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Education and Previous Positions
11/2018 – 08/2022: Assistant Professor in Applied Physical Chemistry at the Department of Engineering (Tissue Engineering and Chemistry for Engineering Unit) - Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma.
09/2021 – 10/2021: Visiting Assistant Professor at CFALab - Politecnico di Milano.
11/2019 – 01/2020: Visiting Assistant Professor at the Macromolecular Engineering Laboratory of ETH Zurich. Team leader: Prof. Mark Tibbitt
01/2018 – 10/2018: Post-Doc at the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta” at Politecnico di Milano with a research project on nanogel synthesis for drug and cell delivery. Team leader: Prof. Filippo Rossi
01/2018: Ph.D. (cum laude) in Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano with the research project: “Functionalized hydrogels for drug and cell delivery in central nervous system”. Supervisor: Prof. Filippo Rossi
04/2017 – 07/2017: Ph.D. Visiting Student at Department of Clinical Neuroscience - University of Cambridge - Cambridge Biosciences Campus with the research activity regarding the use of hydrogel systems as carriers for neuronal stem cells. Team leader: Stefano Pluchino (PluchinoLab).
04/2014: M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano
03/2010 – 06/2010: Stage in Nearchimica S.p.A., Legnano (Italy) - Research and development. Main activities: microencapsulation techniques (coacervation, interfacial polymerization) of fragrances and essential oils and subsequent deposition on textile substrates.
Research Activity
The research activity of Emanuele Mauri is mainly related to the chemical functionalization of polymers and the design of three-dimensional smart polymeric systems as highly biocompatible tools for controlled drug and gene delivery, in nanomedicine and tissue engineering. Specifically, his work involves the use of diverse chemical strategies to address the modification of polymers with specific biomolecules or chemical motifs promoting a targeted therapy approach in different tumoral scenarios.
Emanuele is also investigating the continuous in-flow production of nanoparticles and nanogels through microfluidic devices, to overcome the shortcomings of the conventional syntheses and emphasize the implementation of scalable chemical routes to the design of nanomaterials characterized by high selectivity and high lot-to-lot reproducibility.
His research is also focused on the formulation and 3D printing of hydrogels incorporating cells or nanomaterials (bioinks) for in vitro/in vivo tissue engineering or drug delivery, and 3D printing of polymer-based substrates.
For his research activities, Emanuele has been awarded with the following awards: “European Doctorate Award” by European Society of Biomaterials (ESB), the “Trainee Travel Award/Italian Young Scientists” by Italian Society for Biomaterial (SIB) at the 10th World Biomaterials Congress in Montréal (Canada), and “Nanoinnovation’s Got Talent” at NanoInnovation 2019 in Rome (Italy).