Claudia Crestini
University “La Sapienza”
IT
Title
Nanolignin: A new perspective in renewable resources
Bio
Professor Claudia Crestini got her Master in Chemistry in 1990 at the University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy. She was a researcher at the Francesco Angelini Research Institute from 1990 to 1993 and in 1996 got a PhD on lignocellulosic materials valorization at the University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy. She became associate professor at the Tor Vergata University in 1998 and, since 2018, is full professor in Chemistry at the Department of Molecular Science and Nanosystems, Ca’ Foscari University.
Her scientific activities focus on the field of lignin and natural polyphenolics valorization: nanoparticles, nanocapsules, nanofibers and their derived materials, structural characterization, catalysis, biomimetic catalysis and biotechnology in lignin oxidative modifications. She founded the Polyphenols Chemistry & material Science laboratory at the Department of Molecular Science and Nanosystems at Ca’ Foscari University. Over the years she has been focused - also in collaboration with multinational companies- on sustainable development and circular valorisation of renewable materials.
Prof. Crestini is the author of over 170 publications, 18 patents and has given 140 oral presentations at international conferences. Additionally, she is Editor of Journal of Chemistry, Cellulose Chemistry & Technology and Molecules. She is also elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and the International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS).
