Postdocs
Background: Mechanical Engineering, Micro- and nanoscale thermodynamics, Renewable energy
Academic interests: Ice mitigation strategies and their impact on aviation industry. Surface technologies for energy efficiency improvements.
Ongoing projects: Investigations of physics of ice adhesion and the influence on various environmental conditions.
PhD Candidates
a.migliavacca9@campus.unimib.it
Background: Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology, Polymers Science
Academic interests: Sustainable materials for water treatment, Smart polymers
Ongoing projects: Development of innovative materials and technologies for wastewater treatment in the context of appliances
f.marelli27@campus.unimib.it
Background: Chemistry
Academic interests: Surface functionalization and characterization, sustainable materials.
Ongoing projects: Polysaccharide-based icephobic materials.
visiting PhD student from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
Background: Physics
Ongoing projects: Scalable superhydrophobic surfaces
Master students
Laser Surface Modification of Nitinol Shape Memory Alloys: Impact on Surface Morphology and Hydrophobic Properties
@CNR
May 2024- September 2024
Formulation, purification, and characterization of lipid nanoparticles containing polysaccharides
@Istituto Ronzoni
June 2024- June 2025
High internal phase Pickering emulsions
@NOI Techpark, Bolzano
March - September 2025
Adhesion promoters and coatings for biomedical applications
@ Susos AG, Switzerland (September - November 2025)
July 2025 - February 2026
Polysaccharide materials for low adhesion
October 2025 - June 2026
Formulation and characterisation of lipid nanoparticles encapsulating polysaccharides
@ Istituto Ronzoni
October 2025-March 2026
Trattamenti termomeccanici su leghe a memoria di forma finalizzati alla modifica delle proprietà superficiali.
@ CNR Icmate Lecco
October 2025-May 2026
Attività di ricerca su materiali in ambiente spaziale, con focus su film sottili polimerici e materiali compositi, e delle modalità di degrado determinate da fattori ambientali orbit specific.
@ Politecnico di Milano, dipartimento di ingegneria aerospaziale, progetto "Space It Up"
Ottobre 2025- Luglio 2026
Polisaccaride da Tamarindus indica: modifica chimica, caratterizzazione e sviluppo di coating per rivestimenti antiadesione
@ Istituto Ronzoni
January - August 2026
Bachelor students
Materiali a base di polisaccaridi per applicazioni di bassa adesione
April - August 2025
Ice-solid surfaces interaction for icephobic materials
October - December 2025
Water fog harvesting
visting student from: Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET), India
February - August 2026