Dr. Assunta Borzacchiello- Institute of Polymers, Composiotes, and Biomaterials- CNR
Engineering Biomimetic Materials for Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine
Abstract
Engineering biomimetic materials represents a powerful strategy for addressing current challenges in drug delivery and regenerative medicine. Inspired by the complexity of native biological systems, these materials are designed to reproduce key structural and functional cues able to modulate therapeutic transport, cell behavior, and tissue response. This seminar will discuss recent advances in the development of biomimetic platforms, including nanoparticles, hydrogels, and other multifunctional materials, with emphasis on their potential to support controlled delivery and tissue regeneration.
BIO
Assunta Borzacchiello earned her M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering, cum laude, and her Ph.D. degree in Materials Technologies in 1998 from the University of Naples Federico II. She was a Research Scientist at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, in 1996, and at the University of Connecticut, USA, in 1997. She was a Visiting Professor at McGill University, Canada, from 2018 to 2019. She is currently Research Director at IPCB, National Research Council of Italy. She is the author of about 120 peer-reviewed papers, with an H-index of 42 (Scopus). Her research focuses on the design, preparation, and characterization of multifunctional materials, with particular emphasis on understanding the relationships among structure, properties, and applications of innovative systems, including smart materials responsive to external stimuli, nanostructured and biomimetic materials, and composite systems for biomedical applications, also exploiting microfluidic techniques, rheology, and microrheology.
