Francesca Cavalieri MSc. PhD
E-mail:francesca.cavalieri@uniroma2.it
Researcher unique identifier(s) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-5069
TITOLI DI STUDIO
2014 PhD in Chemistry
Science/ Chemistry, The University of Melbourne/ Australia (certificate attached)
1995 Laurea in Industrial Chemistry 110/110 cum laude
Chemistry, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy (certificate attached)
POSIZIONE ACCADEMICA
PRECEDENTI POSIZIONI ACCADEMICHE
2019-2024 Vice Chancellor Senior Research Fellow, School of Science, RMIT University, Australia
2015-2019 Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow, Department of Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia
2007-2008 ARC Linkage Fellow, Department of Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne/ Australia
2002-2022 Researcher, Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata
1998-2002 Researcher at ENEA the Italian Agency for New Technologies, Environment and Energy, Italy.
1998 Research Fellow University of Trieste/University of Rome Tor Vergata
1997 Research Fellow, Whistler Centre for Carbohydrate Research, Food Science Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)
1996 Research Fellow University of Rome Tor Vergata/-Menarini Ricerche.
BORSE DI STUDIO COMPETITIVE
2019 Vice Chancellor Senior Research Fellowship, Science, RMIT University, Australia
2015 Future Fellowship, Australian Research Council, Australia
2014 Horizon 2020 Marie Curie Global Fellowship (awarded and invited to negotiation)
2014 Endeavour Research Fellowship, Australian Education Department
2010 Victoria International Research Scholarship, Australia
2010 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowship, Tsukuba, Japan
2007 ARC International Linkage Fellowship, University of Melbourne, Australia.
CORSI TENUTI DAL DOCENTE
2003–2015 Lecturer – Polymer Science and Physical Chemistry I & Lab in Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, Material Science, University of Rome, “Tor Vergata”, Italy.
2022- current Lecturer Colloids chemistry
ORGANIZZAZIONE CONVEGNI
2015 Member of organizing committee and Session Chair of “Theo Murphy Australian Frontier of Science Symposium”, Materials for the 21st Century: From Design to Application, hosted by the Australian Academy of Science, Dec 9-11, 2015, Melbourne. Australia
2018 Member of organizing committee of ICYRAM 2018 International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials, Chair of the Biology& Health Session 5-7 November 2018 Adelaide, South Australia
2022 Member of organizing committee and Chair of the MTM meeting and workshop RISE Horizon2020, PEPSA-MATE “Nanopeptides and nanosaccharides for Advanced and Sustainable Materials”, 5/6 July 2022, Frascati, Italy.
2023 Member of organizing committee Sorrento 2013 – Sorrento 2023: A Decade of Peptide Materials. October 26-29, 2023
AFFILIAZIONI A CONSORZI E SOCIETA'
CSGI Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase
INSTM Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali
SIBPA Societa’ Italiana di Biofisica Pura e Applicata
ATTIVITA' EDITORIALE E DI VALUTAZIONE PROGETTI INTERNAZIONALI
2022-current Evaluator of European Research Council, the Starting Grant scheme
2013-current Evaluator of Research projects EU Directorate General Research FP7 programme, Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe on nanotechnology-ICT funding and FET OPEN/ FET Pathfinder
2015-current Evaluator of Research projects, Australian Research Council, Australia
2014 Evaluator of Research projects Russian Academy of Science
2014 Evaluator of Research projects Romanian Research Council
2016 Evaluator of Research projects Canadian Research Council
2016 Editor of biomaterials section, Handbook of Ultrasonics and Sonochemistry”, Springer
2017–current Member of the Editorial Board of Ultrasonics Sonochemistry (2017–present) and ChemPhysMater(2021-).
2022 Guest Editor of a Special Issue of Ultrasonics Sonochemistry on Biomaterals&Sonochemistry
PARTECIPAZIONE A CONVEGNI E CONFERENZE
# PUBBLICAZIONI e HIndex
# peer-reviewed articles= 133
H-index #39 with citations 5021 (Scopus/Google Scholar).
PROGETTI DI RICERCA FINANZIATI (CI=Chief Investigator, Lead CI=Primary CI)
Provincial Key Project for International Collaborations, Shandong Universityfrom July 2022 to June 2025. Sonochemistry for the engineering of functional biomaterials. Role: CI
Centro Nazionale di Ricerca – Sviluppo di Terapia Genica e Farmaci con Tecnologia a RNA”, nell’ambito del Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR) –Missione 4 Componente 2, “Dalla ricerca all’impresa” Investimento 1.4, “Potenziamento strutture di ricerca e creazione di "campioni nazionali di R&S" su alcune Key Enabling Technologies” codice identificativo MUR CN_00000041
Role Participant
Australian Research Council (ARC) LIEF, LE220100140 Near Infrared Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Imaging Facility, (2022), $792,687. This is a grant to acquire equipment.
