Giuseppe Carmine Domenico Savio Gallone

PRESENT POSITION
Since June 2022 he is an associate professor (scientific-disciplinary sector ING-IND/22) at Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering (formerly at the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry and Materials Science), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. He is also member of both the E. Piaggio Research Center for Bioiengineering and Robotics and the Center for Instrument Sharing (CISUP) at the same University.

ACTIVITIES
• Research: performing and managing research works, coordination of research groups related to Materials Science and Engineering, publication of peer reviewed papers in international journals;
• Teaching: "Polymer Science and Engineering" and "Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering" for the Master Degree course in Materials and Nanotechnology; "Material Science and Technology" for the Bachelor Degree course in Biomedical Engineering.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS
• 2002 to 2022: Assistant professor (scientific-disciplinary sector ING-IND/22) at the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering (formerly at the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry and Materials Science), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
• 1999 to 2002: Post Doc in Materials Science and Engineering at the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering (formerly at the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry and Materials Science), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
• 1999: Research Contract for studies on Dielectric Analysis of Crosslinking Formulations at Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia (INFM), Research unit of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
• 1996 to 1999: Ph.D. fellowship at Polytechnic of Milan, Milano, Italy
• 1995 to 1996: Research Grant for studies on Dielectric Resonators at the Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Pisa, of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), Italy

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• 1999: Ph.D. in Materials Engineering (Dottorato di Ricerca in Ingegneria dei Materiali XI ciclo) at Polytechnic of Milan, Milano, Italy
• 1993: Master Degree in Physics at University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
His scientific activity has always been concerned with the study of materials: from the analysis of their properties to the development of techniques for characterization, processing, recycling. Such an activity, strongly focused on the aspects connected with the study and exploitation of electrical, mechanical and electromechanical properties, is widely documented by several publications among scientific journals papers, contributions to books and conferences, and also by internal reports and by several degree theses and Ph.D. dissertations supervised by him. Some research topics that he has explored are: electroactive polymers (EAP) for “muscle-like” electromechanical actuators, mechanoelectrical soft transducer materials for “skin-like” sensors, textile electrodes for bio-potentials detection in biomedical and biomimetic applications, soft elastomeric composites and foams, microwave treatments of rubber compounds for tyre recycling.

CURRENT RESEARCH FIELDS
Most recent research activities involve studies on: functional fibrous and/or nanostructured antimicrobial coatings; model systems able to reproduce the geometry of the pulmonary alveolus and to mimick the sub millimetric structure of Blood-Gas Barrier (BGB); coatings and/or devices with intrinsic properties (e.g. anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, antibacterial, antioxidant, piezoelectric, antifouling) for biomedical applications; sustainable polymeric coatings able to extend fresh foods post-harvest life.

PUBLICATIONS
Publications indexed in Scopus can be found at the following link: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7003919933
A complete list of publications can be found at the following link: https://arpi.unipi.it/cris/rp/rp11699