Loretta L. del Mercato

Dr. Loretta L. del Mercato is Research Director at Institute of Nanotechnology of CNR (CNR NANOTEC) and coordinator of the «3DCellSensing» group,since December 2018. She received her Master Degree in Biotechnology from the University of Naples “Federico II” in 2004. In 2007, she got her PhD in “Innovative Materials and Technologies” from Institute of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (ISUFI), University of Salento, working at the National Nanotechnology Laboratory (NNL) 홀로그램 영상. From January 2008-April 2010, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Phillips University of Marburg (DE). In May 2010, she moved as Junior Researcher to the Nanoscience Institute of CNR (IT). In 2015, she joined the new-funded Nanotechnology Institute of CNR (CNR NANOTEC) as Principal Investigator where she started her own research program 복음성가 악보 다운로드. At CNR NANOTEC, Dr. del Mercato implements a highly interdisciplinary approach, spanning from Materials Science to Chemistry and Bioengineering, to address fundamental challenges in cancer-related research. Through the core expertise in biosensing, stimuli-responsive nanoparticles and biomaterials, her team develops novel approaches for studying cell-cell heterogeneity in 3D in vitro patient-matched tumor models 마인크래프트 총게임 다운로드.

Past Positions

  • Senior Researcher at Nanotechnology Institute (NANOTEC) of CNR, Lecce, Italy, 2018-2022.
  • Researcher at Nanotechnology Institute (NANOTEC) of CNR, Lecce, Italy, 2015-2017.
  • Researcher at Nanoscience Institute, Unit NNL, Lecce, Italy, 2010-2015.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Biophotonics group at Dept Download Stardue Valley pc. Physics, Germany, 2008-2010.

Education

  • PhD in Innovative Materials and Technologies, International Institute for the Interdisciplinary University Formation (I.S.U.F.I.), University of Salento (Lecce, IT), 2007.
  • MSc Biotechnology, University of Naples “Federico II” (Naples, IT), 2004.

Awards and Honors

  • ERC Proof Of Concept, 2025 (Coordinator) Download the Two-Heart game.
  • International visiting scholar at the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China), 2025.
  • Member of the “Education & Professional Development Committee” of the Society for Biomaterials, 2025-2026.
  • Member of the scientific board of the TecnoMedPuglia, Technopole for precision medicine, Lecce (IT), since 2024.
  • Coordinator of the Task Force ERC of Cnr, since 2024 싱글 오투잼.
  • European Union – Next Generation EU, PNRR M6C2 (Project code: PNRR-MCNT2-2023-12377885), PI Operative Unit Cnr-Nanotec, since 2023.
  • Visiting scientist at Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) in Curitiba (Brasil), 2023.
  • PRIN, 2022 (Coordinator).
  • European Union – Next Generation EU, PNRR “PNC0000007-Fit4MedRob” (Activity Leader, CoE-NBT Coordinator), 2022 Download The Galea Roll.
  • Member of “AcademiaNet – The Portal to Excellent Women Academics” nominated by Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2022-2024.
  • Member of the “Supervisory board” of MUR for National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Mission 4, 2021-2022.
  • Ordinary member of the “ERC in Italy” Association, since 2021, PE deputy of “Erc in Italy”, since 2023 ativ tv 다운로드.
  • Founder and ordinary member of the Italian Pancreatic Cancer Community (I-PCC), since 2020.
  • Elected member of the Councilof NANOTEC-Cnr (CdI), from 2019 to 2023, from 2024-to date.
  • My First AIRC Grant, 2019 (Coordinator).
  • Member of “Collegio di Dottorato” of PhD School in Nanotechnology at University of Salento, since 2018 Download El Capitan iso.
  • ERC Starting Grant, 2017 (Coordinator).
  • “Excellence in the Territory” Award by the Arcadia Lecce Association, Lecce (IT), 2018.
  • National Scientific Habilitations (2018-2024) as Associate Professor in:
    – Bioengineering (09G2)
    – Experimental Physics of Matter (02B1)
    – Applied Physics (02D1)
    – Foundations of Chemical Sciences and Inorganic Systems (03B1)
    – Chemical Foundations of Technologies (03B2)
  • Visiting scientist at MERLN (Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine), Maastricht University, The Netherlands, 2015 (Short-Term Mobility Award granted by CNR).
  • Visiting scientist at Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany, 2013 (Travel Grant Awarded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)).
  • Top 35 Innovators under 35 (TR35-YI) Award by the Technology Review of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Italian Ed., 2012 Spinmaster.