Role: CI
ARC Discovery Project 210101792Bioprogramming the behaviour of nanoparticles in live cells by nanoscopy, (2021-2024), $401,955. This is a research grant.
Role: Lead CI
ARC LIEF LE210100001A 3-photon imaging system for deep live imaging, (2021), $920,277.
Role: CI. This is a grant to acquire equipment.
National Health and Medical Research Council(NHMRC) APP1181440Self-regulated, glucose-responsive nanomaterials for smart insulin delivery, (2020-2023), $944,796. This is a research grant.
Role: Lead CIB
ARC LIEF (LE200100163),‘Live cell Super Resolution Imaging Facility, $700,000, (2020). This is a grant to acquire equipment.
Role: CI
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019
European Commission (EU) 2020-03 to 2025-09 | Grant number: 872233
Title: Nanopeptides and nanosaccharides for Advanced and Sustainable Materials. PEPSA-MATE
Total funding amountEUR 961,400 (UNITOV Unit EUR 474K). This is a research, training and mobility grant.
Role: Lead CI/Project Coordinator
SPARC 2019 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur: Ultrasonically synthesised microspheres for biomedical and Food industries, Total funding amount: AUD 40,000. This is a research and mobility grant.
Role: Co-Investigator
Bill&Melinda Gates foundation, 2018
Grand Challenge Explorations:Edible micro balloons to enhance the nutritional values of common food products. Total funding: $ 130,000. This is a research grant.
Role: Co-Investigator
LIEF 180100163, 2017 Nano-bioscience imaging facility
Total funding amount: $639,000. This is a grant to acquire equipment.
Role: CI
ARC TRAINING CENTRE FOR THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES 2017-2021
Total funding amount: AUD 4,752,084. This is a grant for recruiting industrial master students.
Role: CI
FAPESP grant number: 2016-2018/50188-4
The University of Melbourne- São Paulo Research Foundation
Total funding amount: AUD 20,000. This is a research and mobility grant.
Fabrication and characterization of peptide-polymer hybrid hydrogels for bioanalytical applications
Role: Lead CI
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 European Commission (EU)
2016-03 to 2020-02 | Grant number: 690901
Title: Tracking nano-bioprocesses using super-resolution microscopy technique. NANOSUPREMI.
Total funding amountEUR 724,500 (UNITOV Unit EUR 600K). This is a research, training, and mobility grant.
Role: Lead CI/Project Coordinator
Future Fellowship 2014
Australian Research Council
2015-06 to 2019-06 | Grant number: FT140100873
Title: Engineering Bioresponsive Hybrid nanodevices using RNA, Peptide and Synthetic Polymers
Total funding amountAUD 772,104. This is an individual research grant.
Role: Lead CI
Establishment Grant
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Engineering
2015-06 to 2019-06 | Grant number: FT140100873
Total funding amountAUD 300,000. This is an individual research grant.
Role: Lead CI
International Joint Chairs
University of Rome Tor Vergata (Rome, Italy)/University of Melbourne
2014 Teaching/Research Grant
Total funding amount: EUR 14,000
Role: Lead CI
PRIN 2013-2014
Total funding amount: EUR 40,000. This is a research grant.
Role: Participant
IRSES Marie Curie 7th UE Framework Programme
2010-2013,Nanosirna
Total funding amount: EUR 47,000. This is a research, training, and mobility grant.
Role: Coordinator of Unit/CI
IRSES Marie Curie 7th UE Framework Programme
2009-2010,Sonocaps
Total funding amount: EUR 30,000. This is a research, training, and mobility grant.
Role: Project Coordinator/Lead CI
S.I.G.H.T. Strep 6th Framework Programme
2006-2009, Total funding amount: EUR 300,000.This is a research grant.
Role: Participant
PUBBLICAZIONI (2014-2024)
Marco Cassani, Soraia Fernandes, Jorge Oliver-De La Cruz, Helena Durikova, Jan Vrbsky, Marek Patocka, Veronika Hegrova, Simon Klimovic, Jan Pribyl, Doriana Debellis, Petr Skladal, Francesca Cavalieri, Frank Caruso, Giancarlo Forte. Adv. Sci.2023, 23029652302965 (1 of 16) (IF 17.5)
Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Soraia Fernandes, Giovanni Luca Beretta, Stella Tinelli, Marco Cassani, Agata Radziwon, Marcin Wojnilowicz, Sophia Sarpaki, Irinaios Pilatis, Nadia Zaffaroni, Giancarlo Forte, Frank Caruso, Muthupandian Ashokkumar*, Francesca Cavalieri* Advanced Materials, 2022, 34, 2107964. (IF 32).
