Marcello Locatelli

GSD: 03/CHEM-01 - CHIMICA ANALITICA, AMBIENTALE E DEI BENI CULTURALI – SSD: CHEM-01/A - Chimica analitica (vecchio inquadramento SC: 03/A1 – Chimica Analitica – SSD: CHIM/01 - Chimica Analitica)
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PROGETTI DI RICERCA
PescaraSiCura (closed)
Principal Investigator for the Operating Unit of the University of Chieti-Pescara (together with the Municipality of Pescara, the Municipal Police of Pescara and the Pharmacotoxicology Laboratory of the Pescara Hospital) for a National project for the promotion, coordination and monitoring on the national territory of prevention, experimentation and fight against alcohol and drug related road accidents. The total funded project “PesCARA siCURA” amounts to 350.000,00 euros for the duration of one year (decree for admission to funding of 20 July 2021). The Decree bears the signature of the Head of the Department for Anti-Drug Policies (Flavio Siniscalchi). The project provides for quantitative toxicological-forensic analyzes on alcohol and drugs of abuse and the development of new scientific and instrumental analysis procedures / protocols applicable in this field of application
Vitality PNRR (ongoing)
Member of Spoke 8 affiliated with the University of Urbino concerning the topic "Innovative Therapeutic Approaches: New Chemical Entities, Biologics and Drugs Delivery" with a nominal funding share of 102.960,00 euros, for the PNRR project admitted to funding "Innovation Ecosystem: Innovation, digitalization and sustainability for the diffused economy in Central Italy (VITALITY)".
Cocktail (closed)
Member of the research group of the project funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU - on the MUR program - Promotion and Development Fund - DM 737/2021, of the project "COCKTAIL" (COld atmospheric plasma therapy to target head and neCK Tumors by A multImodaL approach) - Boost for interdisciplinarity - approved for financing after peer review of a sum of € 75,000.00
CASPR (ASI – ongoing)
Member of the research group of the project funded by ASI (Italian Space Agency) - of the project "CASPR" (Survey on the homochirality of biomolecules in a microfluidic environment using surface plasmon resonance (SPR)) - approved for funding after peer review of a sum of 450,277.90 euros.
Greenness of official standard sample preparation methods (IUPAC - ongoing)
Member of the research group of the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) project - of the “Greenness of official standard sample preparation methods” project (aims to evaluate (i) the respect for the environment of official standard sample preparation methods of the samples, (ii) propose/discuss alternative methods in case the environmental requirements are not met and (iii) contribute to the creation of a permanent network of specialists and stakeholders representatives and institutions involved in this topic to promote the importance of greener official standard methods). Chair: Zoltán Mester, Elefteria Psillakis, Marcela Segundo; Members: Miguel Ángel Aguirre, David Bell, Juan Luis Benedé, Carlo Bicchi, Cecilia Cagliero, María Celeiro Montero, Alberto Chisvert, Frank David, Alessandra Gentili, Ruth Godfrey, Zhi-Yuan Gu, Mehmet Gumustas, Fragoulis D. Krokos, Stefan Lamotte , Camilla Liscio, Maria Llompart, Marcello Locatelli, Frank Michael, Emirhan Nemutlu, Andreas Otto, Gangfeng Ouyang, Sibel A. Ozkan, Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard, Francisco Pena-Pereira, Christophe Pérès, Rachel Szafnauer, Marek Tobiszewski
HEAR-ME (ongoing)
Member of the research group (Prof. E. Battista, L. Brunetti, C. Celia, S. Genovese, M. Locatelli, A. Mollica, M. Piattelli, T. Traini, F. Cilurzo, L. Di Marzio, B. Sinjari, S. Caputi) that won the cascade call for the University, Public Research Bodies and other Research Organizations within the project “Tuscany Health Ecosystem (THE)” with a project called “Innovative and printable RHNGF nanomedicines for the treatment of hearing diseases: muco- and bioadhesive formulations for an effective ear delivery – Acronym HEAR-ME”. In this context, he will be responsible for the activities of WP2 “NI biopharmaceutical evaluation with rhNGF, BIOSC and integrated systems”. The HEAR-ME project provides funding of 395,880 euros
PATENT
Filed for an American patent/US patent with filing number n.18/045,640, co-titled with Florida International University FIU, on 11 October 2022. Patent published on 11 April 2024 with n. US 2024/0118179 A1.