Dr. Stefania Pragliola

Dr. Stefania Pragliola pursued her University education at “Federico II” Naples University, where she received her master's in 1993. From 1993 to 1996, she collaborated with the research group of Prof. A. Sirigu benefiting from some fellowships. In 1997 she moved to the Cornell University (Ithaca, New York State), where she worked in the Prof. C. K. Ober group on the synthesis and characterization of new liquid-crystalline polymers via “stable free radical polymerization”. Since 1999 she has worked at the Department of Chemistry & Biology of the University of Salerno. In 2003, she received her PhD. degree defending a thesis on the polymerization of conjugated dienes by using Ziegler-Natta homogeneous catalytic systems. Since 2002 she is assistant professor in the Chemistry & Biology Department of University of Salerno. Currently, The research lines of Dr. Pragliola involve: the stereospecific polymerization of vinyl monomers containing chromophore units aimed at obtaining photoluminescent polymeric materials usable as thin polymeric layers for the development of OLED devices; the synthesis and characterization of fluorescent polymers usable for the tracking of nano- and microplastics in the marine environment and for the mechanical recycling of plastic materials; the development of new photocatalysts active in visible light, potentially usable for the removal of organic pollutants from wastewater.