Dr. Gaetano Mangiapia

Gaetano Mangiapia is a physical chemist who has been working in the field of small-angle scattering and later reflectometry since the beginning of his PhD thesis, back in 2002. Since 2018 he has been part of the team of REFSANS, the horizontal time-of-flight neutron reflectometer installed at the Maier-Leibnitz Center in Garching. His main interests range from the field of soft matter (study of phospholipid membranes, interaction with surfactants, proteins and active principles, polymer-surfactant interaction, stimuli-responsive nanosystems, etc.) to the physical chemistry of materials, with particular attention to interface processes.

Educational Background:
· 2001: Diploma in Physical Chemstry (Dipl.-Chem.), Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
· 2005: Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Professional Experience:
· 2005: Postdoctoral visitor at Forschungszentrum Jülich,
· 2007-2013: Postdoctoral Researcher, CSGI (Center for Colloid and Surface Science) and Department of Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
· 2015-2017: Instrument Scientist at JNCS (Jülich Centre for Neutron Science),
· 2018-Present: Instrument Scientist at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon

Key Publications:
· G. Mangiapia; G. D’Errico; L. Simeone; C. Irace; A. Radulescu; A. Di Pascale; A. Colonna; D. Montesarchio; L. Paduano; Ruthenium-based complex nanocarriers for cancer therapy; Biomaterials, 2012, 33(14), 3770-3782, DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.01.057
· G. Mangiapia; M. Gvaramia; L. Kuhrts; J. Teixeira; A. Koutsioumpas; O. Soltwedel; H. Frielinghaus; Effect of benzocaine and propranolol on phospholipid-based bilayers; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017, 19(47), 32057- 32071, DOI: 10.1039/c7cp06077g
· L. Caselli; A. Ridolfi; G. Mangiapia; P. Maltoni; J.-F. Moulin; D. Berti; N-J. Steinke; E. Gustafsson; T. Nylander; C. Montis; Interaction of nanoparticles with lipid films: the role of symmetry and shape anisotropy; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022, 24(5), 2762-2776, DOI: 10.1039/d1cp03201a