Andrea Bernardi was born in Cattolica (RN), Italy, on 29th August 1988. He studied Industrial Chemistry at the Alma Mater Studiorum of Bologna, where he obtained both his bachelor (2012) and his Master's (2015) degrees. He moved to Polytechnic University of Milan ("G. Natta" Department) right after the graduation, where he was hired initially as research fellow, working on the chemical modification of natural (cellulose) and synthetic (polyurethane and polypropylene) polymers for industrial applications. In 2016 he became PhD student, working on chemical functionalizations of fillers (carbon black and silica) for tyre compounds. He spent a 6-months period as Guest PhD at the University of Twente between September 2018 and March 2019. After obtaining his PhD, he started working at Pirelli HQ as Chemical Laboratory technologist, where he was responsible for chromatography and filler analysis, and for the development of new methods and procedures for Pirelli's Labs wordwide. Starting from May 2024, he joined again the UT as postdoc researcher at the ETE group, working for the ChemSkill EU project.
He's a fan of sports, especially soccer (AC Milan supporter), MotoGP and sailing, and he practices swimming and cycling.
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Publications and articles submitted
- âTuning the Surface Properties of Carbon Black Through the Green Functionalization with Pyrrole Compoundsâ, A. Bernardi, F. Moriggi, R. Marku, L. Brambilla, V. Barbera, M. Galimberti, currently under revision; http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4504199Â
- âBiosourced Janus Molecules as Silica Coupling Agents in Elastomer Composites for Tires with Lower Environmental Impactâ, D. Locatelli, A. Bernardi, L. Rubino, S. Gallo, A. Vitale, R. Bongiovanni, V. Barbera, M. Galimberti, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023, 11(7), 2713â2726; https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c04617
- âBacterial Nanocellulose and Its Surface Modification by Glycidyl Methacrylate and Ethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate. Incorporation of Vancomycin and Ciprofloxacinâ, E. Vismara, A. Bernardi, C. Bongio, S. Farè, S. Pappalardo, A. Serafini, L. Pollegioni, E. Rosini, G. Torri, Nanomaterials 2019, 9(12), 1668; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9121668
- âMechanical reinforcement of rubber by sp2Â carbon allotropes such as carbon black and carbon nanotubes: The role of interfacial area and filler orientationâ, M. Galimberti, G. Infortuna, V. Barbera, S. Guerra, A. Bernardi, S. Agnelli, S. Pandini, Rubber World, 2018, 257(5).
- âControlled functionalization of sp2 carbon allotropes for the reinforcement of diene elastomersâ, V. Barbera, A. Bernardi, A. Palazzolo, A. Rosengart, L. Brambilla, M. Galimberti, Elastomerj, 2017, 21(4), 235-251,
- âFacile and sustainable functionalization of graphene layers with pyrrole compoundsâ, V. Barbera, A. Bernardi, A. Palazzolo, A. Rosengart, L. Brambilla, M. Galimberti, 2017, Pure and Applied Chemistry, 90(2), https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2017-0708
- âFacile functionalization of sp2Â carbon allotropes with a biobased Janus moleculeâ, M. Galimberti, V. Barbera, S. Guerra, A. Bernardi, 2017, Rubber Chemistry and Technology, 90(2), 285-307, https://doi.org/10.5254/rct.17.82665
Other contributions
Patents:
- ďˇ WO 2019162873 A1, âAdduct between a pyrrolic compound and an inorganic oxide hydroxide, a super-adduct between a pyrrolic compound, an inorganic oxide hydroxide and a carbon allotrope; elastomeric composition comprising the super-adduct and methods for producing the sameâ, M. S. Galimberti, A. Bernardi, V. Barbera, D. Locatelli, published on 29th August 2019.
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Netherlands
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