CURRICULM VITAE
GIACOMO FOLI
Personal information__________________________________________________
Date of birth: November 12th, 1990
Place of birth: Bologna (BO) – Italy
Nationality: Italian
Mother language: Italian
Other language: English (good), Portuguese (good)
Institutional e-mail: giacomo.foli2@unibo.it [mailto:giacomo.foli2@unibo.it]
Current Research Activities_____________________________________________
Study of polymeric systems for gas transport application. Fabrication of ultrathin polymeric composites suitable for the separation of H2/CO2 gas mixture (Carbon Capture and Storage applications). Preparation of biopolymeric composites to enhance barrier effect to O2 (food-packaging applications).
Research and Work Experiences_________________________________________
Feb 2022 – present: Junior assistant professor (fixed-term) at the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, School of Engineering and Architecture, Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna
Jun 2022 – Feb 2023: Research fellow at Interdepartmental Center for Industrial Research in Advanced Mechanical Engineering and Materials Technology, Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna, supervisor Prof. Matteo Minelli. Improvement of adhesion performances in multilayered polymeric films and preparation of composites to improve films properties for food-packaging application (barrer to O2 and anti-fog effect).
Dec 2018 – Feb 2022: Research fellow at ISOF-CNR (Bologna, Italy), supervisor: dr. Vincenzo Palermo. Preparation of membranes for gas sieving coated with Graphene Oxide.
Apr 2020 – Jun 2020: Volunteer at the “Medical Mask Testing Laboratory”, (Sant`Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy): expertise in Bacterial Filtration Efficiency (BFE).
Oct 2019 – Dec 2019: Teaching Assistant in `Principles of Chemical Engineering Laboratory`, degree course in `Chemical and Biochemical Engineering`.
Nov 2015 – Oct 2018: PhD student in Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, School of Engineering and Architecture (Materials Engineering and Industrial Biotechnology), Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna (advisor Prof. Paola Fabbri). Potential usage of bacterial Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), and its properly prepared derivatives, in the realization of advanced devices was investigated.
May 2017 – Oct 2017: Research period at Department of Materials Engineering, University of São Paulo (advisor prof. Antonio José Felix de Carvalho). A new approach for the realization of PHA-based composites filled with MicroFibrilated Cellulose (MFC) through thermomechanical mixing was studied.
Sep 2015 – Oct 2015: INSTM scholarship at Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Architecture, Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna (advisor Prof Paola Fabbri). A new 19F-NMR-based method for quantification of free hydroxyl group in hydroxyl terminated polymer was established.
Mar 2014 – Mar 2015: Internship in organic chemistry at Industrial Chemistry Department, School of Science, Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna (advisor Prof. Luca Bernardi). Possibility to modulate catalytic activities of thiourea-based organocatalysts through anions interaction was proved.
Jan 2012 – May 2012: Internship in inorganic chemistry at School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh (advisor Prof. Jason Love). A copper-based cleft-like macrocyclic complex was prepared and its potential as a catalyst for the reaction of carbon dioxide chemical reduction was studied.
Education__________________________________________________
9-13 Sep 2019: Attendance at Blended Summer School on Engineering Processes, Systems and Materials; Bologna (BO) – Italy;
Apr 2019: PhD in Materials Science and Technology, thesis title “Polyhydroxyalkanoates for advanced applications”, advisor prof. Paola Fabbri, Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna; Bologna (BO) – Italy;
20-24 May 2018: Attendance at EUPOC 2018: Biomimetic polymers by rational design, imprinting and conjugation; Como (CO) – Italy;
13-18 May 2018: Attendance at XXXIX Convegno-Scuola AIM “Mario Farina”: Processing of polymeric materials; Bertinoro (FC) - Italy;
4-9 Jul 2016: Attendance at SUMMER SCHOOL on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: Special focus on additive manufacturing, challenges and applications; Riva del Garda (TN) – Italy;
1-6 May 2016: Attendance at XXXVII Convegno-Scuola AIM “Mario Farina”: Characterization of polymeric materials; Gargnano (BS) – Italy;
2-4 Dec 2015: Attendance at School of Nanomedicine, Bari (BA) – Italy;
27 Mar 2015: Master degree in Industrial Chemistry, Thesis title “Modulation of the catalytic activity of chiral thiourea catalysts with anions”, advisor prof. Luca Bernardi, grade 110 / 110, Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna (BO) – Italy;
Oct 2012: Bachelor degree in Industrial Chemistry, Thesis title “Synthesis and electrochemical studies of a Cu(II) Cleft-likemacrocyclic complex”, advisor prof. Daniele Nanni, grade 110 / 110 cum laude, Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna (BO) – Italy;
Jul 2009: High school degree, grade 81 / 100, Liceo Scientifico E. Fermi, Bologna (BO) – Italy;
Publications__________________________________________________
Manuscripts published/submitted
Foli, Giacomo; Kovtun, Alessandro; Liscio, Fabiola; Battaglini, Elena; Ligi, Simone; Fiorini, Maurizio; Minelli, Matteo; Palermo, Vincenzo; Tuneable Permeability to H2, CO2, He, and Ar in Graphene Oxide−PDDA Self-Assembled Multilayers, Yielding Good Selectivity at High Flux; «Advanced Materials Interfaces»; 2024; 11; 2300357 [article].
