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ROSARIO PIGNATELLO

Full Professor of Pharmaceutical and technological applications of chemistry [CHIM/09]
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Office: Dip. Scienze del Farmaco e della Salute - via Valdisavoia, 5 - piano I
Email: r.pignatello@unict.it - r.pignatello@gmail.com
Phone: 0957384042
Mobile: 3920789470
Skype: r.pignatello

Office Hours
Tuesday from 09:30 to 10:30 confermare via email o telefono | Thursday from 11:00 to 12:00 confermare via email o telefono

Keywords

Pharmaceutical technology - Drug delivery - nanomedicine - Controlled drug release - Nutraceuticals - Health legislation - Environmental legislation

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Last edit: 05/18/2023

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·      Preparation, physico-chemical characterization and biological evaluation of polymeric micro- and nanoparticles as modified drug delivery systems

·      Synthesis, physico-chemical characterization, biological evaluation and QSAR studies on lipophilic prodrugs and conjugates (drug-lipoamino acid conjugates)

·      Synthesis of chemically engineered polymers for drug delivery and targeting       

.      Controlled release and targeting of nutraceutical ingredients

·      Liposomes, lipid nanocarriers and micelles as drug delivery systems

·      Calorimetry (DSC) studies on vesicular biomembrane models  

Specific research areas:

 

  •  Anticancer drugs
  •  Gene therapy
  •  Neurodegenerative disorders
  •  Ophthalmic drug delivery
  •  Non
  • Anagrafica
  • -steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  •  Antioxidants
  •  Nanomedicine in microbiological diseases  
  •  Brain drug delivery

 

 

     Former Director of the School of Specialization in Hospital Pharmacy, University of Catania

     Member of the Directive Board of the Controlled Release Society (CRS - Italy Chapter)
     Member of the Teaching Council of the PhD course in Neurosciences (University of Catania)
     Member of the Board of the Interuniversity Research Consortium TEFARCO Innova (Parma)

     Independent Expert for the European Commission (evaluation of FP6, FP7, H2020, Horizon Europe projects)
     Independent evaluator for the National Agency LLP Italy - ERASMUS (Lifelong Learning Program: Intensive Programs; Erasmus +)
     Member (External Expert) of the Technical Working Table on Central Action Anorectic Substances - Italian Ministry of Health (since 2015).

      Scientific Responsible of the Research Center in Nanomedicine and Pharmaceutical Nanotechnologies (NANOMED) (Univ. of Catania)
      Scientific Responsible of the Research Center in Nutraceuticals and Health Products (CERNUT) (Univ. of Catania)
      Member of the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Diagnosis and Therapy of Brain Tumors (Univ. of Catania)
      Member of the Research and Councelling Centre on HTA and Drug Regulatory issues (CERD) (Univ. of Catania)

     Member of the Research Center in Ocular Pharmacology (CERFO) (Univ. of Catania)