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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name and Surname: Gian Luigi Puleo
Born in Bordighera, the 22/11/1981
Adress: Via dell’Aereoporto 45
56100 Pisa (Italy)
Cell: 00393332109807 (IT)
e-mail: [email protected]
ACTUAL POSITION
Since 16 January 2012-till present: Senior Post-Doc at the Italian Institute of Technology, Center
of MicroBioRobotics (IIT.CMBR@SSSUP), Pontedera (PI), Italy
Topic: Study and development of new micro-actuation systems based on bio-inspired model.
Supervisor: Dr. Barbara Mazzolai
PAST RESEARCH ACTIVITY
29 November 2010-29 November 2011: Post-Doc at the Institut de Physique et Chimie des
Materiaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), Departement des Materiaux Organiques (DMO), Strasbourg,
France.
Topic: Synthesis of new Pt(II) complexes for medical and industrial application.
Supervisor: Prof. S. Bellemin-Laponnaz
26 October 2009-26 November 2010: Post-Doc at the Institute de Science et Ingenierie
Supramoleculaire (ISIS), Bioorganic and Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Strasbourg, France.
Topic: Synthesis of new fluorescent probe for cell imaging.
Supervisor: Prof. Nicolas Winssinger
1 October 2008-30 September 2009: Post-doc at the Institute for Applied Physics “Nello Carrara”
(IFAC-CNR), CNR Research Area of Florence, (Italy).
Topic : Synthesis of fluorescent probes labeled carbon nanotube for metabolites analysis in cellular
internal environment.
Supervisor: Dr. F. Baldini
STUDIES
July 2013: High-School Teaching habilitation for Technical High School (University of Genoa,
Italy)
July 2009: Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, magna cum laude.
Supervisor: Prof. A. Iuliano, Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry Department, University of Pisa
Topic: “Synthesis and use of bile acid derived organocatalysts”
December 2006: Master in Chemistry at Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, magna cum laude, in
collaboration with Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique.
Supervisors: Prof. P. Maurin and Prof. J. Hasserodt, Laboratoire de Chimie de l’ENS de Lyon;
Prof. A. Carpita, Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry Department, University of Pisa.
Topic: “Toward the synthesis of a new ligand for Gd(III) sensible to galactosydase activity”
October 2005: M.Sc. in Chemistry at the University of Pisa, magna cum laude.
Supervisor: Prof. A. Carpita.
Topic: Synthesis of 2H-pyran-2-onic analogues of Combretastatin A4, a powerful antitumoral of
natural origin. (URN: etd-10042005-105730 website http://etd.adm.unipi.it/theses/available/etd10042005-105730/).
SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT
May 2013: Safety professional habilitation and risk management from IIT.
17 december 2007-19 december 2007: Safety professional habilitation and risk management of
University of Pisa.
WORKING EXPERIENCES
August 2003: lab technician in Regional Agency for Environment Protection (ARPAL), Imperia,
Liguria. Italy.
SKILLS
Chemical Synthesis
 Organic and organometallic compound synthesis in inert atmosphere, specially mediated by
transition metal catalysts symmetric ad asymmetric.
 Reactivity of sugars, bile acids, tetrazamacrocycles, natural and artificial peptides,
fluoresceine derived fluorophore.
 Nanostructure reactivity: in particular carbon nanotube, microhydrogel, gold, barium titanate
and silica nanoparticles reactivity and functionalization.
 Organic synthesis on solid phase support.
 Microwave promoted organic synthesis
Homogeneous Catalysis
 Asymmetric Organocatalysis in organic solvents and water.
Analytical Technique
 13C, 1H and 31P NMR, GC-MS, LC-MS, MALDI, FT-IR, HPLC, MPLC for organic
purification, Fluorescence and UV-Vis spectroscopy, CD spectroscopy, Scanning Electron
Microscopy (SEM), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Rheometry.
TEACHING ACTIVITY
2014: Professor at PhD Course: Fundamental Technologies for Microbiorobotics
2008-2010: Lecturer at M.Sc. Course in Chemistry: Innovative Methods in Organic Synthesis at the
University of Pisa.
2008-2010: Lecturer at M.Sc. Course in Natural Sciences: Organic Chemistry at the University of
Pisa.
INFORMATIC SKILLS
Operative Systems: Windows and Linux, Software: Microsoft Office, ChemOffice, Open Office
and HyperChem, Labview.
Database: Scifinder, Beilstein, Chemical Abstract, PubMed, RCSB Protein Data Bank.
LINGUISTIC SKILLS
French: B2
English: B2
Italian: native
PUBBLICATIONS
Communications
M. Righi, S. Bossi, G.L. Puleo, G. Giudetti, P. Wieringa, S. Micera Development of advanced
coatings for invasive neural interfaces based on thin film technology…(poster)
M. Righi, S. Bossi, G.L. Puleo, G. Giudetti, P. Wieringa, S. Micera, Surface Modification of
polyimide thin films for peripheral Invasive Neural Interfaces… (poster)
F. Baldini, G. Ghini, A. Giannetti, C. Trono, G. Giambastiani, G.L. Puleo, L. Luconi, C. Bianchini,
J. Amadou 2011 French-Japanese Workshop on Advanced Functional Liquid Crystalline Materials
31st January 2011, Strasbourg France Modified Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Potentially
Suitable for Intracellular pH Measurements. (oral communication)
F. Baldini, C. Bianchini, G. Ghini, G. Giambastiani, A. Giannetti, L. Luconi, G.L. Puleo, C.Trono,
European Optical Society Annual Meeting 2010 (EOS 2010), 26 - 29 October 2010, Paris, France,
pH nanosensors based on modified carbon nanotubes. (oral communication)
G. Ghini, G.L. Puleo, B. Adinolfi, A. Giannetti, P. Nieri, G. Giambastiani, C. Bianchini and F.
Baldini. BioNanoMed 2009, International Congress, Nanotechnology in Medicine & Biology
Fluorescently labelled carbon nanotubes. (poster)
G.L. Puleo, A. Iuliano, BOSS XI, 13-18 july 2008, New Bile acid derivative organocatalysts for
Michael reaction: influence of cholestanic cavity and solvent on enantioselectivity (poster).
