Claudia Crestini
General and Inorganic Chemistry AssociateProfessor
Polyphenols Chemistry & Material Science Laboratory
Polyphenols Chemistry & Material Science Laboratory
Author of 14 patents, 2 books and in excess of 148 publications on international refereed journals, and over 180 scientific oral & poster contributions at international conferences, meetings and focused thematic schools.
Director of a Research Group consisting of 1 Associate professor, 1 assistant professor, 1 Post-doctoral Fellow, 3 Ph D Student, 3 Graduate Students.
Her papers have been cited over 5000 times and her h-index is 42 (Google scholar).
The scientific activity of Prof. Claudia Crestini is focused on different aspects of lignin and tannins Chemistry.
Professor Crestini is solely responsible for the establishment of the Polyphenols Chemistry & Material Science Laboratory at Tor Vergata university in Rome(www.polyphenols.weebly.com). This is one of the few Italian Laboratories with significant R&D activities in the field of sustainable chemistry and materials with a specific focus in lignin biorefinery, development of new materals and nanomaterials from renewable polyphenolic biopolymers. The work is focused at their structural characterization, catalysis, biomimetic catalysis and biotechnology in lignin, lignans and tannins oxidative modifications.
Present research activity is mainly directed towards the following topics:
§ Development of new materials from lignins: Lignin nanostructures; Lignin nanocapsules and nanoparticles for active controlled release; Lignin nanofibers for biomedical and cosmetic devices, carbon nanoparticles and nanofibers from lignin nanostructures.
§ Lignin purification and upgrade via flow processes.
§ Development of supported catalysts and biomimetic catalysts for the activation of oxygen and hydrogen peroxide to the selective oxidation and functionalization of natural substances: lignans, terpenes, cardanols, nucleosides, lignins and lignin model compounds.
§ Development of immobilized catalysts from metalloporphyrins, methylrhenium trioxide
§ Biocatalysis in processes of lignin degradation, with a special focus on the study of manganese peroxidase, laccases and laccase-mediator systems.
§ Structural characterization of polyphenolic biomolecules (lignins and tannins) by advanced heteronuclear NMR techniques and quantitative 2D heterocorrelated NMR spectroscopy.
§ Study of supramolecular association-dissociation behavior in lignin. Structural characterization of archaeological wood materials. Evaluation of ageing processes. Detection of radical species by 31P- based spin trap systems in oxidative systems: Lipoxigenase, laccase, bleaching solutions.
In 2001 she activated the Italian Meeting on Lignin Chemistry
Director of a Research Group consisting of 1 Associate professor, 1 assistant professor, 1 Post-doctoral Fellow, 3 Ph D Student, 3 Graduate Students.
Her papers have been cited over 5000 times and her h-index is 42 (Google scholar).
The scientific activity of Prof. Claudia Crestini is focused on different aspects of lignin and tannins Chemistry.
Professor Crestini is solely responsible for the establishment of the Polyphenols Chemistry & Material Science Laboratory at Tor Vergata university in Rome(www.polyphenols.weebly.com). This is one of the few Italian Laboratories with significant R&D activities in the field of sustainable chemistry and materials with a specific focus in lignin biorefinery, development of new materals and nanomaterials from renewable polyphenolic biopolymers. The work is focused at their structural characterization, catalysis, biomimetic catalysis and biotechnology in lignin, lignans and tannins oxidative modifications.
Present research activity is mainly directed towards the following topics:
§ Development of new materials from lignins: Lignin nanostructures; Lignin nanocapsules and nanoparticles for active controlled release; Lignin nanofibers for biomedical and cosmetic devices, carbon nanoparticles and nanofibers from lignin nanostructures.
§ Lignin purification and upgrade via flow processes.
§ Development of supported catalysts and biomimetic catalysts for the activation of oxygen and hydrogen peroxide to the selective oxidation and functionalization of natural substances: lignans, terpenes, cardanols, nucleosides, lignins and lignin model compounds.
§ Development of immobilized catalysts from metalloporphyrins, methylrhenium trioxide
§ Biocatalysis in processes of lignin degradation, with a special focus on the study of manganese peroxidase, laccases and laccase-mediator systems.
§ Structural characterization of polyphenolic biomolecules (lignins and tannins) by advanced heteronuclear NMR techniques and quantitative 2D heterocorrelated NMR spectroscopy.
§ Study of supramolecular association-dissociation behavior in lignin. Structural characterization of archaeological wood materials. Evaluation of ageing processes. Detection of radical species by 31P- based spin trap systems in oxidative systems: Lipoxigenase, laccase, bleaching solutions.
In 2001 she activated the Italian Meeting on Lignin Chemistry
contacts
Department of Chemical Science and Technologies
Tor Vergata University
Via della Ricerca Scientifica
00133, Rome Italy
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Claudia_Crestini/http://www.linkedin.com/pub/claudia-crestini/21/59/bbb
Tel. +39 06 7259 4734
e-mail: [email protected]
Tor Vergata University
Via della Ricerca Scientifica
00133, Rome Italy
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Claudia_Crestini/http://www.linkedin.com/pub/claudia-crestini/21/59/bbb
Tel. +39 06 7259 4734
e-mail: [email protected]