SPECIAL SESSION #3
Eco-sustainable sensing strategies in diagnostics
ORGANIZED BY
Rosina Celeste Ponterio
Rosina Celeste Ponterio
IPCF - National Research Council
Dario Giuffrida
Dario Giuffrida
IPCF - National Research Council
ABSTRACT
In the last decade, sustainability and eco-friendly practices have become central to scientific research across diverse fields, from environment to energy through economy and cultural heritage. Laboratories focusing on physics, chemistry, and materials science significantly impact resource consumption, necessitating a transition towards sustainable methodologies. This special session aims to highlight innovative approaches able to minimize environmental footprints in diagnostics. Particular attention will be given to renewable, recycled, and biodegradable materials, such as biomass-derived and biopolymer-based sensors, designed to reduce reliance on traditional and resource-intensive processes. Promoting interdisciplinary collaboration, this session seeks to present recent advancements, facilitate knowledge transfer, and encourage the adoption of circular economy principles within diagnostic practices. Finally, the goal is to support ongoing global efforts towards a more sustainable, resource-efficient, and environmentally conscious scientific research paradigm.
TOPICS
- Eco-sustainable and portable diagnostic methods
- Renewable and biodegradable materials for sensor
- Circular economy approaches in laboratory diagnostics
- Utilization of secondary raw materials in chemical detection
- Recycling and reuse practices in scientific research
- Green chemistry techniques for diagnostics
- Eco-friendly materials and their integration into analytical instrumentation
ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
Rosina Celeste Ponterio, National Research Council,Physicist and researcher at the CNR-IPCF. The research of Dr. Ponterio focuses on the various application vibrational spectroscopy, in particular Raman spectroscopy (SERS, Raman, Ft-Raman) and most in general on laser-based techniques in the field of materials science, archaeometry and design of sustainable methods in cultural heritage. She is co-author of over 120 publications in peer review international journals and P.I. in several national and international multidisciplinary research projects.
Dario Giuffrida, National Research Council , PhD in Historical, Archaeological and Philological Sciences and postgraduate Specialization in Archaeology. Currently Junior researcher at National Research Council - IPCF Messina for MUR-PNRR project “Sicilian Micro and Nano Technology Research and Innovation Center -SAMOTHRACE”. Co-author of about 30 publications. Research interests: archaeometry, Raman spectroscopy and SERS applications in CH materials, GIS, 3D laser scanning and photogrammetry, multispectral imaging, digital archaeology.
