Siracusa Valentina
Associate Professor
University of Catania
Italy
Biography
Siracusa Valentina took her degree in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Catania (Italy), at 23 years old. She completed her PhD and post-PhD study working on the synthesis and characterization of innovative polyesters, used in the engineering field. From 2006 she is Associate Professor on Chemistry for Engineering at Catania University. She collaborates to several research projects, both for academic than industrial interest, on topic such as recycle, ambient, food packaging, graphene. Actually she collaborates with national and international research groups on biopolymers used in the field of food packaging used for modified atmosphere packaging for fresh foods, with also Life Cycle Assessment study (with SimaPro8). She is author of more than 50 papers in high impact factor scientific journals, author of 2 book chapters and guest editor of International Journals.
Research Interest
Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable and bio-based polyesters; gas barrier behavior and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study of polymers for food packaging applications; thermal and photo degradation behavior of packaging materials during food shelf-life study.