polymeric materials chemist

Curriculum Vitae of Valeria Bugatti

Date of birth:…………….05/11/1976.

Place of birth:……………Rome Italy.

Nationality:……………….Italian.

Address: ............................Via Marcello, 79 Mercato San Severino 84085 (SA) Italy

Telephone number:……….0039 347-***-****.

E-mail:……………………**************@*****.**

Short bio and Research Interest

- 16-06-2011: “Nice Filler” Society srl Constitution- Production and Marketing of Polymeric Materials for Food Packaging, based at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (Sa): partecipation amount: 21%

- 01-2011- 06-2011: PhD research project at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca (NY) under the supervision of Professor Emmanuel Giannelis, about the Preparation and characterization of coatings on plasma treated polymers for multifunctional application.

- from 01-11-2008: PhD in Chemical Engineering of title “Dispersion of inorganic fillers in polymeric matrices for food packaging applications.” (Supervisor: Prof. V.Vittoria): Preparation and characterization of new nanocomposites and coatings based on polymeric matrices and nanofillers for food packaging. The choise of the filler can be done on the basis of the functionality to impart to the polymeric matrix (i.e. controlled release or improving the barrier to gas).

- 01-02-2008-31-01-2009: Research Fellowship at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Salerno in Project funded by the company Clariant Masterbatches SpA,: Selection, preparation and characterization of thermoplastics advanced materials with improved barrier property to gas.

-01-09-2007-31-01-2008: Research Fellowship of ALENIA about “Preparation and characterization of materials thermosetting, by matrix epoxy loaded with conductive materials such as anionic and cationic clay or carbon nanotubes

- 01-09-200*-**-**/2007: Research Fellowship of INSTM “ Nanobiohybrids in polymeric matrices as controlled delivery of active molecules”.

- 01-09-2003 – 31-08-2006: Appointed for a Three years project contract, about "Organic Synthesis and characterization of segmented conjugated polymers, organic molecules and complexes of zinc photo-emitting, photo-and electroluminescent based on ossadiazole and carbazole, for use in Organic Light Emitting Devices (OLEDs)”.

- 01/04/2003 - 29/07/2003: Research Fellowship about “Biodiesel Synthesis”. Attendance of the A4 Module about Safety and Environmental Health in the chemical system , regulations and norms of good technique (lasting 480 hours). Subject: Environmental Regulation; Safety Regulation; Fire-prevention Regulation; Electrical Classification of system areas – Isolation and protection levels; Medical first aid; Integrated management systems; Industrial safety and health.

- 01/02/2003 - 31/03/2003: Collaboration with prof. Francesco De Simone in the lab of Water and Food analysis of the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Salerno, Italy.

- 25-03-2002 – 16-07-2002: Appointed as Honorary Research Associate, in the lab of Professor Pavel Kočovský in the Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. Synthesis of Pyridine-Derived N-Oxides as Chiral Organocatalysts in Asymmetric Allylation of Aldehydes.

- 19/03/2002: Master’s degree in Chemistry at the University of Salerno, Italy with 106/110. She worked at the University Department of Organic Chemistry from 05-02-2001 to 05-03-2002. Synthesis of furylhydroperoxides and their employment in enantioselective oxidation of sulfides under stoichiometric and catalytic conditions.

- 1995: School leaving examination with top marks.

Instrument skills

Good knowledge of Spectrometer UV and IR, HPLC, GC, TGA, GPC, Polarimeter, NMR, DSC, Xray, Polarized Optical Microscopy, Spectrofluorimeter. Dynamometer, Column gravimetric for transport properties measures, SEM, TEM and microscope, IGA (intelligent gravimetric analyser), Oxygen Plasma, Contact Angle, XPS.

Publications and Patents

1) "New procedures for the enantioselective oxidation of sulfides under stoichiometric and catalytic conditions"; Antonio Massa, Francesca R. Siniscalchi, Valeria Bugatti, Alessandra Lattanzi e Arrigo Scettri Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2002, 13, 1277-1283.

