FEDERICA RINALDI

Le lezione del corso di FIM AA 2024-2025 si svolgeranno presso l’aula Magna Fulvio Capace ( CU019, Città Universitaria) nei giorni:

mercoledì ore 8-9

giovedì ore 8-9

venerdì 8-10.

Il corso inizierà mercoledì’ 5 marzo 2025.

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Federica Rinaldi

Occupation: Associate Professor, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, at Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies.
Address(es): Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, “Sapienza” University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
E-mail: federica.rinaldi@uniroma1.it
Occupational field: Pharmaceutical Technology, Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine.
Education and training:
2011: PhD in “Pharmaceutical Sciences” at Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies of the Faculty of Pharmacy (“Sapienza” University of Rome). PhD thesis on: “Novel targeting strategies: vesicles by “classical” and synthetic surfactants” (Supervisor: Prof. Maria Carafa)
2009: License to practice the profession of Pharmacist.
2008: Degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies at the Faculty of Pharmacy, “Sapienza” University of Rome. Experimental thesis entitled: “Characterization studies of pH-sensitive vesicles by new derivatives surfactants”. (Supervisor: Prof. Eleonora Santucci).
Personal skills and competences:
Dr. Rinaldi research activity is mainly focused on the study of phospholipid and non-phospholipid vesicles as drug delivery systems. In particular involved in preparation and characterization of vesicles for cytoplasmic delivery of therapeutic agents (pH-sensitive niosomes) and for topic (various niosomal formulations), oral (coated liposomes), pulmonary (coated and uncoated niosomes) and brain (liposomes-niosomes) drugs delivery.
Expert in preparation and characterization of O/W Nanoemulsions, nanobubbles and drug delivery systems useful in theragnostic field. Expert in physical chemical characterization by fluorimetric techniques, DLS (dynamic light scattering) instruments, UV techniques of different vesicular system.
Member of: Società Chimica Italiana (SCI), Associazione Docenti e Ricercatori Italiani di Tecnologie e Legislazione Farmaceutiche (Adritelf), Controlled Release Society (CRS)Italian Chapter.
Scientific production: author of about 40 national and international research papers, 2 patents, 1 book chapters
Total citations 1182, h-index: 20.
Referee for 3 international journals focused on nanotechnology and drug delivery, member of the Editorial Board of journal “Letters Drug Design & Discovery and guest editor for special issue in “Pharmaceutics”.
Patent pending: 2