Giustini Mauro
Chemistry
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Italy
Biography
Mauro Giustini (Rome, July 25, 1961) since 1999 is a researcher at the Faculty of Science MM.FF.NN., in service at the Department of Chemistry at the La Sapienza University in Rome. After obtaining (with praise) the degree in Biological Sciences in 1985, spent three years as a "visiting scientist" at the Institut für Polymere of ETH Zurich (CH), at the group of Prof. P.L. Luisi, dealing with the characterization of super-molecular aggregates of surfactants both in organic solvents and water, by NMR, IR, and fluorescence spectroscopy. In 1995 he obtained the title of Ph.D. in Physics at La Sapienza Chemistry, discussing the thesis "Characterization of a water-in-oil quaternary microemulsion and examples of its possible use for the solubilization of nucleic acids ". From 1995 to 1999 he was a researcher at the CNR Chemical-Physical Chemistry-Center for CNR (Department of Chemistry at the University of Bari), dealing with the spectroscopic characterization (Self-Diffusion NMR and NIR) of aggregates of surfactants in various solvents and on the energy of photoelectron transfer electron reactions in the Reaction Center protein that is reconstituted in different biomimetic environments (micelles, inverse micelles, organogels, liposomes, etc.). Currently it deals with spectroscopic characterization (UV-Vis spectroscopy, stationary and time-dependent fluorescence) of super-molecular aggregates formed by surfactants, polymers and dendrimers as nanocompartmented systems capable of hosting proteins, oligo- and polynucleotides, drugs, and metallic complexes. MG is co-author of over 50 works of international relevance and numerous conferencing communications. As a part of his didactic activity, he was the supervisor of a doctoral thesis in Chemistry and numerous degree theses.
Research Interest
Inorganic chemistry
Publications
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Angelico R, Palazzo G, Colafemmina G, Cirkel PA, Giustini M, Ceglie A. Water diffusion and headgroup mobility in polymer-like reverse micelles: evidence of a sphere-to-rod-to-sphere transition. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 1998 Apr 16;102(16):2883-9.
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Palazzo G, Lopez F, Giustini M, Colafemmina G, Ceglie A. Role of the cosurfactant in the CTAB/water/n-pentanol/n-hexane water-in-oil microemulsion. 1. Pentanol effect on the microstructure. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2003 Feb 27;107(8):1924-31.
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Giustini M, Palazzo G, Colafemmina G, Della Monica M, Giomini M, Ceglie A. Microstructure and dynamics of the water-in-oil CTAB/n-pentanol/n-hexane/water microemulsion: a spectroscopic and conductivity study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 1996 Feb 22;100(8):3190-8.