Agata Glab, Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Soraia Fernandes, Christina Cortez-Jugo, Robert De Rose, Brendan Dyett, Marcin Wojnilowicz, Petra Laznickova, Jan Fric, Giancarlo Forte, Frank Caruso*, Francesca Cavalieri*. Nanoscale, 2022,14, 3452-3466. (IF 8.3, 0 Citations, Open Access).
Alessia Amodio, Marco Cassani, Liviana Mummolo, Christina Cortez-Jugo, Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Jori Symons, Chantelle L Ahlenstiel, Giancarlo Forte, Francesco Ricci, Anthony D Kelleher, Sharon R Lewin, Francesca Cavalieri*, Frank Caruso*. Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 3049-3061. (IF 8.3, 0 Citations).
Marcin Wojnilowicz, Petra Laznickova, Yi Ju, Ching-Seng Ang, Federico Tidu, Kamila Bendickova, Giancarlo Forte, Magdalena Plebanski, Frank Caruso, Francesca Cavalieri*, Jan Fric*.
Biomaterials Advances, 2022, 140, 213083 (IF 7.3, 0 Citations)
Rania A Hashad, Ritu Singla, Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Edwina Jap, Haiyan Zhu, Anton Y Peleg, Luke Blakeway, Christoph E Hagemeyer, Francesca Cavalieri, Muthupandian Ashokkumar, Karen Alt. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2022, 90, 106183. (IF 9.3)
Ece Ergir, Jorge Oliver-De La Cruz, Soraia Fernandes, Marco Cassani, Francesco Niro, Daniel Sousa, Jan Vrbský, Vladimír Vinarský, Ana Rubina Perestrelo, Doriana Debellis, Francesca Cavalieri, Stefania Pagliari, Heinz Redl, Peter Ertl, Giancarlo Forte. 2022, Scientific Reports 12 (1), 17409(2 Citation, Open Access).
H Zhu, S Mettu, MA Rahim, F Cavalieri*, M Ashokkumar*. Food Chemistry,362, 15 November 2021, 130236. (IF 9.2, 2 Citation).
SK Bhangu, A Baral, H Zhu, M Ashokkumar*, F Cavalieri* Nanoscale Advances,2021,3 (17), 4907-4917. (IF 5.6, 1 Citation, Open Access).
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9 (41), 13953-13962. (IF 9.2, 1 Citation).
Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Gianfranco Bocchinfuso, Muthpandian Ashokkumar*, Francesca Cavalieri*Nanoscale Horizons 2020, 5, 553-563. (IF 11.7, 16 Citations, Open Access)
Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 2020, 37 (12), 2000210. (IF 3.5, 1 Citation, Open Access)
A Glab, A Bertucci, F Martino, M Wojnilowicz, A Amodio, M Venanzi, ...F. Caruso*, F Cavalieri* Nanoscale 2020, 12 (28), 15402-15413.(IF 8.3, 1 Citation,
QA Besford, ACG Weiss, J Schubert, TM Ryan, M F. Maitz, ...F. Caruso*, F. Cavalieri*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces2020, 12, 35, 38976–38988. (IF 8.7, 5 Citations, Open Access)
QA Besford, F Cavalieri*, F Caruso*
Advanced Materials, 2020,32 (18), 1904625. (IF 32, 26 Citations)
Nanomaterials, 202010(6): 1075.(IF 5.7, 3 Citations, Open Access)
A Baral, SK Bhangu, R Cimino, JNBD Pelin, WA Alves, S Chattopadhyay, Muthupandian Ashokkumar*, Francesca Cavalieri* Nanomaterials, 2020, 10 (9), 1772.(IF 5.7, 3 Citations, Open Access)
Y Qu, Y Ju, C Cortez?Jugo, Z Lin, S Li, J Zhou, Y Ma, A Glab, SJ Kent, ...F Cavalieri*, F. Caruso*.
