Research projects

and scientific collaborations

 

Physics Education


AdR:


2016 e 2017 - Impiego di tecnologie didattiche per l’innovazione didattica in Fisica con particolare riguardo alla formazione iniziale degli insegnanti


Projects:


Progetto nazionale Lauree Scientifiche - 2014 e trienni 2015-2017 E 2018-2021



Applied Optics


Projects:


AdOpTeCH - Advanced Optical Techinques for Cultural Heritage (2011-2013)

Cofunded by Fondazione CARIVERONA

Coordinator: Prof. Francesca Monti


LCVIR - Realization of liquid crystal light valves for infrared radiation

Joint Project (2009-2010) - Cofunded by University of Verona and Adaptica

Coordinator: Prof. Francesca Monti


Related AdR:


2009 - Sviluppi sperimentali e applicazioni dell’ottica coerente


Collaborations:


  1. -Laboratory for Applied Physics, Verona

  2. -Department of Neurological, Neuropsychological, Morphological and Movement Sciences, Laboratory Action Perception, LAP, Verona

  3. -Department Time Space Image Society, LANIAC, Verona

  4. -Institute of Applied Optics, INO, Art Diagnostic Group, Firenze

  5. -Department of Environmental, Computer and Statistical Sciences, Group of Chemistry for Cultural Heritage Conservation, Ca’ Foscari - Venice

  6. -Non Linear Institute of Nice,  INLN, Team of Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Optical Systems - Nice

  7. -Adaptica srl, Padova



Infrared Spectroscopy and X-ray Synchrotron Radiation for Interdisciplinary Studies


Projects:


LS-2812 “identification of a putative Se-intermediate during the reduction of selenite into Se0 in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia SeITE02 and Ochrobactrum sp. MV1 bacterial cells ” , (ESRF - BM25A - bando competitivo 2018) - Coordinator Francesca Monti


LS-2707 - Quantitative mapping of Se at nanoscale spatial resolution in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia SeITE02 cells exposed to selenite and in the biosynthesized Se nanoparticles  (ESRF - ID16A - bando competitivo 2017) - Coordinator Francesca Monti


08-01 1015 “Dynamics of selenite reduction and local structure of elemental selenium in selenium nano-particles produced by bacterial cultures of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia SeITE02” , (ESRF - LISA 2017) - Coordinator Francesca Monti


08-01 1030 “XANES at the Se K-edge to study the process of reduction of selenite and formation of Se nano-particles in bacterial cultures of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia” , (ESRF - LISA - 2016) - Coordinator Francesca Monti


BB-project - The characterization of elite barley lines accumulating high-levels of beta-glucans form a molecular point of view and the set-up of solubilization protocol to produce a beverage with a high-concentration of those sugars. Joint Project (2014-2015) -  Cofounded by University of Verona and Agroalimentare SUD. Coordinator: Linda Avesani


YeS-Aroma - The effect of yeast strains on the aromatic profiles of typical Italian Passito style wines through Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS) combined with FTIR spectroscopy and data mining - Joint Project (2011-2013) - Cofunded by University of Verona and Fondazione Bruno Kessler

Coordinator: Prof. Sandra Torriani


NUGen-Starter - Malolactic fermentation: formulation of a new generation of oenological starters - Joint Project (2009-2011) - Cofunded by University of Verona and Kron Morelli

Coordinator: Prof. Sandra Torriani


Synthesis and characterization of upconverter luminescent materials for applications in Medicine and Life Sciences - Cofunded by Fondazione CARIVERONA (2008-2011)

Coordinator: Prof. Emilio Burattini, then Prof. Andrea Sbarbati


Realization of an integrated laboratory for the synthesis and characterization of luminescent nanostructured materials for applications in Medicine and Life Sciences, Nano Medicine - Funded as Big Facility by University of Verona (2008)

Coordinator: Prof. Emilio Burattini


Development of alternative methodologies for the identification and the quantitative determination of allergenic pollens - Funded by Fondazione CARITRO (2006-2008)

Coordinator: Dr. Elena Gottardini Fondazione MACH


Integrated Unit of multimodal molecolar imaging - Cofunded by Fondazione CARIVERONA (2006-2008)

Coordinator: Prof. Francesco Osculati


Structural and functional characterization of healthy and cancer cells and tissues by infrared spectroscopy and microspectroscopy using conventional sources and Synchrotron Radiation for the development of new techniques in the early diagnosis of human cancers - Funded by Fondazione CARIVERONA (2004-2007)

Coordinator: Prof. Emilio Burattini


Related AdR:


2007-2010: Analisi e interpretazione di spettri vibrazionali di assorbimento nell’infrarosso e di diffusione Raman da campioni di origine biologica e medica


Related Contracts:


2007: Applicazioni di tecniche di Data Mining all’analisi di spettri IR per la caratterizzazione di tessuti sani e tumorali utilizzando il software open source R


2007:  Costruzione di un classificatore di spettri IR per il riconoscimento automatico di linfonodi affetti da linfoma follicolare


Collaborations:


  1. -Department of Biotechnology - Group of Agricultural Microbiology, Verona

  2. -Department of Biotechnology - Plant Genetics Laboratory, University of Verona

  3. -Department of Biotechnology - Plant Metabolomics Laboratory, Verona

  4. -Department of Biotechnology - Group of Inorganic Chemistry, Verona

  5. -Department of Morphological-Biomedical Sciences - Section of Anatomy and Hystology - Verona

  6. -Department of Pathology and Diagnostics - Pathological Anatomy Section, Verona

  7. -Department of Pathology and Diagnostics - Immunology Section, Verona

  8. -Department Time Space Image Society - LANIAC Laboratory, Verona

  9. -Department ISAC - Group of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Marche Polytechnic University

  10. -Bruno Kessler Foundation, FBK – Trento

  11. -Institute of Applied Optics, INO, Art Diagnostic Group, Firenze

  12. -Department of Environmental, Computer and Statistical Sciences, Group of Chemistry for Cultural Heritage Conservation, Ca’ Foscari - Venice

  13. -


Nuclear Physics and Synchrotron Radiation Experiments

Projects:

VIOLA - Nuclear Charge Symmetry Violation - INFN (1991-1993)

HC-511 “XAS measurements on silica xerogels doped with rare-earth ions”, ESRF (1996)

HS-51 “EXAFS study on the α-AgI phase stabilized at room temperature in a glass matrix”, ESRF (1996)

CH-395 “XAS measurements on silica xerogels doped with rare- earth ions”, ESRF (1997)

CH-382 “EXAFS study on the α-AgI phase stabilized at room temperature in a glass matrix”, ESRF (1997)

HS-612 “XAS measurements on silica xerogels doped with Erbium”, ESRF (1998)

LS-995 “Elemental mapping of human cancer spheroids by Synchrotron Radiation micro-X-ray fluorescence”, ESRF (1998)

08-01 225 “Local Structure and Dynamics in Silver borate glasses”, ESRF (2000)

SUE - Solar Ultraviolet Effects - INFN (2001-2005)

Collaborations:


- Physics Department - Theoretical Nucelar Physics Group,  University of Bologna

  1. -INFN Legnaro National Laboratories - Interdisciplinary Physics Group

  2. -Department of Biotechnology - Group of Inorganic Chemistry, Verona

- Department of Pathology and Diagnostics - Immunology Section, Verona

- Physics Department - X-ray radiation Group , University of Trento

  1. -Physics Department - Radiobiology Group , University of  Milano

  2. -INFN Frascati National Laboratories - DAFNE-Light Group

- CNR-ITC - Trento

- Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai-Osaka

- Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Riga

- RAS–P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow