Alice Benedetto Mas

Ph.D. candidate in Bioingegneria E Scienze Medico-chirurgiche , 38^th cycle (2022-2025)
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)

External Collaborator
International Affairs (INCAM)

Docente esterno e/o collaboratore didattico
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)

alice.benedetto@polito.it

Profile

PhD

Research topic

Development of nanocarriers for US-triggered drug delivery and their incorporation into an electrospun piezoelectric scaffold for healing infarcted myocardium

Tutors

Research interests

Nanomedicine

Cardiovascular Engineering

Micro-, meso- and nanostructured materials for advanced therapies

Materials, surfaces and biofabrication techniques for tissue engineering and advanced implants

Biography

I achieved my Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical and Food Engineering at Politecnico di Torino in 2019 and subsequently continued my studies in Materials Engineering at the same institution. My Master's Thesis focused on the development of photocured hydrogels, made with natural polymers and enriched with bioactive glasses, for the treatment of skin diseases such as psoriasis. After graduating in 2021, I worked as a research fellow on the Best4Hy project, funded by the EU program Horizon 2020. My research focused on developing a sustainable process for recovering lanthanum and cobalt from end-of-life Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) cathodes and recycling them into the production of new cells. In November 2022, I joined the IRIS research group (Improving Regeneration by Intelligent Scaffold) as a Ph.D. student. My work, conducted within the Horizon Europe project REBORN, focuses on the development of a piezoelectric scaffold enriched with smart nanocarriers for the functional repair of infarcted myocardium.

Awards and Honors

PhD Day 2023 - Best presentation XXXVIII cycle. Turin, 25th October 2023 (2023)

Teaching

Teachings

Master of Science

Ingegneria dei materiali. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA DEI MATERIALI PER L'INDUSTRIA 4.0. Collaboratore del corso
Ingegneria dei materiali. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA DEI MATERIALI PER L'INDUSTRIA 4.0. Collaboratore del corso
Materiali e superfici ingegnerizzate per applicazione in medicina. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
Ingegneria dei materiali. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA DEI MATERIALI PER L'INDUSTRIA 4.0. Collaboratore del corso

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Bachelor of Science

Chimica. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso

Publications

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Barberi, J.; Benedetto-Mas, Alice; Montalbano, Giorgia; Battegazzore, D.; Fina, A.; ... (2023)
Towards heart tissue regeneration: a piezoelectric patch with smart nanocarriers for on-demand drug release. In: FEMS EUROMAT23, Francoforte sul Meno (DE), 03-07/09/2023
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Benedetto Mas, Alice; Fiore, Silvia; Fiorilli, Sonia; Smeacetto, Federico; Santarelli, ... (2022)
Analysis of Lanthanum and Cobalt Leaching Aimed at Effective Recycling Strategies of Solid Oxide Cells. In: SUSTAINABILITY, vol. 14. ISSN 2071-1050
Contributo su Rivista