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Marta Gallo

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Fixed-term assistant professor
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)

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Keywords

Aerogels
Co2 capture
Drug release
Mesoporous silicas
Supercritical fluid technology

Biography

Marta Gallo is a biomedical engineer holding a Ph.D. in Material Science, with expertise in Chemical Engineering. She first worked on ceramics for bone replacement. Lately, she broadened her expertise getting involved in the development of silica-based porous systems, including aerogels, for the adsorption or the release of molecules in the environmental and pharmaceutical sectors, respectively. Her know-how encompasses the development of these systems from their synthesis (often involving the use of supercritical fluids) up to the evaluation of their performances (e.g., drug release tests, CO2 adsorption tests...). In particular, in the latest years she focused on the development of silica-based aerogels and porous systems functionalised with amino-groups for CO2 capture and of hybrid organic-inorganic systems (silica-based) for topical drug release. Marta Gallo carried out her Ph.D. and worked as a post-doc in France (INSA, Lyon) and in Germany (FAU University, Erlangen); now she works in Italy at Politecnico di Torino (DISAT department, Supercritical Fluids and Materials Chemistry -SMAC group).

Scientific branch

ICHI-01/B - Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Research topics

  • Development of ceramics for bone replacement
  • Development of polymeric membranes with locally tuned visco-elastic properties
  • Development of silica-based porous systems (aerogels, mesoporous systems) for the adsorption or the release of molecules in the environmental and pharmaceutical sectors, respectively (e.g., CO2 capture, drug release)
  • Study of the shrinkage of dental composites by means of micro-computed tomography

Skills

ERC sectors

PE5_7 - Biomaterials synthesis
PE8_2 - Chemical engineering, technical chemistry
PE8_11 - Environmental engineering, e.g. sustainable design, waste and water treatment, recycling, regeneration or recovery of compounds, carbon capture & storage
PE5_6 - New materials: oxides, alloys, composite, organic-inorganic hybrid, nanoparticles
PE5_1 - Structural properties of materials
PE5_3 - Surface modification

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Awards and Honors

  • Premio "Optime" Unione Industriale di Torino conferred by Unione Industriale di Torino, Italy (2012)

Conferences

  • Technical, commercial and societal innovations on aerogels towards circular economy (29/5/2024-31/5/2024), Program committee
  • 3rd International Conference on Aerogels for Biomedical and Environmental Applications (5/7/2023-7/7/2023), Program committee

Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico

  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice, presso Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (15/5/2017-31/8/2018)
  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice, presso Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (15/5/2016-14/5/2017)
  • Visiting Researcher, presso Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (1/3/2014-1/9/2014)

Teaching

Teachings

Bachelor of Science

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Research

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