Small, 2020, 37, 2002750.(IF 15, 8 Citations)
Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2020, 27, 7234-7255. (IF 4.7, 2 Citations)
S Pan, R Guo, N Bertleff?Zieschang, S Li, QA Besford, QZ Zhong, G Yun, F, Cavalieri… F. Caruso. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59 (1), 275-280. (IF 16.8, 30 Citations)
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2020, 63, 104967. (IF 6.5, 11 Citations)
M Cassani, SM Fernandes, J Vrbsky, E Ergir, F Cavalieri, G Forte
Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.,2020, 8 323.(IF 4.2, 5 Citations)
PP Tomanin, J Zhou, A Amodio, R Cimino, A Glab, F Cavalieri*, F Caruso*
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2020,8, 4851-4858.(IF 7.5, 5 Citations)
Jingqu Chen, Jianhua Li, Jiajing Zhou, Zhixing Lin, Francesca Cavalieri, Ewa Czuba-Wojnilowicz, Yingjie Hu, Agata Glab, Yi Ju, Joseph J Richardson, Frank Caruso
ACS nano, 2019, 13, 11653-11664. ( IF 14, 66 Citations)
ACS Nano 2019, 13, 1, 187–202 ( IF 15, 86 Citations)
Barbara B Gerbelli, Sandra V Vassiliades, Jose EU Rojas, Juliane NBD Pelin, Rodrigo SN Mancini, Wallace SG Pereira, Andrea M Aguilar, Mariano Venanzi, Francesca Cavalieri, Francesca Giuntini, Wendel A AlvesMacromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2019, 220 (14), 1900085. (IF 3, 12 Citations, 25 Citations)
PP Tomanin, PV Cherepanov, QA Besford, AJ Christofferson, A. Amodio,Chris F McConville, Irene Yarovsky, Frank Caruso*, Francesca Cavalieri*.
ACS applied materials & interfaces2018, 10 (49), 42786-42795 (IF 10.4, 38 Citations)
Wojnilowicz M, Besford QA, Wu YL, Loh XJ, Braunger JA, Glab A, Cortez-Jugo C, Caruso F*, Cavalieri F#. Biomaterials2018, 176, 34-49 (IF 15 , 22 Citations).
55.A Simple One-Step Ultrasonic Route To Synthesize Antioxidant Molecules and Fluorescent Nanoparticle from Phenol and Phenol-Like Molecules. Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Muthupandian Ashokkumar*, and Francesca Cavalieri*ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2017, 5 (7), 6081–6089 (IF 9.1, 10 Citations)
56.Lactosylated Glycogen Nanoparticles for Targeting Prostate Cancer Cells Quinn Alexander Besford, Marcin Wojnilowicz, Tomoya Suma, Nadja Bertleff-Zieschang, Frank Caruso*, and Francesca Cavalieri* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (20), 16869–16879, (IF 10, 34 Citations)
Nadja Bertleff-Zieschang, Md Arifur Rahim, Yi Ju, Julia A Braunger, Tomoya Suma, Yunlu Dai, Shuaijun Pan, Francesca Cavalieri, Frank Caruso. Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 1068-1071. (I.F. 6.6, 40 Citations)
59.Achieving HIV-1 Control through RNA-Directed Gene Regulation. Vera Klemm, Jye Mitchell, Christina Cortez-Jugo, Francesca Cavalieri, Geoff Symonds, Frank Caruso, Anthony Dominic Kelleher, Chantelle Ahlenstiel. Genes (Basel). 2016, 7(12): 119. (IF 4, 8 Citations, Open Access).
Francesca Cavalieri,Enrico Colombo, Eleonora Nicolai, Nicola Rosato, Muthupandian Ashokkumar, Mater. Horiz., 2016,3, 563-567 (I.F 13.6, 26 Citations)
Beretta GL, Cavalieri F*. Curr Med Chem. 2016;23(1):3-22. (IF 3.9, 28 Citations.
65. .Ultrasonic fabrication of TiO2/chitosan hybrid nanoporous microspheres with antimicrobial properties. Meifang Zhou, Bandar Babgi, Shweta Gupta, Francesca Cavalieri, Yousef Alghamdi, Mecit Aksu, Muthpandian AshokkumarRSC Advances , 2015, 5, 26, 20265-20269. (IF 3.7, 13 Citations)
66.Unravelling "off-target" effects of redox-active polymers and polymer multilayered capsules inprostate cancer cells. Beretta GL, Folini M, Cavalieri F, Yan Y, Fresch E, Kaliappan S, Hasenöhrl C, Richardson JJ, Tinelli S, Fery A, Caruso F, Zaffaroni N. Nanoscale. 20157, 6261-6270(I.F. 7.8, 6 Citations).
