We are seeking highly motivated post-doctoral candidates to apply for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships (MSCA-IF) and work within the SupraBioNano Lab group at Politecnico di Milano (Italy).

Our research interests are focused on self-assembly processes for the design of functional supramolecular materials, fluorine chemistry and crystal engineering. In particular, we are very much focused on the exploitation of non-covalent interactions in engineering perovskite solar cell materials. 

Selected candidates will be invited to attend an in depth training course on the proposal writing through online webstreaming (28-29 June 2021), to have a virtual meeting with their supervisors and to make use of full support in the application writing process by POLIMI advisors.

Candidate fellows and supervisors will be guided throughout the whole application process with deadline on 15 September 2021. Only those who get funding through the European Commission’s MSCA PF program will be admitted to Politecnico di Milano.

If you are interested in applying please send your CV to Gabriella Cavallo: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Valentina Dichiarante, Gabriella Cavallo and Pierangelo Metrangolo have recently published a review on "Endocrine disrupting pollutants properties affecting their bio-activity, remediation, and detection". The full paper can be found at the following link: Endocrine disrupting pollutants properties affecting their bio-activity, remediation, and detection.

Abstract. Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are natural or synthetic substances able to mimic, interfere with or block endogenous hormones, thus disrupting the normal function of the endocrine system. Most of them are largely applied in agriculture and industry. As a result, humans are chronically exposed to mixtures of EDCs. Their adverse effect on human health may appear long after exposure, making it difficult to assess their full impact. Thus, understanding the molecular basis of recognition of suspected EDCs by their biological targets, is fundamental to get insight into their mechanism of action. This review will focus on the role of intermolecular interactions, specifically halogen and chalcogen bonds, in EDC recognition processes, offering an overview of the latest advances in the study of disruption mechanisms.

How to cite the article:
V. Dichiarante, G. Cavallo, P. Metrangolo
Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2021, Volume 30, 2021, 100485
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2021.100485

Read our latest paper on Confined space design by nanoparticle self-assembly

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2021/sc/d0sc05697a

From the 1st of September, Dr. Claudia Pigliacelli joined the group as Junior Assistant Professor (RTD-A).

Welcome Claudia from the whole group!