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SynBio@UNIPD is powered by a dynamic and multidisciplinary team of researchers and professionals from across the University of Padova.

Our team includes leading experts in biology, bioinformatics, chemistry, engineering, medicine, and philosophy — working together to advance the frontiers of Synthetic Biology.

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public opinion surveys
Proteomics
Nanomedicine
nanomaterials
Microfluidics and microfabrication
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future socio-technical scenarios
ethics and social assessment
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Guido Gorgoni

Role: RU

SSD: IUS/20

Department:
Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche, Giuridiche e studi Internazionali

keywords/additional details:
Responsible research and innovation; Governance and regulation of technologies; Data protection.

guido.gorgoni@unipd.it

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Ethics, ethics and social assessment, Open Science and Responsible Innovation, Social Sciences & Humanities

Federico Neresini

Role: PO

SSD: SPS/07

Department:
Dipartimento di Filosofia, sociologia, pedagogia e psicologia applicata

keywords/additional details:
Public engagement; Responsible research and innovation; Open Science; Public communication of science

federico.neresini@unipd.it

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co-creation, media analysis, Open Science and Responsible Innovation, Public communication & citizens engagement, public opinion surveys

Stefano Crabu

Role: PA

SSD: SPS/07

Department:
Dipartimento di Filosofia, sociologia, pedagogia e psicologia applicata

keywords/additional details:
Public engagement; Responsible research and innovation; Open Science; Public communication of science

Laboratory
Pa.S.T.I.S.

Web Site

Personal web site

stefano.crabu@unipd.it

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co-creation, media analysis, Open Science and Responsible Innovation, Public communication & citizens engagement, public opinion surveys

Patrizia Polerino De Laureto

Role: PA

Department: Dipartimento scienze del farmaco

keywords/additional details:
Protein-protein, protein-drug, protein lipid interaction, mass spectrometry, spectroscopy, biophysical characteriazation of proteins

patrizia.polverinodelaureto@unipd.it

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Environment, Health and medicine, Structural biology

Cinzia Franchin

Role: RTDB

SSD: BIO/10

Department: Dipartimento scienze del farmaco

keywords/additional details:
IBD, investigation on gut permeabilization, mass spectrometry

cinzia.franchin@unipd.it

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Health and medicine, Proteomics

Lucio Litti

Role: RTDB

SSD: CHIM/02

Department: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche

Keywords/additional details:
sensors, spectroscopy, surface chemistry, nanoparticles

Laboratory
Nanostrutures & Optics Laboratory

Web Site

lucio.litti@unipd.it

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Environment, Health and medicine, Microfluidics and microfabrication, nanomaterials

Angelo Simone

Role: PO

SSD: ICAR/08

Department: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale

Keywords/additional details:
computational modeling, finite element method, multiscale and multiphysics, fiber networks, electrical conductivity, diffusion

Laboratory
Computational Materials Science Group

Web Site

angelo.simone@unipd.it

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Data Science/Software dev, Energy, Mathematical modeling

Lucia Nicola

Role: PO

SSD: ING-IND/21

Department: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale

Keywords/additional details:
computational modeling, atomistic modeling, adhesion

Laboratory
Computational Materials Science Group

Web Site

lucia.nicola@unipd.it

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Data Science/Software dev, Energy, Mathematical modeling

Fabio Mammano

Role: PO

SSD: FIS/06

Department: Dipartimento di Fisica Galileo Galilei

fabio.mammano@unipd.it

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Biomolecular Engineering, Health and medicine, Mathematical modeling

Diana Giannuzzi

Role: RTDA

SSD: AGR/18

Department: Dipartimento di Agronomia, Animali, Alimenti, Risorse naturali e Ambiente

Keywords/additional details:
Livestock, genomics, gene expression, proteomics, microbiome, animal physiology, animal welfare, sensors

Web Site

diana.giannuzzi@unipd.it

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Biomolecular Engineering, Health and medicine, Host Engineering

Enrico Negrisolo

Role: PA

SSD: BIO/05

Department: Dipartimento di Biomedicina Comparata e Alimentazione

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biomaterials, nanomaterials

Luca Sella

Role/Level: PA

SSD: AGR/12

Department: Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali

Keywords/additional details:
plant pathology, plant-pathogen interaction, synthetic antimicrobial peptides, induction of resistance

Laboratory:
Laboratorio di Patologia vegetale e tecnologie fitopatologiche

Web Site

luca.sella@unipd.it

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biomaterials, DNA Engineering, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Host Engineering

Andrea Felicetti

Role/Level: RTDB

SSD: SPS/04

Department: Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche, Giuridiche e studi Internazionali

Keywords/additional details:
Governance; Participation; Engagement; Communication

Site Web

andrea.felicetti@unipd.it

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co-creation, ethics and social assessment, future socio-technical scenarios, media analysis, Open Science and Responsible Innovation, public opinion surveys, Social Sciences & Humanities

Massimo Bellato

Role/Level: RTDA

SSD: IBIO/01

Department: Dipartimento Di Medicina Molecolare

Keywords/additional details:
phage engineering, quorum sensing, bacterial pathogens, microbiome engineering

Web Site

massimo.bellato@unipd.it

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DNA Engineering, Environment, Health and medicine, Mathematical modeling

Enzo Menna

Role/Level: PO

SSD: CHIM/06

Department: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche

Web Site

enzo.menna@unipd.it

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biomaterials, Health and medicine, nanomaterials

Francesco Avanzini

Role/Level: RTDA

SSD: CHIM/02

Department: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche

keywords/additional details:
nonequilibrium thermodynamics, chemical reaction networks, reaction-diffusion processes, stochastic methods

Laboratory:
Soft Matter Theory

Web Site

francesco.avanzini@unipd.it

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Energy, Mathematical modeling

Vincenzo Amendola

Role/Level: PA

SSD: CHIM/02

Department: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche

keywords/additional details:
nanotechnology, nanoparticles, antimicrobial nanoparticles, magnetic nanoparticles, nanomedicine, nanosensors, optical sensors, radiosensitizers, contrast agents

Laboratory:
Laser Assisted Synthesis and Plasmonics Lab

Web Site

vincenzo.amendola@unipd.it

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