Ph.D. in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali , 20th cycle (2005-2007)
Ph.D. obtained in 2008
Dissertation:
Incorporation of ordered mesoporous silica inside macroporous systems for drugs adsorption and delivery.
Tutors:
Edoardo GarroneProfile
Research interests
Biography
Valentina Cauda leads a research group of 25 people (including at present 3 full-time Researchers, 4 post-docs, 6 PhDs and 12 Master students) at DISAT- Politecnico di Torino. The main research topic is about theranostic nanomaterials, from wet chemical synthesis, chemical functionalization and physical-chemical characterization of metal oxide nanomaterials to drug delivery, stimuli-responsive activation, tumor cell targeting, and bio-imaging. Materials like zinc oxide, mesoporous silica, titania and metal (gold, silver) nanostructures are investigated. These NPs are then made biomimetic by coating them with either artificial and natural derived phospholipids, in particular those originating from extracellular vesicles. The laboratory also is expert in the isolation of extracellular vesicles and their re-engineering for advanced drug delivery and nanoimaging vehicles. More info at the web-site: www.tnhlab.polito.it/. Valentina has also established in 2021 the Start-up, U-Care Medical srl, to study, monitor and predict the insurgence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically hill patients. More info at: http://u-caremedical.com/. In 2025, she also founded a second start-up Hematica srl, aiming at finding engineered solutions for monitoring the filtering efficiency of hemodiafilters in dialysis machines, saving life to patients in ICUs.
Scientific branch
(Area 0002 - Physical sciences)
Awards and Honors
Teaching
Collegi of the PhD programmes
- INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2023/2024 (40. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - 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
Collegi of the degree programmes
Research
Institute
Laboratories
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- MONITOR-CRRT - Sistema di MONITORaggio e Campionamento per depuRazione in pazienti dializzati in teRapia inTensiva , (2024-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Regionally funded research - RESYNC - Functional chemical reprogramming of cancer cells to induce antitumor immunity. , (2024-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - HE - Innovative Europe - European Innovation Council (EIC) - NanoZoom - Nanoparticelle come innovativi agenti di contrasto ad alta risoluzione e profondità per l’imaging tumorale , (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
PNRR – Mission 4 - SaMPLE-CRRT - Sistema di campionamento e monitoraggio della depurazione in pazienti dializzati in terapia intensiva – Acronimo: SaMPLE-CRRT , (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
PNRR – Mission 1 - Med4CRRT - PRECISION MEDICINE IN RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY FOR CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS , (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN - US HYNP - Terapia antitumorale basata sull'attivazione ultrasonora e la sinergia con nanoparticelle biocompatibili , (2023-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
Corporate-funded and donor-funded research - CRRT linea 2 - Sistema di campionamento e monitoraggio della depurazione in pazienti dializzati in terapia intensiva , (2023-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
Corporate-funded and donor-funded research - AI CUrES - AI to predict Cancer metastasis using Ultra-Echo-Sono imaging , (2022-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Excellent Science - ERC - CRRT - Current effective delivered dose monitoring for continuous renal replacement therapy , (2022-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Corporate-funded and donor-funded research - MITHoS - Multimodal Innovative THeranostic nanoSystem , (2022-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN - U-Care - Sistema di monitoraggio e previsione della diuresi per il calcolo del rischio di insufficienza renale, e relativo metodo , (2021-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Corporate-funded and donor-funded research - MIMIC-Key - A KEY TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES AND RATIONAL DESIGN OF MIMICKING NANOPARTICLES , (2021-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Excellent Science - FET - XtraUS - Fighting cancer relapse with remote activation of smart and targeted nanoconstructs (XtraUS) , (2021-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Excellent Science - ERC - NANOPILS - Composizione farmacologica per massimizzare l’efficacia terapeutica degli inibitori del proteasoma , (2020-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
Corporate-funded and donor-funded research - MINT - MSCA-IF-2018 , (2019-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Excellent Science - Marie Curie - TROJANANOHORSE - ERC-StG-2015 , (2016-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Excellent Science - ERC
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- U-Care Infection Platform , (2024-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Consulting - Sviluppo di algoritmi di AI per la predizione di insorgenza di insufficienza renale acuta , (2020-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Accordo ex art. 15 L. 241/90 tra Politecnico di Torino - DISAT e Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria di Terni , (2019-2023) - Responsabile contrattuale
Departmental agreements
Supervised PhD students
- Debora Ferrari. Programme in Bioingegneria E Scienze Medico-chirurgiche (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
Research subject: Synthesis, characterization and functionalization of colloidal plasmonic nanoparticles for highly reproducible and robust bioanalytical applications.
