STAFF

Dr. Giusy Curcuruto

EDUCATION:

• 2010
  Ph.D. Degree in Polymeric Materials for Special Uses at the University of Catania/ Italy
• 2003
  Master’s degree in Chemistry at the University of Catania/ Italy

CURRENT POSITION:

• 2018 - today
  Researcher at National Research Council (CNR)/ Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB)/ Italy

PREVIOUS POSITION:

• 2012 - 2017
  Temporary researcher at CNR-IPCB of Catania and CNR-ICB of Catania

MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:

• Member of Italian Association of Science and Technology of Macromolecules (AIM) (http://www.aim.it)

ON-GOING GRANTS:

• Member of EnjoiPol group on the in-service application of CrioPurA technology to remove toxic contaminants from industrial effluent wastewater.

SKILLS:

In the years in which she worked as a temporary researcher at IPCB and IPCB, she acquired skills on extraction and characterization of natural substances by LC-ESI-mass spectrometry, GC-MS, and synthesis of new organic functional compounds.
At IPCB she acquired experience in degradation processes (pyrolysis, thermal oxidation and photo-oxidation) of macromolecules. To date, her main activities are focused on the characterization of polymer nanocomposites by thermal analysis (DSC, TGA), MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and GPC.
As a member of the EnjoiPol group, its research activity was also extended to the study of sustainable hybrid polymeric materials for agriculture applications.