Contact Dr Iva Chianella

Areas of expertise

  • Biosensors & Diagnostics
  • Nanomaterials
  • Smart Materials

Background

Dr Iva Chianella is an experienced Scientist with a strong research track record on the development of affinity sensors/biosensors based on natural and artificial receptors for clinical, environmental, food, safety and industrial applications.

After receiving her first degree in Chemistry from the University of Florence, and her PhD in Bioscience from Cranfield University, Dr Chianella was appointed to Lecturer in 2007 and to Senior Lecturer in 2020. She has around 55 peer reviewed papers, 7 book chapters and 4 patent in the area of diagnostics and on novel polymeric materials and their use in several analytical systems. Dr Chianella main research interests are: i) on the development of chemical and biochemical sensors/nano-sensors for point-of-care and in-field applications; ii) on the synthesis of novel polymeric nanomaterials (e.g. Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Nanoparticles) for sensors and assays. 

Current activities

Dr Chianella is currently active both in research and teaching. Her main research interests include:

  • Chemical and biochemical sensors/nanosensors (electrochemical, piezoelectric and optical) for medical, environmental and industrial applications;
  • Synthesis of novel receptors for sensors and assay development;
  • Molecularly imprinted polymers and molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles;
  • Nanomaterials such as iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications.

Clients

During her academic career, Dr Chianella has had the opportunity to collaborate with several industrial clients (e.g. GSK, DSM, Philips, Sphere Medical, Infigo Diagnostics, MIP Diagnostics, CEAD) and have her research funded by several Research Councils (e.g. Innovate UK, DSTL, EPSRC) and EU funding bodies.

Publications

Articles In Journals

Conference Papers

  • Berti F, Todros S, Marrazza G, Faglia G, Lakshmi D, Chianella I, Whitcombe MJ, Piletsky SA, Mascini M & Turner APF (2010) Polyaniline nanostructures for enhanced molecularly imprinted polymer-based sensing. In: The 20th World Congress on Biosensors: Biosensors 2010, Glasgow, Scotland, 1 January 2010.
  • Todros S, Francesca Berti F, Faglia G, Marrazza G, Lakshmi D, Chianella I, Piletska EV, Piletsky SA & Turner APF (2010) Conductive polymer nanotubes for biochemical gas sensing. In: The 20th World Congress on Biosensors: Biosensors 2010, Glasgow, Scotland, 1 January 2010.
  • Lakshmi D, Chianella I, Whitcombe MJ, Piletska EV, Karim K, Turner APF, Piletsky SA, Berti F, Marrazza G, Todros S & Faglia G (2010) Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Conducting Monomer Showing Chimeric Polymerisation Behaviour: Versatile Applications in Defence and Aerospace Research. In: Polymers in Defence and Aerospace Applications, Hamburg, Germany, 1 January 2010.
  • Berti F, Todros S, Marrazza G, Faglia G, Piletsky SA, Lakshmi D, Chianella I, Whitcombe MJ & Turner APF (2009) Template synthesis of polyaniline nanostructures for sensing applications. In: Italian Chemical Society, Sorento, Italy, 1 January 2009.
  • Berti F, Todros S, Marrazza G, Faglia G, Piletsky SA, Lakshmi D, Chianella I, Whitcombe MJ & Turner APF (2009) Conductive polyaniline (PANI) nanostructures for sensing applications. In: Bio-sensing Technology Conference, Bristol, UK, 1 January 2009.

Books

  • Chianella I, Karras K, Lakshmi D, Whitcombe MJ & Marson S (2012) Conductive Polymers for Plastic Electronics. In: Molecularly Imprinted Sensors: Overview and Applications. Li SJ, Ge Y, Piletsky SA, Lunec J (ed.), Amsterdam: Elsevier, p. 275-301.
  • Berti F, Marrazza G, Mascini M, Todros S, Baratto C, Ferroni M, Faglia G, Lakshmi D, Chianella I, Whitcombe MJ, Piletsky S & Turner APF (2011) One-Dimensional Polyaniline Nanotubes for Enhanced Chemical and Biochemical Sensing. In: Sensors and Microsystems. Neri G, Donato N, d'Amico A, Di Natale C (ed.), Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York: Springer, p. 311-315.
  • Nicholls IA, Piletsky SA, Chen B, Chianella I & Turner APF (2005) Terhodynamic considerations and the use of molecular modelling as a tool for predicting MIP performance. In: Molecularly imprinted materials: Science and technology, Marcel Dekker, p. 363-394.