Name Claudio Nastruzzi | ||
Early life
Claudio Nastruzzi was born in Ferrara, Italy on 29 March 1958, near "Stadio Paolo Mazza" (a football stadium located in the GAD district in Ferrara; it is the home of S.P.A.L.). He is a pharmacist and biomaterial chemist whose activity is focused, since early 90s, on biomaterials science, pharmaceutics, drug delivery and, more generally, on pharmaceutical sciences.
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Academic activity
Nastruzzi was educated in pharmaceutical technology at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Ferrara, working on the isoxazole chemistry. Subsequently, he obtained the PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences working on liposome based formulations and later he was a postdoctoral fellow at Institute fur Polymere at ETH, Zurich, under the supervision of Prof. Pier Luigi Luisi.
Nastruzzi is currently professor at the Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology at the University of Ferrara, where he founded the Biomaterials and Encapsulation Laboratory (BEL) dealing with research in the field of drug delivery and controlled release. BEL is actively involved in the fields of biomaterials and microfluidics.
Personal life
Nastruzzi enjoys sport activity; he was a former athlete of Volley Portomaggiore, Old Rugby Rovigo and CUS Ferrara Canottaggio. He is currently member of the cycling team Witoor.