Emma PIACENTINI
Email:
e.piacentini@itm.cnr.it - emma.piacentini@cnr.it
Tel: +39 0984 492076
Address:
Institute on Membrane Technology (CNR-ITM)
c/o University of Calabria
Via P. Bucci cubo 17/C
87030 Rende CS
Biographical Sketch:
Researcher at CNR-ITM since 2017. She received her degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology ("cum Laude") in 2004 and her PhD in Chemical Engineering and Materials in 2010 from the University of Calabria. She joined the CNR-ITM in 2004 as research fellow, participating in various research projects in the field of membrane emulsification. She was Visiting Postdoctoral Research at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany (2013) and at Loughborough University, United Kingdom (2012).
She is co-author of more than 20 papers published in scientific journals, 14 book chapters, 1 patent and various contributions at scientific conferences. She was co-editor of the EU-China Membrane Newsletter and guest editor of 2 special issues: Membranes technologies for pharmaceutical applications (Current Pharmaceutical Design); Membrane Emulsification (Membranes).
She was supervisor of more than 10 Master Degree Students, 3 PhD students and many Foreign students/Researchers visiting CNR-ITM.
Main fields of research:
- Advanced particulate manufacturing by membrane technology
- Development of high-performing and ecosustainable emulsification processes using microporous membranes
- Formulation of emulsions and capsules by membrane emulsification
- Nanoparticles production by membrane nanoprecipitation methods
- Structured particles production for drug delivery and biocatalysis
- Microencapsulation of bioactive compounds
Select Publications:
- A. Albisa, E. Piacentini, M. Arruebo, V. Sebastian, L. Giorno, Sustainable production of drug-loaded particles by membrane emulsification, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 6(5), (2018) 6663-6674
- A. Albisa, E. Piacentini, V. Sebastian, M. Arruebo, J. Santamaria, L. Giorno, Preparation of Drug-Loaded PLGA-PEG Nanoparticles by Membrane-Assisted Nanoprecipitation, Pharm Res 34 (2017) 1296- 130
- E. Piacentini, M. M. Dragosavac, Pharmaceutical particles design by membrane emulsification, Current Pharmaceutical Design, 23(2) (2017) 302-318
- E. Piacentini, M. Yan, L. Giorno, Development of enzyme-loaded PVA microspheres by Membrane Emulsification, Journal of Membrane Science, 524 (2017) 79-8
- E. Piacentini, E. Drioli, L. Giorno, Membrane emulsification technology: Twenty-five years of inventions and research through patent survey, Journal of Membrane Science, 468 (2014) 410-422.
- E. Piacentini, A. Imbrogno, E. Drioli, L. Giorno, Membranes with tailored wettability properties for the generation of uniform emulsion droplets with high efficiency, Journal of Membrane Science 459 (2014) 96-103.
- E. Piacentini, E. Drioli, L. Giorno, Pulsed back-and-forward cross-flow batch membrane emulsification with high productivity to obtain highly uniform and concentrate emulsions, Journal of Membrane Science 453 (2014) 119–125.
- E. Piacentini, L. Giorno, M. M. Dragosavac, G. T. Vladisavljević, R. G. Holdich, Microencapsulation of oil droplets using cold water fish gelatine/gum arabic complex coacervation by membrane emulsification, Food Research International 53 (2013) 362-372.
- R. G. Holdich, M. M. Dragosavac, G. T. Vladisavljević, E. Piacentini, Continuous Membrane Emulsification with Pulsed (Oscillatory) Flow, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 52 (2013) 507–515.
- A. Koris, E. Piacentini, G. Vataia, E. Bekassy-Molnar, E. Drioli, L. Giorno, Investigation on the effects of a mechanical shear-stress modification method during cross-flow membrane emulsification, Journal of Membrane Science 371 (2011) 28–36.