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PhD Theses Proposals

BIOLOGICAL AREA
 

General Topics (listed in alphabetic order by proponent surname)
 

Proponent:  Prof. Nicola Franchi, Department of Life Science

Title 1:   Complement components as ancestral regulators of self-discrimination: from unwanted cell removal to immune defence

Title 2: Ancient complement-mediated mechanisms of neural selection and axonal pruning during nervous system development and regeneration in an invertebrate model
 

Proponent:  Prof. M.Antonio Donatello Todaro, Department of Life Science

Title: Development and validation of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding protocols for assessing marine and freshwater meiofaunal biodiversity.

 

CHEMICAL AREA

 

General Topics (listed in alphabetic order by proponent surname)

 

Proponent:  Prof. Luca Catalano, Department of Life Science

Title:  Design and synthesis of dynamic functional molecular crystals

 

Proponent:  Prof. Marina Cocchi, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Title:  Integration of chemometrics within an AI framework for metabolomics and foodomics analysis.

Possible Cotutele: Prof. Rasmus Bro, University of Copenhagen.

 

Proponent:  Prof. Caterina Durante, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Title: Metabolomics and Machine Learning for Innovative Food Authenticity Assessment

Cotutele:  Beatriz Quintanilla, Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen.

 

Proponent:    Prof. Erika Ferrari, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Title: Development of acyclic chelators for emerging alpha emitting radiometal
 
 

Proponent: Prof. Francesco Muniz Miranda

Title 1:  Elucidating Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) effect with Quantum Chemical approaches

Cotutele: Prof. Carlo Adamo group, École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris 

Title 2: Optoelectronic properties of organic-protected metal nanoclusters

Cotutele: Prof. Carlo Adamo group, École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris

 

Proponent: Prof. Giovanni Maria Piccini, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Title: Advanced Molecular Dynamics Methods for Automated Exploration of Catalytic Reactions and Chemically Accurate Free Energy Sampling

 

Proponent:  Prof. Luca Rigamonti, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Title: From synthesis to structural characterization and biological evaluation of first row transition metal complexes with Schiff base ligands

 

Proponent:  Prof. Costanza Scopetani, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Title: Development of sustainable sample pretreatment and detection methods for emerging contaminants and microplastics in water systems

Cotutele: Prof. Jose Manuel Amigo Rubio - IKERBASQUE. Basque Foundation for Sciences and Department of Analytical Chemistry at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Bilbao, Spain.

Specific Topics (externally funded) also indicated as thematic in the call

 

Proponent:  Prof. Erika Ferrari, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Thematic: Rational Design of Macrocyclic and Acyclic Chelators for Scandium-44 and Titanium-45 toward Radiopharmaceutical Applications

Cotutele:  Prof. Raphael Tripier, Universitè De Brest

 

Proponent:  Prof. Andrea Paolella, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Thematic 1 (funded by FISA project):  Optimization of electrolytes for lithium metal–based solid-state batteries

Thematic 2 (funded by FISA project):  New current collectors for lithium metal–based solid-state batteries

Thematic 3 (funded by FISA project):  In operando analysis of electrolyte degradation in lithium metal batteries

Thematic 4 co-funded by FIB S.p.A.:  Advanced Characterization of Li and Na-ion based battery materials using Electron Microscopy

 

GEOLOGICAL AREA

 

General Topics (listed in alphabetic order by proponent surname)

 

Proponent: Prof. Rossella Arletti, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Title 1: Structural Characterization of Defects in Zeolites for Tunable Hydrophobicity and VOC Adsorption

Possible Cotutele: Dr Svetlana Mintova, LCS Caen, France.

Title 2: Sustainability improvement of ceramic industry supply chain: alternative raw material for high quality product

 

Proponent:  Prof. Francesca Bosellini, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Title:  The closure of the Tethys Ocean and its impact on coral biodiversity.

 

Proponent:  Prof. Daniele Brunelli, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Title 1: Control of mantle heterogeneity on seafloor tectonics and spreading asymmetry

Cotutele: Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris

Title 2:  Fluid distribution in heterogeneous asthenospheric mantle

 

Proponent: Prof. Anna Cipriani, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences
 
Title: Analytical advancements in mass spectrometry for geochemical Investigations across high and low temperature environments

Cotutele: University of Munster- Germany

 

Proponent: Prof. Alessandro Gualtieri, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Title 1: Mineral fibres. Crystallography, characterization and carcinogenicity potential. 

Title 2: Synthesis and characterization of green materials from hazardous waste such as mineral wool.
 

Proponent: Prof. Federico Lugli, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences
 
Title: Non-traditional stable isotopes as proxies for bone (dys)metabolism
 

Proponent:  Prof. Marco Mulas, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Title: High-Resolution Remote and Proximal Sensing for Landslide Mapping and Monitoring
 

Proponent:  Prof. Vittoria Scorpio, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Title: Assessing recovery potential in degraded gravel-bed rivers: Implications for channel equilibrium, sediment continuity, and habitat complexity.

Cotutele: Libera Università di Bolzano