Dr. Raffaele Ricco
Position
Assistant Professor
Unit
Bio-Nano Materials Science and Engineering
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
RESEARCH INTERESTS
TEACHING
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
AWARDS AND HONORS
RESEARCH KEYWORDS
- PhD in Molecular Sciences, University of Padova, Italy
- Master’s degree in Chemistry, Organic Chemistry specialization, University of Padova, Italy
- Hybrid materials
- Nanoporous biocomposites
- Bioactive surfaces and interfaces
- Drug delivery
- Theranostics
- Lab on Chip and Point of Care devices
- Soft robotics
- AT84.02 – Fundamentals of Bionanotechnology
- AT84.03 – Catalysis, Enzyme Kinetics and Thermodynamics
- AT84.05 – Colloids and Nanoparticles
- AT84.06 – Biomimetics
- Ricco, R.; Wied, P.; Nidetzky, B.; Amenitsch, H.; Falcaro, P. Magnetically Responsive Horseradish Peroxidase@ZIF-8 for Biocatalysis. Chem. Commun. 2020, 56 (43), 5775–5778.https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC09358C
- Poddar, A.; Conesa, J. J.; Liang, K.; Dhakal, S.; Reineck, P.; Bryant, G.; Pereiro, E.; Ricco, R.; Amenitsch, H.; Doonan, C.; Mulet, X.; Doherty, C. M.; Falcaro, P.; Shukla, R. Encapsulation, Visualization and Expression of Genes with Biomimetically Mineralized Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 (ZIF-8). Small 2019, 15 (36), 1902268. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201902268
- Ricco, R.; Liang, W.; Li, S.; Gassensmith, J. J.; Caruso, F.; Doonan, C.; Falcaro, P. Metal–Organic Frameworks for Cell and Virus Biology: A Perspective. ACS Nano 2018, 12 (1), 13–23. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.7b08056.
- Liang, K.; Ricco, R.; Doherty, C. M.; Styles, M. J.; Bell, S.; Kirby, N.; Mudie, S.; Haylock, D.; Hill, A. J.; Doonan, C. J.; Falcaro, P. Biomimetic Mineralization of Metal-Organic Frameworks as Protective Coatings for Biomacromolecules. Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 7240. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8240.
- Ricco, R.; Meneghello, A.; Enrichi, F. Signal Enhancement in DNA Microarray Using Dye Doped Silica Nanoparticles: Application to Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Detection. Biosens. Bioelectron. 2011, 26 (5), 2761–2765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2010.10.024.
- Horizon 2020’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (EU project #748649 “MNEMONIC”), 2017-2019
- TU Graz Research and Technology House Kompetitive Anschubfinanzierung, 2016
- Proof-of-concept project “ANTHEM” from CSIRO Intelligent Processing Transformational Capability Platform, 2013
Nanomaterials and composites, Bioconjugation, Sol-gel synthesis, Functional nanoparticles, Sensing devices, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Biomolecules/materials interaction, Carbon nanostructures, Air and water purification, Surface modification, Enzyme, Immobilization, Drug delivery