2) “New Pyridine-Derived N-Oxides as Chiral Organocatalysts in Asymmetric Allylation of Aldehydes”; Andrei V. Malkov, Mark Bell, Maxime Vassieu, Valeria Bugatti, and Pavel Kočovský; Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2003, 196(1-2), 179-186

3) “Synthesis and Characterization of Segmented Liquid Cristalline Polymers with the Azo Group in the Main Chain”; Domenico Acierno, Eugenio Amendola, Valeria Bugatti, Simona Concilio, Loris Giorgini, Pio Iannelli, Stefano P. Piotto; Macromolecules, 2004, 37(17), 6418-6423.

4) “Synthesis and characterization of new electroluminescent molecules containing carbazole and oxadiazole units”; Domenico Acierno, Valeria Bugatti, Simona Concilio, Pio Iannelli, Stefano P. Piotto, Alfredo Rubino, Paolo Vacca, Luigi Ferrara, Heinz Christoph. Neitzert, Salvatore Bellone, Dario Della Sala; Synthetic Metals 156 (2006) 13–20.

5) “New Catalyst for the Synthesis of Poly(butylenes terephthalate) with High Thermo-oxidative Stability”; Antonio Massa, Arrigo Scettri, Socrate Contessa, Valeria Bugatti, Simona Concilio, Pio Iannelli; Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 104, 3071–3076 (2007)

6) Vittoria V., Gorrasi G., Sorrentino A Tammaro L, V. Bugatti, Costantino U, Nocchetti M. (2007). Italian patent filed on 17.09.2007 at the office of the Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture of Salerno for the invention entitled “System of incorporation and fixation of antimicrobial, antioxidants and absorber of oxygen in polymer matrices: processes, preparation and applications in the field of food packaging. (SA2007A/000031)

7) “The effect of additives and complexing agents on the synthesis and thermo-oxidation stability of poly(butylenes terephthalate)”; Antonio Massa, Valeria Bugatti, Arrigo Scettri, Socrate Contessa; Macromolecules: An Indian Journal, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2008

8) Vittoria V, Gorrasi G., Sorrentino A Tammaro L, V Bugatti, Costantino U, Nocchetti M. (2008). Italian patent filed on 08.08.2008 at the office of the Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture of Salerno for the invention entitled “Polymeric materials for the production of active food packaging that protect and enhance the food and to reduce treatments for the storage of foods. (SA2008A/000024)

9) “New polymeric composites based on poly (ε-caprolactone) and layered double hydroxides containing antimicrobial species” Umberto Costantino, Valeria Bugatti, Giuliana Gorrasi, Francesca Montanari, Morena Nocchetti, Loredana Tammaro and Vittoria Vittoria. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2009, 1 (3), 668-677;

10) “Nano-hybrids Incorporation into Polycaprolactone for Active Packaging Applications: Mechanical and Barrier Properties” Valeria Bugatti, Umberto Costantino, Giuliana Gorrasi, Morena Nocchetti, Loredana Tammaro, Vittoria Vittoria. European Polymer Journal 46 (2010) 418–427.

11) Vittoria V.; Sorrentino A.; Gorrasi G.; Tammaro L.; Bugatti V.; Costantino U.; Nocchetti M.. Polymeric Materials for Active Food Packagings able to Protect and to Enhance the Quality of the Contained Food Products and to Reduce their Preservation Treatments. (WO 2010/016034 A2 (11.02.2010)

12) "Synthesis and Characterization of New Photoluminescent Oxadiazole/Carbazole Containing Polymers," Simona Concilio, Valeria Bugatti, Pio Iannelli, Stefano Piotto, International Journal of Polymer Science vol. 2010, Article ID 581056, 6 pages, 2010

13) “Thermo-Oxidation Stability of Poly(Butylene Terephthalate) and Catalyst Composition” A. Massa, V. Bugatti, A. Scettri, S. Contessa.In: Polymer Aging, Stabilizers and Amphiphilic Polymer- ISBN: 978-1-60692-928-5. Editor: Liudvikas Segewicz and Marijus Petrowsky. © 2010 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

14) Modified layered double hydroxides in polycaprolactone as a tunable delivery system: in vitro release of antimicrobial benzoate derivatives; Valeria Bugatti, Giuliana Gorrasi, Francesca Montanari, Morena Nocchetti, Loredana Tammaro, Vittoria Vittoria; Applied Clay Science 52 (2011) 34–40.

