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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

“Tuning the Surface Properties of Carbon Black Through the Green Functionalization with Pyrrole Compounds”, A. Bernardi, F. Moriggi, R. Marku, L. Brambilla, V. Barbera, M. Galimberti, currently under revision; http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4504199
“Biosourced Janus Molecules as Silica Coupling Agents in Elastomer Composites for Tires with Lower Environmental Impact”, D. Locatelli, A. Bernardi, L. Rubino, S. Gallo, A. Vitale, R. Bongiovanni, V. Barbera, M. Galimberti, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023, 11(7), 2713–2726; https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c04617
“Bacterial Nanocellulose and Its Surface Modification by Glycidyl Methacrylate and Ethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate. Incorporation of Vancomycin and Ciprofloxacin”, 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
“Mechanical reinforcement of rubber by sp2 carbon allotropes such as carbon black and carbon nanotubes: The role of interfacial area and filler orientation”, M. Galimberti, G. Infortuna, V. Barbera, S. Guerra, A. Bernardi, S. Agnelli, S. Pandini, Rubber World, 2018, 257(5).
“Controlled functionalization of sp2 carbon allotropes for the reinforcement of diene elastomers”, V. Barbera, A. Bernardi, A. Palazzolo, A. Rosengart, L. Brambilla, M. Galimberti, Elastomerj, 2017, 21(4), 235-251,
“Facile and sustainable functionalization of graphene layers with pyrrole compounds”, 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
“Facile functionalization of sp2 carbon allotropes with a biobased Janus molecule”, 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:

 WO 2019162873 A1, “Adduct 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 same”, M. S. Galimberti, A. Bernardi, V. Barbera, D. Locatelli, published on 29th August 2019.

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University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20), room W255
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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