Paola Astolfi

Prof. Paola Astolfi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials, Environmental and Urban Engineering Sciences at Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM), Ancona, Italy. Her office hours are Monday and Wednesday, 15:00-17:00, located at Dipartimento SIMAU Q165.

• Research focus: Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, and Nanotechnology for drug delivery and pollutant removal
• Contact: p.astolfi@univpm.it

Her recent work explores:

• Nanoparticle-lipid membrane interactions (2025)
• Lignin-based hydrogels for pharmaceutical contaminant removal (2025)
• Molecularly imprinted polymers for wastewater treatment (2024)
• Gold(I) drug delivery via lipidic mesophases (2020-2021)
• Antioxidant mechanisms in natural compounds (2010-2020)

Key trends include the design of functional nanosystems for biomedical and environmental applications, with emphasis on structural characterization using advanced spectroscopic and synchrotron techniques.