15) Physical and Water Sorption Properties of Chemically Modified Pectin with an Environmentally Friendly Process, Luca Monfregola, Valeria Bugatti, Pietro Amodeo, Stefania De Luca, Vittoria Vittoria, Biomacromolecules: 06/2011; 12(6):2311-8.

16) Vittoria V.; Tammaro L.; Bugatti V.; Bianchi R. “Preparation process of a polymeric composition comprising hydrotalcites intercalated with active molecules, composition so obtained and shaped articles including the same”. n. MI2011A001921

17) “Water Barrier Properties of Epoxy-Clay nanocomposites” Luigi Vertuccio, Andrea Sorrentino, Liberata Guadagno, Valeria Bugatti, Marialuigia Raimondo, Carlo Naddeo, Vittoria Vittoria, Generoso Iannuzzo, Erika Calvi, Salvatore Russo. Submitted

18) “Influence of the powder dimensions on the antimicrobial properties of Modified Layered Double Hydroxide”; Submitted

19) “Bio-Nanocomposites Based on Layered Double Hydroxides and active molecules into pectins: preparation, characterization and physical propertie”s, Giuliana Gorrasi, Valeria Bugatti, Vittoria Vittoria; Carbohydrate Polymers, Under revision.

20) “Synthesis and physical properties of Layered Double Hydroxide based on Ionic Liquids: Application to a Polylactide matrix”, Sébastien Livi and Valeria Bugatti, Luis Estevez, Jannick Duchet-Rumeau, Emmanuel. P Giannelis; Submitted.

Awards

- 4 december 2009: PNI 2009; Perugia, Project: "Vulcano S.r.l." Composite material with properties of self-healing and release of active ingredients for biomedical applications”

- 27 november 2009: 1 Award at Polymer Challenge 2009, Veneto Nanotech ed Imast, Padova, Business Plan NICE FILLER: Polymeric compounds for active food packaging to increase the shelf life of food products and reduce the use of preservatives and sterilization of foods

- 7 October 2009: 2 Award - START CUP UNISA 2009; Project: "Vulcano S.r.l." Composite material with properties of self-healing and release of active ingredients for biomedical applications

- September 2008: START CUP UNISA 2008; Project: Iside S.r.l.-Incorporation of Nano Structured hybrids in Polymers for Molecular Deliver; classified in the first 9.

Conference

1. World Polymer Congress MACRO 2004, Paris, 4-9 July. Two presentations: Synthesis and characterization of new soluble photoluminescent oxadiazole containing polymers, D. Acierno, V. Bugatti, S. Concilio, P. Iannelli, S. P. Piotto, A. Rubino, P. Vacca and Synthesis and characterisation of segmented liquid crystalline polymers with azo-group along the chain, D. Acierno, V. Bugatti, S. Concilio, L. Giorgini, P. Iannelli, S. P. Piotto

2. AIM 2005, Neaples, 11-15 September. Presentation: Synthesis and characterization of new electroluminescent molecules containing carbazole and oxadiazole units, Valeria Bugatti, Simona Concilio, Pio Iannelli, Stefano P. Piotto, Salvatore Bellone, Manuela Ferrara , Heinrich C. Neitzert, Alfredo Rubino, Dario Della Sala, Paolo Vacca

3. 3rd International TOP 2006, Ischia, 18-22 June; Presentation: Synthesis and characterization of new electroluminescent molecules containing carbazole and oxadiazole units, Valeria Bugatti, Simona Concilio, Pio Iannelli, Stefano P. Piotto, Salvatore Bellone, Manuela Ferrara , Heinrich C. Neitzert, Alfredo Rubino, Dario Della Sala, Paolo Vacca

