Cristina Satriano is Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemical Sciences of Catania University, Italy.

Her multidisciplinary research activity focuses on the design, the synthesis, and the physicochemical characterization of multifunctional nanomaterials for applications in theranostics, nanomedicine and environment. She leads the Hybrid NanoBioInterfaces Lab (NHBIL), where the current main ongoing topics are: i) nanomaterial-based artificial enzymes (nanozymes) based on plasmonic nanoparticles and 2D materials, including graphene, graphene oxide, molybdenum disulfide; ii) peptide-decorated nanoparticles with pro- or anti-angiogenic activity respectively for tissue repair or tumor therapy; iii) new nanomedicine approaches for CNS protection and repair using neurotrophin-like peptides, supported lipid bilayers,  and the study of the correlation between vascular disorders and neurodegenerative diseases; iv) the plasmonic tuning of photothermal and photocatalytic properties of graphene and other 2D materials; v) self-cleaning, smart surfaces for antibacterial and environmental use.

She has an established network of national (Universities of Pisa, Bologna, Bari, CNR, EBRI) and international (Belgium, Sweden, Austria, US, Turkey, Spain, India, UK) collaborations, with both academic and industrial (FIDIA Pharma group, EUROFARM, IONICS) partners. Prof. Satriano is board member of the doctoral schools in Chemical Sciences (University of Catania), STER Doctoral School (Poznan University of Technology, Poland), Biomaterials & Biointerfaces (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU, Austria). She is lecturer of 3 PhD/master/undergraduate courses in the fields of physical chemistry of nanomaterials, biointerfaces and theranostics. In the last ten years, she supervised >35 (undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D.) students. She has published more than 200 articles in peer reviewed international journals.