Carlo Punta

Carlo Punta obtained his Phd in Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering in 2005 at Politecnico di Milano. He was an invited researcher at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, TN (USA), in 2003, and at University of Ottawa (CA), in 2016. Since 2021 he is Full Professor in Foundations of Chemistry for Technologies at the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” of Politecnico di Milano. His main research interests concern the functionalization and processing of polysaccharides, including cellulose and nanocellulose, both for the synthesis of new additives for packaging and (bio)building constructions, and for the design and production of nanostructured organic and ceramic materials to be used as sorbent units for environmental remediation (water, air, and soil), sensors, heterogeneous catalysts, and drug and phytochemical delivery systems. The synthesis of these materials follows the rules of the circular economy and of the eco-design. He is co-author of more than 116 original peer-reviewed international papers indexed in Scopus (number of citations: 3740, H index: 34 (December 2022)), 11 book chapters, and co-inventor of 10 patent applications.