4. VI National Conference INSTM, Perugia, 12-15 June 2007; Presentation entitled: INTERCALATION COMPOUNDS OF LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES WITH ANTIMICROBIAL BENZOATE ANIONS AS FILLER OF BIODEGRADABILE POLYMERIC MATRICES FOR NEW PACKAGING SYSTEMS, Valeria Bugatti, Loredana Tammaro, Giuliana Gorrasi, Francesca Montanari , Morena Nocchetti, Vittoria Vittoria

5. EUROPEAN POLYMER CONGRESS 2007, JULY 2 to 6, PORTOROZ, SLOVENIA; Presentation entitled: ACTIVE BIO-NANOHYBRIDS INCORPORATED INTO POLYCAPROLACTONE AS CONTROLLED DELIVERY SYSTEMS, Valeria Bugatti, Loredana Tammaro, Umberto Costantino, Giuliana Gorrasi, Morena Nocchetti,VittoriaVittoria

6. Eurofillers 2007, from 26 to 31 August, Budapest, Hungary; Presentation entitled: New Bio-Nanocomposites as controlled release systems for active packaging materials, Valeria Bugatti, Giuliana Gorrasi,, Loredana Tammaro, Vittoria Vittoria, Morena Nocchetti, Umberto Costantino

7. First Workshop "Polymers in Nanotechnology" Salerno 27-28 September 2007; Presentation entitled: Incorporation of active nanohybrids into polycaprolactone for food packaging. Physical Properties, Valeria Bugatti, Giuliana Gorrasi, Loredana Tammaro, Vittoria Vittoria, Morena Nocchetti, Umberto Costantino

8. Nanotec2008, Venice, 10-13 Mars: Presentation entitled: ACTIVE BIO-NANOHYBRIDS INCORPORATED INTO POLYCAPROLACTONE AS CONTROLLED DELIVERY SYSTEMS, Valeria Bugatti, Loredana Tammaro, Umberto Costantino, Giuliana Gorrasi, Morena Nocchetti, Vittoria Vittoria.

9. National PhD school GRICU 2009: Muravera (CA), 7-11 June

10. VII National Conference INSTM – Tirrenia, 9-12 June 2009: Presentation entitled: MECHANICAL AND BARRIER PROPERTIES OF POLY ( -CAPROLACTONE) COMPOSITES FOR ACTIVE PACKAGING APPLICATIONS. Valeria Bugatti, Umberto Costantino, Giuliana Gorrasi, Morena Nocchetti, Loredana Tammaro, Vittoria Vittoria

11. Workshop , 29-06-09: Chemical and Food Engineering of the University of Salerno; Poster: MECHANICAL AND BARRIER PROPERTIES OF POLY ( -CAPROLACTONE) COMPOSITES FOR ACTIVE PACKAGING APPLICATIONS

12. Edimburgo: 25-31 july 2009; WATER BARRIER PROPERTIES OF EPOXY-CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES

13. Workshop, 30-09-09; Chemical and Food Engineering of the University of Salerno; Poster: POLY (e-CAPROLACTONE) COMPOSITES FOR ACTIVE PACKAGING APPLICATIONS

14. NANO_MATES meets CNCD: 15-16 december 2009; University of Salerno, Presentation: Self-healing dental resins and scaffolds

15. Biopolpack: Parma, 15-16 April 2010; Poster: New biodegradable polymer composites based on hydrotalcites containing pectin and microbial species, Valeria Bugatti, Giuliana Gorrasi, Loredana Tammaro, Vittoria Vittoria.

16. Vth International Conference on Times of Polymers (TOP) and Composites, 2010), Ischia june 20-23, 2010; Synthesis and Characterization of New Photoluminescent Oxadiazole/Carbazole Containing Polymers. Concilio, Simona; Bugatti, Valeria; Iannelli, Pio; Piotto, Stefano P.

17. National PhD school GRICU 2011: S’Margherita di Pula (CA), 25 september-1 october 2011

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