Medical Innovation and Technology Nanomedicine Bionanotechnology Medical Innovation and Technology Nanomedicine Bionanotechnology Medical Innovation and Technology Nanomedicine Bionanotechnology - Alessandro Masoero. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 39, 2024-in progress)
- Elia Pascucci. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
- Giorgia Savino. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
- Nicolo' Maria Percivalle. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)
- Marzia Conte. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 37, 2021-2025)
Thesis: Multimodal Therapies for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Ultrasound-Stimulated Nanoconstructs based on Lipid-coated Zinc Oxide - Giada Rosso. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 37, 2021-2025)
Thesis: Conferring to solid state nanoparticles a lipidic coating: design and applications of biomimetic nanoparticles and artificial extracellular vesicles. - Marco Carofiglio. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 35, 2019-2023)
Thesis: Doped ZnO nanoparticles in biomedicine: their role as stimuli-responsive anticancer agents - Veronica Vighetto. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 35, 2019-2023)
Thesis: The manifold roles of zinc oxide nanocrystals in interaction with acoustic waves
Publications
Last years publications
Publications by type
Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Cauda, Valentina Alice; Fiorilli, SONIA LUCIA; Onida, Barbara; Verne', Enrica; VITALE ... (2008)
SBA-15 ordered mesoporous silica inside a bioactive glass-ceramic scaffold for local drug delivery. In: JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. MATERIALS IN MEDICINE, vol. 19, pp. 3303-3310. ISSN 0957-4530
Contributo su Rivista - Manzano, M; Aina, V; Arean, C. O.; Balas, F; Cauda, Valentina Alice; Colilla, M; ... (2008)
Studies on MCM-41 mesoporous silica for drug delivery: Effect of particle morphology and amine functionalization.. In: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, vol. 137, pp. 30-37. ISSN 1385-8947
Contributo su Rivista - Cauda, Valentina Alice; Onida, Barbara; B., Platschek; L., Mühlstein; T., Bein (2008)
Large antibiotic molecule diffusion in confined mesoporous silica with controlled morphology. In: JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, vol. 18, pp. 5888-5899. ISSN 0959-9428
Contributo su Rivista - Mortera, RENATO SILVIO; Onida, Barbara; Fiorilli, SONIA LUCIA; Cauda, VALENTINA ALICE; ... (2008)
Synthesis and Characterization of MCM-41 spheres inside bioactive glass-ceramic scaffold. In: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, vol. 137, pp. 54-61. ISSN 1385-8947
Contributo su Rivista - Cauda, Valentina Alice; Mortera, RENATO SILVIO; Fiorilli, SONIA LUCIA; Onida, Barbara; ... (2008)
Ordered mesoporous Silica inside Bioactive Scaffolds for Local Drug Release. In: Advanced Micro- and Mesoporous Materials, Second International Symposium, Varna, 6-9 Settembre 2007, pp. 251-258. ISBN: 9789545802393
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Cauda, F; Cauda, Valentina Alice; Fiori, C; Onida, Barbara; Garrone, Edoardo (2008)
Heparin Coating on Ureteral Double J Stents Prevents Encrustations: An in Vivo Case Study. In: JOURNAL OF ENDOUROLOGY, vol. 22, pp. 465-472. ISSN 0892-7790
Contributo su Rivista - F., Canepa; Ferro, GIUSEPPE ANDREA; Tulliani, Jean Marc Christian; Cauda, Valentina Alice (2007)
