PhD in Nanoscience for Medicine and the Environment

The PhD in "Nanoscience for Medicine and the Environment" supports research projects dealing with the relation between Nanoscience and Health, considering both "human health and environmental health". Two different thematic areas are planned:

1. Nanoscience for Medicine

• Interactions between nanostructures and biomolecules/cellular structures
• Drug delivery systems
• Nanostructures, solid pharmaceutical hybrids formulations, crystalline polymorphism of active pharmaceutical ingredients
• Nanostructures and nanoformulations for high bioavailability administration of nutrients and bioactive molecules
• Use of artificial molecular machines in biomimetic systems
• Development of theranostic nanoplatforms
• Design of nanostructurated materials for the development of (multimodal) imaging contrast agent
• Nanostructured organic semiconductors for sensor applications
• Nanobiosensing for "point-of-care" and personalized medicine
• Nanostructures for regenerative medicine
• Cellular nanoengineering
• Nanotoxicology and technologies for "safety by design"

2. Nanoscience for the Environment

• Photo and/or electrocatalysts for water and air remediation or for the production of energy using "solar fuels"
• Nanobiosensing for environmental monitoring
• Nanostructured photo and/or electrocatalysts for the reduction of CO2 in high energy density products
• Development of innovative synthesis for the production of nanocatalysts active in the sustainable transformation of biomass into chemicals
• Nanostructured platforms for the development of membranes for "water remediation"
• New materials for the conversion and storage of solar energy using molecular machines
• Nanoecotoxicology
• Life cycle analysis (LCA) of the production and use of nanomaterials