67.Nanomedicines for antimicrobial interventions. Cavalieri F.* Tortora M, Stringaro A., Colone M. Baldassarri L. J. Hospital Infection, 2014, 88, 183-190. (I.F. 8.9, 46 Citations).
Francesca Cavalieri MSc. PhD
E-mail:francesca.cavalieri@uniroma2.it
Researcher unique identifier(s) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-5069
Academic Qualifications
2014 PhD in Chemistry
Science/ Chemistry, The University of Melbourne/ Australia (certificate attached)
1995 Laurea in Industrial Chemistry 110/110 cum laude
Chemistry, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy (certificate attached)
CURRENTPOSITION(S)
PREVIOUSAPPOINTMENTS
2019-2024 Vice Chancellor Senior Research Fellow, School of Science, RMIT University, Australia
2015-2019 Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow, Department of Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia
2007-2008 ARC Linkage Fellow, Department of Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne/ Australia
2002-2022 Researcher, Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata
1998-2002 Researcher at ENEA the Italian Agency for New Technologies, Environment and Energy, Italy.
1998 Research Fellow University of Trieste/University of Rome Tor Vergata
1997 Research Fellow, Whistler Centre for Carbohydrate Research, Food Science Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)
1996 Research Fellow University of Rome Tor Vergata/-Menarini Ricerche.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2019 Vice Chancellor Senior Research Fellowship, Science, RMIT University, Australia
2015 Future Fellowship, Australian Research Council, Australia
2014 Horizon 2020 Marie Curie Global Fellowship (awarded and invited to negotiation)
2014 Endeavour Research Fellowship, Australian Education Department
2010 Victoria International Research Scholarship, Australia
2010 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowship, Tsukuba, Japan
2007 ARC International Linkage Fellowship, University of Melbourne, Australia.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2003–2015 Lecturer – Polymer Science and Physical Chemistry I & Lab in Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, Material Science, University of Rome, “Tor Vergata”, Italy.
2022- current Lecturer Colloids chemistry
ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2015 Member of organizing committee and Session Chair of “Theo Murphy Australian Frontier of Science Symposium”, Materials for the 21st Century: From Design to Application, hosted by the Australian Academy of Science, Dec 9-11, 2015, Melbourne. Australia
2018 Member of organizing committee of ICYRAM 2018 International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials, Chair of the Biology& Health Session 5-7 November 2018 Adelaide, South Australia
2022 Member of organizing committee and Chair of the MTM meeting and workshop RISE Horizon2020, PEPSA-MATE “Nanopeptides and nanosaccharides for Advanced and Sustainable Materials”, 5/6 July 2022, Frascati, Italy.
2023 Member of organizing committee Sorrento 2013 – Sorrento 2023: A Decade of Peptide Materials. October 26-29, 2023
Member of Societies
CSGI Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase
INSTM Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali
SIBPA Societa’ Italiana di Biofisica Pura e Applicata
REVIEWING AND EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
2022-current Evaluator of European Research Council, the Starting Grant scheme
2013-current Evaluator of Research projects EU Directorate General Research FP7 programme, Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe on nanotechnology-ICT funding and FET OPEN/ FET Pathfinder
2015-current Evaluator of Research projects, Australian Research Council, Australia
2014 Evaluator of Research projects Russian Academy of Science
2014 Evaluator of Research projects Romanian Research Council
2016 Evaluator of Research projects Canadian Research Council
2016 Editor of biomaterials section, Handbook of Ultrasonics and Sonochemistry”, Springer
2017–current Member of the Editorial Board of Ultrasonics Sonochemistry (2017–present) and ChemPhysMater(2021-).
2022 Guest Editor of a Special Issue of Ultrasonics Sonochemistry on Biomaterals&Sonochemistry
RECENT INVITED KEYNOTES AND LECTURES
Achievement track-record
# peer-reviewed articles= 133
H-index39 with citations 5021 (Scopus/Google Scholar).
Research Grants (CI=Chief Investigator, Lead CI=Primary CI)
Provincial Key Project for International Collaborations, Shandong Universityfrom July 2022 to June 2025. Sonochemistry for the engineering of functional biomaterials. Role: CI
Centro Nazionale di Ricerca – Sviluppo di Terapia Genica e Farmaci con Tecnologia a RNA”, nell’ambito del Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR) –Missione 4 Componente 2, “Dalla ricerca all’impresa” Investimento 1.4, “Potenziamento strutture di ricerca e creazione di "campioni nazionali di R&S" su alcune Key Enabling Technologies” codice identificativo MUR CN_00000041
Role Participant
Australian Research Council (ARC) LIEF, LE220100140 Near Infrared Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Imaging Facility, (2022), $792,687. This is a grant to acquire equipment.
