Dr. Maria Rosaria Plutino

Maria Rosaria Plutino obtained her Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1997 at the University of Messina, Italy. She is a senior researcher at the Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials of the Italian National Research Council (ISMN-CNR) in Palermo, Italy. Her current research interests include essentially the design, the development, and the structural study of innovative multi-component and multifunctional, organic, inorganic, and hybrid nanostructured materials and composites, featuring implemented chemical–physical and mechanical surface properties, and useful for potential sustainable applications in different sectors such as building, blue-growth, textiles, environment, cultural heritage, biomedicine, sensors, and catalysis. Recently, Dr. Plutino has set up green and eco-friendly synthesis protocols starting from natural substances or waste, which lead to the obtainment of functional recyclable and re-usable materials.