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 candidates
Development of chitosan-based materials
visiting PhD student from University of Kashan, Iran
September 2026 - February 2027
Research assistants
Slippery covalently attached liquid surfaces (SCALS) on complex substrates
May - October 2026
Master students
Contact Angle and Drop impact analysis on differents Meshes
visiting from ENSMAC Bordeaux , France
June - October 2026
3D porous chitosan materials
@Mines Paris, CEMEF (Centre de Mise en Forme des Matériaux), ANR napkins project
March - July 2026
Advanced anti icing and de‑icing technologies for aviation
@GE aerospace and advanced technology, Munich, Germany
March - September 2026
Close loop recycle of sport garments containing PFAS by suitable extraction, dissolution and characterization methods
@Alma Mater Studiorium-UniBo-DICAM
April - October 2026
Charge transfer mechanism during ice sliding and proportionality between charge transfer and de-icing force for different coatings.
@University of Toronto, Canada
May 2026- October 2026
Advanced Numerical Simulation and Metallurgical Analysis of Surface Strengthening in Superalloys
@CNR - National Research Council
April 2026 – October 2026
Trattamenti termomeccanici su leghe a memoria di forma finalizzati alla modifica delle proprietà superficiali.
@CNR Icmate Lecco
October 2025-May 2026
Formulation and characterisation of lipid nanoparticles encapsulating polysaccharides
@Istituto Ronzoni
October 2025-March 2026
Formulation, purification, and characterization of lipid nanoparticles containing polysaccharides
@Istituto Ronzoni
June 2024- June 2025
Laser Surface Modification of Nitinol Shape Memory Alloys: Impact on Surface Morphology and Hydrophobic Properties
@CNR
May 2024- September 2024
Bachelor students
Studio degli effetti dell' H2O sul comportamento meccanico in trazione di ghise innovative austemperate."
@ CNR - Centro Nazionale delle Ricerche
June 2026 - September 2026
Drop impact on meshes
July 2026 - September 2026
Micro-rheology with laser tweasing
July 2026 - September 26
@ Radbound University, Nijmegen (NL)
Sviluppo di reti superidrofobiche per applicazioni di water harvesting
Periodo: October 2025 - February 2026
Determinazione dell'edge stripping su wafer di silicio da 300mm depositati con ossido in una linea a piena automazione
October 2025 - January 2026
@ MEMC Elettronics Materials S.p.A. Global Wafer, Novara
Materiali a base di polisaccaridi per applicazioni di bassa adesione
April - August 2025