Institution/Organization: University of Buenos Aires

Email Address:gcopello@ffyb.uba.ar

Committee(s): Collaborator

G. Copello is an Adjunct Professor at Departament de Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires and an Independent Researcher the of CONICET at the Grupo de Investigación en Nanotecnología, Polímeros y Sustentabilidad (GINaPS) from the Instituto de Química y Metabolismo del Fármaco (IQUIMEFA-CONICET). He earned his PhD degree at Universidad de Buenos Aires. His research focuses in the development of natural polymer based materials with the aim of replacing fossil based polymers. His recent projects involves the obtaining of natural polymer derivatives and nanocomposite materials for their application in several fields such as medicine, environment and biotechnology. He has published 56 peer reviewed journal articles, 10 book chapters and 2 patents in his field. His and his group work embraces from basic to the technological field and has awarded with several recognitions for their innovative developments.