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Alessandra Vitale

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Associate Professor (L. 240)
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)

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Keywords

Electrospinning
Photopolymerization

Biography

Alessandra Vitale is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Science and Technology, at Politecnico di Torino, in Italy. She is a Materials Engineer with a 15 years research experience in the field of polymeric materials. She obtained her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Technology from Politecnico di Torino in 2014. Then she was engaged as post-doctoral Research Associate at Imperial College London, in United Kingdom. From 2016 she joined Politecnico di Torino, and her research interests include the fabrication and characterization of functional nano?brous polymeric membranes by electrospinning, as well as the synthesis and characterization of polymeric networks and polymer-based composites in the form of ?lms via photo-induced processes, and their selective surface modification. Alessandra Vitale is currently (co)-supervisor of 6 PhD students. At Politecnico di Torino she teaches a course entitled ‘Fibers: preparation, properties and technologies’, in addition to a general ‘Chemistry’ course. She has received several research and industrial grants, has an h-index of 23, and has authored more than 80 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 1 patent.

Scientific branch

CHEM-06/A - Chemical Foundations of Technologies
(Area 0003 - Chemical Sciences)

Skills

ERC sectors

PE8_8 - Materials engineering (metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, etc.)
PE5_15 - Polymer chemistry

SDG

Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

Awards and Honors

  • PREMIO AICIng PER LA MIGLIOR PRESENTAZIONE conferred by AICIng, Italy (2011)
  • Best Poster Award conferred by European Symposium on Photopolymer Science, Francia (2012)
  • Premio Tesi di Dottorato AICIng conferred by Associazione Italiana di Chimica per l’Ingegneria (AICIng), Italy (2014)
  • Science Award for best scientific contribution conferred by Coatings Science International, Italy (2015)

Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico

  • Titolare di contratto di ricerca, presso Imperial College London (20/5/2014-5/2/2016)

Teaching

Collegi of the PhD programmes

  • SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2025/2026 (41. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2024/2025 (40. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2022/2023 (38. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2021/2022 (37. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
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Teachings

PhD

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Research

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Research projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

Projects funded by commercial contracts

Supervised PhD students

  • Nisrine Qiblawi. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (41st cycle, 2026-in progress)
  • Bianca Sorvillo. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (41st cycle, 2026-in progress)
  • Sakina Zeynalova. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (41st cycle, 2026-in progress)
  • Hueseyin Mirac Dizman. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
  • Andrea Riccioni. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
  • Jessica Alexandra Talamo Ruiz. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
    Research subject: Design, fabrication and characterization of innovative electrospun nanofibrous polymeric coatings for passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC)
    Materials characterization / Caratterizzazione di materiali
    Polymers / Polimeri
    Materials characterization / Caratterizzazione di materiali
    Polymers / Polimeri
  • Thi Nhung Vu. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
  • Edoardo Albertini. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (38th cycle, 2023-in progress)
    Thesis: Design of bio-based and dynamic epoxy thermosets for sustainable 3D printing via Liquid Deposition Modeling
    Materials characterization / Caratterizzazione di materiali
    Additive manufacturing / Manifattura additiva
    Composites / Compositi
    Polymers / Polimeri
    Materials characterization / Caratterizzazione di materiali
    Additive manufacturing / Manifattura additiva
    Composites / Compositi
    Polymers / Polimeri
  • Alberto Spessa. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (37th cycle, 2022-2025)
    Thesis: Exploiting thiol and disulfide reactive groups in photopolymerization and preparation of stimuli-responsive coatings
  • Jerome Matteo Capannelli. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (36th cycle, 2020-in progress)
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