G.L. Puleo, A. Iuliano, Catalysis in Aqueous Media Workshop, Tolosa 30 novembre-1 dicembre
2007, Influence of water in the aldol reaction promoted by prolinamide derivatives of bile acids as
asymmetric organocatalysts.(oral communication)
G.L. Puleo, M. Masi, A. Iuliano, XXXII Corso Estivo A. Corbella, Seminari di Sintesi Organica
2007, 18-22 giugno 2007, Gargnano (BS), Sintesi di derivati prolinici di acidi biliari e loro impiego
come organocatalizzatori nella reazione aldolica asimmetrica.(poster)
G.L. Puleo, A. Iuliano, Ischia Advanced School of Organic Chemistry 2006, 16-21 Settembre 2006,
Ischia (Napoli), Synthesis of bile acid derived asymmetric organocatalysts containing proline
moiety.(poster)
Journals
G.L. Puleo, F. Zulli, M. Piovanelli, M. Giordano, B. Mazzolai, L. Beccai, L. Andreozzi Mechanical
and rheological behavior of pNIPAAM crosslinked macrohydrogel Reactive and functional
Polymers, 2013, 73(9), 1306-1318.
E. Sinibaldi, G.L. Puleo, F. Mattioli, V. Mattoli, F. Di Michele, L. Beccai, F. Tramacere, S.
Mancuso, B. Mazzolai, Osmotic actuation modelling for innovative biorobotic solutions inspired by
the plant kingdom. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 2013, 8, 025002.
G. Ghini, C. Trono, A. Giannetti, G.L. Puleo, L. Luconi, J. Amadou, G. Giambastiani, F. Baldini,
Carbon nanotubes modified with fluorescein derivatives for pH nanosensing Sensors and actuators
B: Chemical, 2013, 179, 163-169
E. Chardon, G.L. Puleo, G. Dahm, S. Fournel, G. Guichard, S. Bellemin-Laponnaz Easy
Derivatisation of Group 10 N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes and In Vitro Evaluation of an
Anticancer Oestradiol Conjugate ChemPlusChem 2012, 77(11) 1028–1038.
E. Chardon, G.L. Puleo, G. Dahm, G. Guichard, S. Bellemin-Laponnaz Direct functionalisation of
group 10 N-heterocyclic carbene complexes for diversity enhancement Chem. Commun. 2011,
47(20), 5864-5866.
G. Ghini , G.L. Puleo, C. Trono, A. Giannetti, L. Luconi, C. Bianchini, G. Giambastiani, F.
Baldini, Modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes potentially suitable for intracellular pH
measurements, Nanoscale Imaging, Sensing, and Actuation for Biomedical Applications VII, edited
by Alexander N. Cartwright, Dan V. Nicolau, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 7574, 75740 © 2010 SPIE · CCC
code: 1605-7422/10/$18 · doi: 10.1117/12.843556.
G.L. Puleo, A. Iuliano, Substrate control by means of chiral cavity of prolinamide derivatives of
cholic acid in the organocatalyzed Michael addition of cyclohexanone to nitroolefin, Tetrahedron:
Asymmetry, 2008, 19(17), 2045-2050.
G.L. Puleo, A. Iuliano Methyl 12-[d-prolinoylamino]cholate as a versatile organocatalyst for the
asymmetric aldol reaction of cyclic ketones, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2007, 18(24), 2894-2900.
G.L. Puleo, M. Masi, A. Iuliano Synthesis of proline derivatives of bile acids and their evaluation
as organocatalysts in the asymmetric direct aldol reaction Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2007, 18(11),
1364-1375.
PARTECIPAZIONE A SCUOLE E CONGRESSI
National School of Photochemistry II Corso Nazionale di Introduzione alla Fotochimica 2004,
Settembre 2004, Bologna
Ischia Advanced School of Organic Chemistry 2006, 16-21 Settembre 2006, Ischia (Napoli).
Synthesis in Pharmaceutical Chemistry: VI Laboratorio di Metodologie Sintetiche in Chimica
Farmaceutica, 11-16 Febbraio 2007, Siena.
Scuola Nazionale di Chimica Organica, XXXII Corso Estivo A. Corbella, Seminari di Sintesi
Organica, 18-22 Giugno 2007, Gargnano (Brescia).
VI International School of Organometallic Chemistry-ISOC 2007, 8-12 Settembre 2007, Camerino
(Macerata).
Catalysis in Aqueous Media Workshop, 30 Novembre-1 Dicembre 2007, Tolosa, Francia.
11th Belgian Organic Synthesis Symposium, BOSS XI, 13-18 Luglio 2008, Ghent, Belgio
National School of Catalysis, 3-6 Novembre 2008, Pontignano (Siena)
6th European Workshop on Phosphorus Chemistry EWPC-6, 26-27 Marzo 2009, Firenze.
12th Belgium Organic Synthesis Symposium, BOSSXII, 13-18 Luglio 2010, Namur, Belgio
MipTec 2010, 21-24 Settembre 2010, Basilea, Svizzera.
PRIZE
2007-2008 Research Grant for Young Researchers 2007 SNS. Topic: Bile acids derivatives as chiral
auxiliary for asymmetric synthesis. Special Research Grant for original scientific project.