Role: CI
ARC Discovery Project 210101792Bioprogramming the behaviour of nanoparticles in live cells by nanoscopy, (2021-2024), $401,955. This is a research grant.
Role: Lead CI
ARC LIEF LE210100001A 3-photon imaging system for deep live imaging, (2021), $920,277.
Role: CI. This is a grant to acquire equipment.
National Health and Medical Research Council(NHMRC) APP1181440Self-regulated, glucose-responsive nanomaterials for smart insulin delivery, (2020-2023), $944,796. This is a research grant.
Role: Lead CIB
ARC LIEF (LE200100163),‘Live cell Super Resolution Imaging Facility, $700,000, (2020). This is a grant to acquire equipment.
Role: CI
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019
European Commission (EU) 2020-03 to 2025-09 | Grant number: 872233
Title: Nanopeptides and nanosaccharides for Advanced and Sustainable Materials. PEPSA-MATE
Total funding amountEUR 961,400 (UNITOV Unit EUR 474K). This is a research, training and mobility grant.
Role: Lead CI/Project Coordinator
SPARC 2019 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur: Ultrasonically synthesised microspheres for biomedical and Food industries, Total funding amount: AUD 40,000. This is a research and mobility grant.
Role: Co-Investigator
Bill&Melinda Gates foundation, 2018
Grand Challenge Explorations:Edible micro balloons to enhance the nutritional values of common food products. Total funding: $ 130,000. This is a research grant.
Role: Co-Investigator
LIEF 180100163, 2017 Nano-bioscience imaging facility
Total funding amount: $639,000. This is a grant to acquire equipment.
Role: CI
ARC TRAINING CENTRE FOR THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES 2017-2021
Total funding amount: AUD 4,752,084. This is a grant for recruiting industrial master students.
Role: CI
FAPESP grant number: 2016-2018/50188-4
The University of Melbourne- São Paulo Research Foundation
Total funding amount: AUD 20,000. This is a research and mobility grant.
Fabrication and characterization of peptide-polymer hybrid hydrogels for bioanalytical applications
Role: Lead CI
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 European Commission (EU)
2016-03 to 2020-02 | Grant number: 690901
Title: Tracking nano-bioprocesses using super-resolution microscopy technique. NANOSUPREMI.
Total funding amountEUR 724,500 (UNITOV Unit EUR 600K). This is a research, training, and mobility grant.
Role: Lead CI/Project Coordinator
Future Fellowship 2014
Australian Research Council
2015-06 to 2019-06 | Grant number: FT140100873
Title: Engineering Bioresponsive Hybrid nanodevices using RNA, Peptide and Synthetic Polymers
Total funding amountAUD 772,104. This is an individual research grant.
Role: Lead CI
Establishment Grant
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Engineering
2015-06 to 2019-06 | Grant number: FT140100873
Total funding amountAUD 300,000. This is an individual research grant.
Role: Lead CI
International Joint Chairs
University of Rome Tor Vergata (Rome, Italy)/University of Melbourne
2014 Teaching/Research Grant
Total funding amount: EUR 14,000
Role: Lead CI
PRIN 2013-2014
Total funding amount: EUR 40,000. This is a research grant.
Role: Participant
IRSES Marie Curie 7th UE Framework Programme
2010-2013,Nanosirna
Total funding amount: EUR 47,000. This is a research, training, and mobility grant.
Role: Coordinator of Unit/CI
IRSES Marie Curie 7th UE Framework Programme
2009-2010,Sonocaps
Total funding amount: EUR 30,000. This is a research, training, and mobility grant.
Role: Project Coordinator/Lead CI
S.I.G.H.T. Strep 6th Framework Programme
2006-2009, Total funding amount: EUR 300,000.This is a research grant.
Role: Participant
PUBLICATIONS (last 10 years)
Marco Cassani, Soraia Fernandes, Jorge Oliver-De La Cruz, Helena Durikova, Jan Vrbsky, Marek Patocka, Veronika Hegrova, Simon Klimovic, Jan Pribyl, Doriana Debellis, Petr Skladal, Francesca Cavalieri, Frank Caruso, Giancarlo Forte. Adv. Sci.2023, 23029652302965 (1 of 16) (IF 17.5)
Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Soraia Fernandes, Giovanni Luca Beretta, Stella Tinelli, Marco Cassani, Agata Radziwon, Marcin Wojnilowicz, Sophia Sarpaki, Irinaios Pilatis, Nadia Zaffaroni, Giancarlo Forte, Frank Caruso, Muthupandian Ashokkumar*, Francesca Cavalieri* Advanced Materials, 2022, 34, 2107964. (IF 32).
