Elisa Martinelli

Professional Profile
01/12/2020–today: Associate Professor (CHIM04) at the DCCI-UniPi
11/2020: National Academic Qualification as Full Professor in Industrial Chemistry
01/12/2017–30/11/2020: Assistant Professor (RTD-B, CHIM04) at the DCCI-UniPi
01/09/2017–31/11/2017: Post-doc position (CHIM/04) at the DCCI-UniPi
01/09/2014–31/08/2017: Assistant Professor (RTD-A; CHIM/04;) at the DCCI-UniPi
01/01/2008–31/08/2014: Post-doc position (CHIM/04) at the DCCI-UniPi

Education
February 2008: Defense of the PhD thesis entitled “Macromolecular engineering of the nanostructured surface of fluorinated block copolymers for aquatic anti-biofouling”
01/01/2005 - 31/12/2007: PhD student (Chemical Sciences, UniPi)
February 2004: Master Degree in Industrial Chemistry, UniPi (110/110 cum laude)
International research experiences
-Visiting Researcher at the company Ivoclar-Vivadent AG, Schaan (Liechtenstein) (September 2004)
-Visiting PhD Student at the School of Bioscience, University of Birmingham (UK) (June 2007)
-Visiting PhD Student at the School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University (UK) (July 2007)

Institutional activities
2021-today: Member of the Doctorate School in Chemistry and Materials Sciences of UniPi
2019-today: Member of the Center for Instrumentation Sharing of UniPi
2018-2022: Member of the Scientific Committee (Area 03) of UniPi

Awards and Recognitions
-Andrew Keller Award 2021 for the Best European Paper in Polymer DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.124107
-The publication DOI: 10.1002/macp.202000447 selected to be part of the Virtual Issue Women in Polymer Science, J. Polym. Sci. March 2022
-The temperature-responsive nanoassemblies of amphiphilic random copolymers carrying poly(siloxane) and poly(oxyethylene) pendant chains”, EUPOC 2018 (Best poster award)

Conference organization and membership
-Member of the scientific committee in the following conference: Europolymer Conference (EUPOC) 2020, EUPOC 2018, EUPOC 2017, EUPOC 2016.
-Member of the scientific committee in the following conference: EUPOC 2015, EUPOC 2014, European Polymer Congress – EPF 2013, EUPOC 2013, EUPOC 2011, EUPOC 2005
-Member of CISUP
-Member of and affiliated to INSTM
-Member of CISIM

Professional activities
Member of the editorial board of: Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (Wiley), Macromolecular Rapid Communications (Wiley), Coatings (MDPI)

Research projects
European
-partecipation to BIOMOTIVE (Horizon2020 745766), SEACOAT (FP7 237997), ANIMPOL (245084), AMBIO (FP6 NMP4-CT-2005-011827)
National
-unit leader of PRIN2022 (BIOCOMMON) and PRIN2022-PNRR (AcquaGreen)
-participation to NEST-PE2 (Spoke 4)
-participation to HEAL ITALY-PE6 (Spoke 6)
-participation to PRIN 2010, 2010XLLNM3, PRIN 2008, 2008KMP97E_002, PRIN 2005, 2005035277_002
Regional
-leader of “Vetri in legno trasparente da materia prima e seconda” (VEGETAS) (Regione Toscana, Progetti di alta formazione)
-participation to COLOUR, BioGEL, NANOBIOALGAE
Industrial

EM is also scientific responsible of several industrial projects funded by Enapter srl, Camarlinghi S.p.A, GES srl, Maflon SpA

EM has contributed to numerous national and international conferences with more than 80 poster/oral presentations, of which 15 invited lectures (7 keynotes). She is coauthor of 74 publications (H-index = 23, Scopus Agosto 2023) in international journals, one book chapter and 3 patents.

Research Interests
Research activities are expressed in the field of polymer science and macromolecular chemistry with particular attention being devoted to the advanced, controlled synthesis ((ARGET)-ATRP, RAFT and NMP) of well-defined functional polymers with different architectures and characterization of their ability to self-assemble in nanostructures in bulk, in solution and at the solid surface for advanced applications, especially in the environmental, energetic and biomedical fields