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Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Gianotti’s research activity concerned the development of new analytical methodologies using chromatographic, spectroscopic and mass spectrometry techniques for the determination of organic molecules in environmental, food and health protection matrices through multivariate methods of experimental planning. At the same time, by means of LC-MS systems, it worked on the study of the natural degradation and photodegradation products of pollutants, of organic molecules by means of hyphenated mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography. In particular, the degradative mechanisms of long-lasting pollutants such as phenylurea pesticides, chloroanilines, sulphonated naphthalenes and food dyes present in soft drinks were studied.
Subsequently, alongside the lines of research already described, the areas of interest were expanded towards the development of new analytical methods for the characterization of thin films and nanostructured materials through the development and validation of a TGA-GC-MS hyphenated methodology that allows the analysis of ultrafine films (5 nm) without pre-treatment. Currently, the fields of study are the characterization through classic spectroscopic and innovative techniques of thermal analysis of microplastics in various environmental compartments, the analysis of contaminants and volatiloma in materials deriving from post-consumer plastic supply chains (PCR), the analysis of chemical recycling products of plastic materials and the study of innovative methodologies to reduce the release of contaminated plastics intended for human consumption.