Agata Glab, Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Soraia Fernandes, Christina Cortez-Jugo, Robert De Rose, Brendan Dyett, Marcin Wojnilowicz, Petra Laznickova, Jan Fric, Giancarlo Forte, Frank Caruso*, Francesca Cavalieri*. Nanoscale, 2022,14, 3452-3466. (IF 8.3, 0 Citations, Open Access).
Alessia Amodio, Marco Cassani, Liviana Mummolo, Christina Cortez-Jugo, Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Jori Symons, Chantelle L Ahlenstiel, Giancarlo Forte, Francesco Ricci, Anthony D Kelleher, Sharon R Lewin, Francesca Cavalieri*, Frank Caruso*. Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 3049-3061. (IF 8.3, 0 Citations).
Marcin Wojnilowicz, Petra Laznickova, Yi Ju, Ching-Seng Ang, Federico Tidu, Kamila Bendickova, Giancarlo Forte, Magdalena Plebanski, Frank Caruso, Francesca Cavalieri*, Jan Fric*.
Biomaterials Advances, 2022, 140, 213083 (IF 7.3, 0 Citations)
Rania A Hashad, Ritu Singla, Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Edwina Jap, Haiyan Zhu, Anton Y Peleg, Luke Blakeway, Christoph E Hagemeyer, Francesca Cavalieri, Muthupandian Ashokkumar, Karen Alt. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2022, 90, 106183. (IF 9.3)
Ece Ergir, Jorge Oliver-De La Cruz, Soraia Fernandes, Marco Cassani, Francesco Niro, Daniel Sousa, Jan Vrbský, Vladimír Vinarský, Ana Rubina Perestrelo, Doriana Debellis, Francesca Cavalieri, Stefania Pagliari, Heinz Redl, Peter Ertl, Giancarlo Forte. 2022, Scientific Reports 12 (1), 17409(2 Citation, Open Access).
H Zhu, S Mettu, MA Rahim, F Cavalieri*, M Ashokkumar*. Food Chemistry,362, 15 November 2021, 130236. (IF 9.2, 2 Citation).
SK Bhangu, A Baral, H Zhu, M Ashokkumar*, F Cavalieri* Nanoscale Advances,2021,3 (17), 4907-4917. (IF 5.6, 1 Citation, Open Access).
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9 (41), 13953-13962. (IF 9.2, 1 Citation).
Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Gianfranco Bocchinfuso, Muthpandian Ashokkumar*, Francesca Cavalieri*Nanoscale Horizons 2020, 5, 553-563. (IF 11.7, 16 Citations, Open Access)
Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 2020, 37 (12), 2000210. (IF 3.5, 1 Citation, Open Access)
A Glab, A Bertucci, F Martino, M Wojnilowicz, A Amodio, M Venanzi, ...F. Caruso*, F Cavalieri* Nanoscale 2020, 12 (28), 15402-15413.(IF 8.3, 1 Citation,
QA Besford, ACG Weiss, J Schubert, TM Ryan, M F. Maitz, ...F. Caruso*, F. Cavalieri*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces2020, 12, 35, 38976–38988. (IF 8.7, 5 Citations, Open Access)
QA Besford, F Cavalieri*, F Caruso*
Advanced Materials, 2020,32 (18), 1904625. (IF 32, 26 Citations)
Nanomaterials, 202010(6): 1075.(IF 5.7, 3 Citations, Open Access)
A Baral, SK Bhangu, R Cimino, JNBD Pelin, WA Alves, S Chattopadhyay, Muthupandian Ashokkumar*, Francesca Cavalieri* Nanomaterials, 2020, 10 (9), 1772.(IF 5.7, 3 Citations, Open Access)
Y Qu, Y Ju, C Cortez?Jugo, Z Lin, S Li, J Zhou, Y Ma, A Glab, SJ Kent, ...F Cavalieri*, F. Caruso*.
