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Giovanna Pitarresi

giovanna.pitarresi@unipa.it

Giovanna Pitarresi

Full Professor
Università degli Studi di Palermo

Graduated with honors in Pharmacy in 1990 and since November 2011 Full Professor of the SSD CHIM/09 at the University of Palermo. Since 2020 she has been Coordinator of the PhD in Molecular and Biomolecular Sciences and was President of the Degree Course in "Scientific Information on Drugs" (2006-2009) and Head of the "Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies" Section, STEBICEF Department (2015- 2021). She is currently professor of "Pharmaceutical Technologies" and "Pharmaceutical Forms" for the Degree Course in Pharmacy. The main research fields concern: Synthesis, chemical, physicochemical and biological characterization of biocompatible polymers - Nanoparticles - Microparticles - Hydrogels for drug delivery - Scaffolds for regenerative medicine - She is the author of 166 Scientific Publications in international journals, 6 book chapters, 16 national and international patents. She is scientific manager and/or has participated in several projects funded POR FESR Sicily 2014-2020, PON 2014-2020, PON 2007-2013, CARIPLO, PRIN, FIRB, CORI, University Projects (ex-60%) and funded projects from biomedical companies. She has collaborations with European research groups


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