COMPORTAMENTO MECCANICO DI SCC FIBRORINFORZATI CON NANOTUBI. In: Convegno IGF XIX Milano 2007, Milano, 2-4 luglio 2007. ISBN: 9788895940199
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Cauda, F; Cauda, Valentina Alice; Fiori, C. (2007)
NiCrCo alloy ureteral stents for managing long-term ureteral obstruction.. In: THE JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, vol. 177, pp. 322-323. ISSN 0022-5347
Contributo su Rivista - Canepa, F; Ferro, GIUSEPPE ANDREA; Tulliani, Jean Marc Christian; Cauda, VALENTINA ALICE (2007)
Calcestruzzi Hybrid additivati con fibre di vetro e nanotubi di carbonio. In: IGF19, Politecnico di Milano, 2-4 luglio 2007, pp. 369-377
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Cauda, Valentina Alice; Cauda, F; Fiori, C. (2007)
Heparin coating on ureteral stents: Electron microscopy and elemental analysis. In: THE JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, vol. 177, pp. 322-322. ISSN 0022-5347
Contributo su Rivista - Onida, B.; Cauda, V.; Fiorilli, S.; Verne, E.; Brovarone, C. V.; Viterbo, D.; Croce, G.; ... (2005)
Incorporation of ordered mesoporous silica inside a bioactive porous scaffold in view of controlled drug release. In: Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis / S.N., S.L., Elsevier Inc., pp. 2027-2032
Contributo in Volume - Onida, Barbara; Cauda, VALENTINA ALICE; Fiorilli, SONIA LUCIA; Verne', Enrica; VITALE ... (2005)
Incorporation of ordered mesoporous silica inside a bioactive porous scaffold for controlled drug release. In: Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis / S.N., S.L., Elsevier BV, pp. 2027-2032
Contributo in Volume
Society and Enterprise
Patents and other intellectual properties
- A bioink, and the related method of production, for bioprinting 3D hollow conduits to model cancer tissues. national Patent
Inventors: Valentina Alice Cauda Giorgia Savino - NANOPARTICELLE IBRIDE BIOMIMETICHE A BASE DI ORGANOSILICE E LIPIDI IN GRADO DI MIMARE IL COMPORTAMENTO DI VESCICOLE EXTRACELLULARI. national and international Patent
Inventors: Valentina Alice Cauda Marzia Conte Giada Rosso - Current effective delivered dose monitoring for continuous renal replacement therapy. national and international Patent
Inventors: Valentina Alice Cauda - METODO ED APPARATO PER IMMAGINE DI CONTRASTO IN SONOLUMINESCENZA ASSISTITA DA NANOPARTICELLE IN AMBITO MEDICO DIAGNOSTICO, IN PARTICOLARE ONCOLOGICO. national and international Patent
Inventors: Marco Carofiglio Valentina Alice Cauda Veronica Vighetto - 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 Tania Limongi Roberto Pisano - Composizione farmacologica per massimizzare l'efficacia terapeutica degli inibitori del proteasoma.. national and international Patent
Inventors: Marta Canta Valentina Alice Cauda Tania Limongi - Monitoraggio e prevenzione dell'insufficienza renale acuta. national and international Patent
Inventors: Valentina Alice Cauda - Nanocostrutto di ossido metallico responsivo agli ultrasuoni per teranostica antitumorale. national and international Patent
Inventors: Giancarlo Canavese Marta Canta Valentina Alice Cauda Giancarlo Cicero Bianca Dumontel Nadia Garino Tania Limongi - Nanocostrutto biomimetico non immunogenico ad attivazione remota e controllata per la terapia antitumorale. national and international Patent
Inventors: Giancarlo Canavese Marta Canta Valentina Alice Cauda Bianca Dumontel Nadia Garino Marco Laurenti Tania Limongi