C. Boi, F. Borsetti, T.M. Brugo, M. Cappelletti, M. G. De Angelis, S. Fedi, S. Di Giacomo, T. Fabiani, G. Foli, A. Garelli, U. Genchi, D. Ghezzi, C. Gualandi, E. Lalli, M. Magnani, A. Maurizzi, F. Mazzi, N. Mehrabi, M. Minelli, R. Montalbano, L. Morelli, S. Nici, A. Paglianti, K. Papchenko, S. Pappalardo, N. F. Parisi, R. Onesti, S. Rapino, M. Reggio, M. Roselli, E. Ruggeri, L. Sabatini, E. Saracino, G. E. Scarponi, L. Serra, V. Signorini, A. Storione, M. Torsello, E. Tugnoli, C. M. Vargiu, G. Vidali, F. S. Violante; One year of surgical mask testing at the University of Bologna labs: lessons learned from data analysis; «Separation and Purification Technology»; 2022; 121180 [article].
Östergren, Ida; Masoud Pourrahimi, Amir; Darmadi, Iwan; da Silva, Robson; Stolaś, Alicja; Lerch, Sarah; Berke, Barbara; Guizar-Sicairos, Manuel; Liebi, Marianne; Foli, Giacomo; Palermo, Vincenzo; Minelli, Matteo; Moth-Poulsen, Kasper; Langhammer, Christoph; Műller, Christian; Highly permeable fluorinated polymer nanocomposites for plasmonic hydrogen sensing; «ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces»; 2021; pp. 21724-21732 [article].
Foli, Giacomo; Degli Esposti, Micaela; Morselli, Davide, Fabbri, Paola; Two-step solvent-free synthesis of Poly(hydroxybutyrate)-based photocurable resin with potential application in stereolithography; «Macromolecular rapid Communications»; 2020; 1900660 [article].
Foli, Giacomo; Degli Esposti, Micaela; Toselli, Maurizio; Morselli, Davide; Fabbri, Paola; Facile method based on 19F-NMR for the determination of hydroxyl value and molecular weight of hydroxyl terminated polymers; «Analyst»; 2019; pp. 2087-2096 [article].
Foli, Giacomo; D'Elia, Cecilia Sasso; Fochi, Mariafrancesca; Bernardi, Luca; Reversible modulation of the activity of thiourea catalysts with anions: A simple approach to switchable asymmetric catalysis; «RSC Advances»; 2016; pp. 66490 - 66494 [article].
Conference presentation_______________________________________________
Talks
15-18 May 2023: Chem2Dmat 2023, Bologna (Italy). Graphene multilayers for gas sieving.
13-18 Nov 2022: AIChE Annual Meeting 2022, Phoenix (AZ, USA). Polymer-GO self-assembled membranes for H2 purification with enhanced selectivity for carbon capture application.
3-6 Jun 2022: GRICU 2022, Ischia (Italy), Modulate the molecular architecture of 2D GO-based nanocomposites: Consequences on gas sieving Performances.
7-11 Dec 2020: ICOM 2020, online event. Advanced nanosized Graphene Oxide-based membranes for gas separation.
14-15 Jun 2018: MACROGIOVANI 2018, Salerno (Italy). Solvent free preparation of a Poly([R]-3-hydroxybutyric acid) derivative;
12-13 May 2016: MACROGIOVANI 2016; Catania (Italy). PHAs for advanced applications;
Posters
10-15 Nov 2019: AIChE Annual Meeting 2019, Orlando (FL, USA). Innovative Graphene Based Membranes for Gas Separation with Tunable Selective Properties);
11-13 Sep 2017: BIOPOL 2017, Mons (Belgium). Determination of Hydroxyl Value by fluoroacetylation
reaction and 19F-NMR analysis);
References___________________________________________________________
Prof. Matteo Minelli
Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Architecture, Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna;
e-mail: matteo.minelli@unibo.it [mailto:matteo.minelli@unibo.it]
Dr. Vincenzo Palermo
Institute of Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity, Department of Chemical Sciences and Materials Technologies, National Research Council of Italy
e-mail: vincenzo.palermo@isof.cnr.it [mailto:vincenzo.palermo@isof.cnr.it]
Prof. Antonio José Felix de Carvalho
Materials Engineering Department, School of Engineering of São Carlos, University of São Paulo;
e-mail: toni@sc.usp.br [mailto:toni@sc.usp.br]
Prof. Paola Fabbri
Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Architecture, Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna;
e-mail: p.fabbri@unibo.it [mailto:p.fabbri@unibo.it]
Prof. Luca Bernardi
Industrial Chemistry Department, School of Science, Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna;
e-mail: luca.bernardi2@unibo.it [mailto:luca.bernardi2@unibo.it]
Prof. Daniele Nanni
Industrial Chemistry Department, School of Science, Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna;
e-mail: daniele.nanni@unibo.it [mailto:daniele.nanni@unibo.it]
Prof. Jason Love
School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh;
e-mail: jason.love@ed.ac.uk [mailto:jason.love@ed.ac.uk]
