| Michelina Soccio is Associate Professor at DICAM (University of Bologna) since 2024. She works in ecodesign, synthesis, modification and characterization of new sustainable polymers (mainly polycondensates), copolymers and composites for applications in food packaging and biomedicine. The main topic is the structure-property relationship through solid-state properties study, with the aim of ad hoc tuning the material properties according to the envisioned applications. She has worked as Researcher at: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain (2011-2013); Penn State University, United States (2014); University of Bologna, Italy (since 2014). She has served, as Principal Investigator and as member, in several national and international research projects. She is co-author of 144 scientific articles published in peer-reviewed international journals (Impact factor: 35; citations: 3700), 1 book chapter, 1 patent, 1 highlight, 8 proceedings. She has presented more than 160 contributions (20 orals and 2 invited lectures) at national and international conferences. She is tutor of Master and Ph.D. students. She is responsible of two courses at University of Bologna: Basics of Chemistry and Chemistry of Combustion Processes. |