Small, 2020, 37, 2002750.(IF 15, 8 Citations)
Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2020, 27, 7234-7255. (IF 4.7, 2 Citations)
S Pan, R Guo, N Bertleff?Zieschang, S Li, QA Besford, QZ Zhong, G Yun, F, Cavalieri… F. Caruso. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59 (1), 275-280. (IF 16.8, 30 Citations)
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2020, 63, 104967. (IF 6.5, 11 Citations)
M Cassani, SM Fernandes, J Vrbsky, E Ergir, F Cavalieri, G Forte
Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.,2020, 8 323.(IF 4.2, 5 Citations)
PP Tomanin, J Zhou, A Amodio, R Cimino, A Glab, F Cavalieri*, F Caruso*
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2020,8, 4851-4858.(IF 7.5, 5 Citations)
Jingqu Chen, Jianhua Li, Jiajing Zhou, Zhixing Lin, Francesca Cavalieri, Ewa Czuba-Wojnilowicz, Yingjie Hu, Agata Glab, Yi Ju, Joseph J Richardson, Frank Caruso
ACS nano, 2019, 13, 11653-11664. ( IF 14, 66 Citations)
ACS Nano 2019, 13, 1, 187–202 ( IF 15, 86 Citations)
Barbara B Gerbelli, Sandra V Vassiliades, Jose EU Rojas, Juliane NBD Pelin, Rodrigo SN Mancini, Wallace SG Pereira, Andrea M Aguilar, Mariano Venanzi, Francesca Cavalieri, Francesca Giuntini, Wendel A AlvesMacromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2019, 220 (14), 1900085. (IF 3, 12 Citations, 25 Citations)
PP Tomanin, PV Cherepanov, QA Besford, AJ Christofferson, A. Amodio,Chris F McConville, Irene Yarovsky, Frank Caruso*, Francesca Cavalieri*.
ACS applied materials & interfaces2018, 10 (49), 42786-42795 (IF 10.4, 38 Citations)
Wojnilowicz M, Besford QA, Wu YL, Loh XJ, Braunger JA, Glab A, Cortez-Jugo C, Caruso F*, Cavalieri F#. Biomaterials2018, 176, 34-49 (IF 15 , 22 Citations).
55.A Simple One-Step Ultrasonic Route To Synthesize Antioxidant Molecules and Fluorescent Nanoparticle from Phenol and Phenol-Like Molecules. Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Muthupandian Ashokkumar*, and Francesca Cavalieri*ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2017, 5 (7), 6081–6089 (IF 9.1, 10 Citations)
56.Lactosylated Glycogen Nanoparticles for Targeting Prostate Cancer Cells Quinn Alexander Besford, Marcin Wojnilowicz, Tomoya Suma, Nadja Bertleff-Zieschang, Frank Caruso*, and Francesca Cavalieri* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (20), 16869–16879, (IF 10, 34 Citations)
Nadja Bertleff-Zieschang, Md Arifur Rahim, Yi Ju, Julia A Braunger, Tomoya Suma, Yunlu Dai, Shuaijun Pan, Francesca Cavalieri, Frank Caruso. Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 1068-1071. (I.F. 6.6, 40 Citations)
59.Achieving HIV-1 Control through RNA-Directed Gene Regulation. Vera Klemm, Jye Mitchell, Christina Cortez-Jugo, Francesca Cavalieri, Geoff Symonds, Frank Caruso, Anthony Dominic Kelleher, Chantelle Ahlenstiel. Genes (Basel). 2016, 7(12): 119. (IF 4, 8 Citations, Open Access).
Francesca Cavalieri,Enrico Colombo, Eleonora Nicolai, Nicola Rosato, Muthupandian Ashokkumar, Mater. Horiz., 2016,3, 563-567 (I.F 13.6, 26 Citations)
Beretta GL, Cavalieri F*. Curr Med Chem. 2016;23(1):3-22. (IF 3.9, 28 Citations.
65. .Ultrasonic fabrication of TiO2/chitosan hybrid nanoporous microspheres with antimicrobial properties. Meifang Zhou, Bandar Babgi, Shweta Gupta, Francesca Cavalieri, Yousef Alghamdi, Mecit Aksu, Muthpandian AshokkumarRSC Advances , 2015, 5, 26, 20265-20269. (IF 3.7, 13 Citations)
66.Unravelling "off-target" effects of redox-active polymers and polymer multilayered capsules inprostate cancer cells. Beretta GL, Folini M, Cavalieri F, Yan Y, Fresch E, Kaliappan S, Hasenöhrl C, Richardson JJ, Tinelli S, Fery A, Caruso F, Zaffaroni N. Nanoscale. 20157, 6261-6270(I.F. 7.8, 6 Citations).
67.Nanomedicines for antimicrobial interventions. Cavalieri F.* Tortora M, Stringaro A., Colone M. Baldassarri L. J. Hospital Infection, 2014, 88, 183-190. (I.F. 8.9, 46 Citations).