Maria Letizia Focarete

Maria Letizia Focarete is Full Professor of Science and Technology of Polymeric Materials at the “Giacomo Ciamician” Department of Chemistry of the University of Bologna, where she heads the Polymer Science and Biomaterials research group.

Since May 2021 she has been Deputy Director of the "Giacomo Ciamician" Department of Chemistry and Member of the Academic Senate of the Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna. She is also a member of the Interdepartmental Centre for Industrial Research in Health Sciences and Technologies -CIRI SDV of the University of Bologna.

The research interests concern the development of new functional polymeric materials, for applications in various fields including the biomedical, the environmental, and the energy sector, through the study of structure-property correlation and the use of innovative manufacturing technologies.