Maria Teresa Giardi, Manager of Research, Italian National Research Council, Area of Research of Rome. Actual position associated to CNR.
Co-founder of the company Biosensor: www.biosensor.it
Degree in Industrial Chemistry. Visiting scientist, Dept of Biology Imperial College, London, UK and Dept of Molecular Biology, Washington, USA.
Reviewer for the evaluation of projects in the EU V, VI, VII frames. Coordinator of European projects on Biosensors for environmental monitoring (Life V frame, Food VII frame); NATO Linkage grant (Nato for peace) on biosensors; European space agency (ESA) biosensors specific for Biopan/Foton ESA flight and for International Space Station flights in collaboration with ASI-NASA.
Current research: Biosensors, Biochips based on proteins, enzymes, cells, Nanoscience, Manufactured Tech, Industrial Technology, Tech Transfer Activity, Technology Transfer from Space to Earth and vice versa, Biochemical mechanisms in Photosynthesis, Electron Transfer, Nutrition, Biochemistry.
Nanotechnology for Environmental, Health and Safety
Presenting author details
Full name: Dr. Maria Teresa Giardi
E-mail: mariateresa.giardi@mlib.ic.cnr.it

 Dr. Gianni Pezzotti PhD He has been employed by the company since 10 years. PhD in “Sensor and Learning Systems Engineering” and Engineer of Automatic Control; 10 years of experience in the R&D of new prototypes in industrial projects involving industries, research Institutes, universities and the Space agency as ASI, ESA and NASA.

 Mr. Mehmet Turemis PhD He has been employed by the company since three years; just completed a PhD in Biotechnology at the University of La Tuscia; degree in Biochemistry in 2010. His work interests focus on the development and characterization of biosensors and their applications in the field of water analysis. Expert in production of biomediators and in new immobilization strategies for maintaining high biological activity.

 Dr. Laura Moro. PhDs in Biotechnology, employed by the company since one year; she is expert in molecular biology, directed mutagenesis, protein expression in cell-free systems; biochemistry, electrophoresis, western-blot, HPLC, mass spectrometry; proteomics, protein microarrays, peptide synthesis; statistical analyses; biosensors, biomediators hybrids with nanoparticles in immunosensors.