time, providing supplementary school lessons and organizing entertaining activities for foreign students and kids in a quandary. I ve been administrating several internet forums (computer graphics, role playing games). I like reading, writing short stories, traveling and interacting with different cultures. I love studying foreign languages as a self-educated (such as Japanese). Italian driving license type B In compliance with the Italian legislative Decree no. 196 dated 30/06/2003, I hereby authorize the recipient of this document to use and process my personal details contained in this document. In fede Francesca Villafiorita Monteleone 5