Ph.D. in Ingegneria Chimica , 21st cycle (2006-2008)
Ph.D. obtained in 2009
Dissertation:
Monitoring and control of a freeze-drying process of pharmaceutical products in vials.
Tutors:
Antonello BarresiProfile
Research interests
Biography
Roberto Pisano. Professor of Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees, as well as Ph.D in Chemical Engineering. from Politecnico di Torino (IT). He performed doctoral research at the Centre de Ressources Technologiques – Institut Technique Agro-Industriel (Strasbourg, France) in 2008, and at the Department of Chemical Engineering of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, USA) in Aug-Oct 2016 as a Visiting Scientist. Pisano’s research focuses on the application of both computational and experimental methods to engineering chemical products and processes, with particular emphasis on pharmaceutical processing and formulation of both small molecules and biologics, primarily lyophilized formulation. In this last field, he has been awarded the Professor Louis Rey Award by the International Society of Lyophilization/Freeze-Drying (Waunakee, WI, USA) in 2012. He is currently member of either the Advisory or Editorial Board of three international journals (Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science, Processes, European Journal of Volunteering and Community-Based Projects). He has published over 104 technical papers, 14 book chapters, 1 edited book on freeze-drying of pharmaceuticals and currently has 5 patents issued or pending.
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Awards and Honors
Teaching
Collegi of the PhD programmes
- INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2022/2023 (39. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2020/2021 (37. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2019/2020 (36. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2018/2019 (35. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2017/2018 (34. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2016/2017 (33. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2015/2016 (32. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2014/2015 (31. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Chimica e dei Materiali. Componente
Teaching and training projects
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- Workshop on the design and scale-up of a freeze-drying cycle, (2023-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial contracts - Workshop topic: Quality-by-Design in the manufacturing of lyophilized drug products, (2020-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial contracts
Research
Institute
Research groups/teams
Laboratories
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- CAFP - Sviluppo di materiali attivi per il rilascio controllato di gas nel confezionamento degli alimenti , (2014-2015) - Responsabile Scientifico
Regionally funded research - Poli di Innovazione
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- CONVENZIONE PER IL FINANZIAMENTO E L’ATTIVAZIONE DI UN ASSEGNO DI RICERCAPER LO SVOLGIMENTO DEL PROGETTO DI RICERCA DAL TITOLO Lyophilization forEnhanced Enzymes and Genetic drug product stability (LEEGEN) ID/DB 516. , (2023-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
Agreements - SINTESI DI NANOVETTORI PER LA SOMMINISTRAZIONE DI FARMACI PER VIA INALATORIA ID/DB 507 , (2022-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
Agreements - Scale-up e ottimizzazione del processo di liofilizzazione di una biomassa microbica , (2021-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial contracts for the provision of services - CONVENZIONE PER IL FINANZIAMENTO DI UN ASSEGNO DI RICERCA PER LO SVOLGIMENTO DEL PROGETTO DI RICERCA DAL TITOLO Liofilizzazione di agenti terapeutici ID/DB 485 , (2021-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Agreements - the study of the impact of freeze-drying cycles on the Principal’s glass containers, both with and without plastic packaging, and the verification of the mechanical properties of the containers themselves , (2020-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Liofilizzazione di agenti terapeutici , (2020-2021) - Responsabile contrattuale
Agreements - liofilizzazione di una soluzione contenente oligopeptidi , (2018-2019) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Supporto tecnico per il trasferimento di un ciclo di liofilizzazione di CHF6366 su di un impianto di laboratorio, diverso da quello utilizzato per il suo sviluppo, e su di uno di scala industriale , (2018-2019) - Responsabile Scientifico
Consulting - Sviluppo del ciclo di liofilizzazione per una formulazione contenente albumina umana , (2018-2018) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Development and scale-up of a freeze-drying cycle in the case of a formulation containing organic solvents , (2017-2017) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Freeze drying of a biopharmaceutical product , (2015-2016) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research
Supervised PhD students
- Martina Bertino. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
- Giacomo Presutti. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
- Vincenzo Massotti. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)
- Lorena Pasero. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)
- Camilla Moino. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 36, 2020-in progress)
Thesis: Scale-down modeling of the filling process for vaccine production - Marcello Rospiccio. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 36, 2020-in progress)
- Lorenzo Stratta. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 36, 2020-2024)
Thesis: Continuous Freeze-Drying for Pharmaceutical Applications: Design, Prototyping and Process Development - Merve Betul Adali. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 35, 2019-2023)
Thesis: Spray Freeze-Drying as a Solution to Continuous Manufacturing for Preserving Macromolecules
Publications
Last years publications
Publications by type
Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Barresi, Antonello; Pisano, Roberto; Fissore, Davide; Rasetto, Valeria; Velardi, S. A.; ... (2009)
Monitoring of the primary drying of a lyophilization process in vials. In: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND PROCESSING, vol. 48, pp. 408-423. ISSN 0255-2701
Contributo su Rivista - Barresi, Antonello; Ghio, Sabrina; Fissore, Davide; Pisano, Roberto (2009)
Freeze drying of pharmaceutical excipients close to collapse temperature: Influence of the process conditions on process time and product quality. In: DRYING TECHNOLOGY, vol. 27, pp. 805-816. ISSN 0737-3937
Contributo su Rivista
Society and Enterprise
Patents and other intellectual properties
- Metodo per l'ottenimento di popolazione molto concentrate di vescicole extracellulari (EVs) lavate del loro cargo fisio-patologico.. national and international Patent
Inventors: Valentina Alice Cauda Roberto Pisano - Continuous freeze-drying of pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceutical. international Patent
Inventors: Roberto Pisano