Dr. Michele Baglioni

Michele Baglioni received his Master Degree in Science for Cultural Heritage at the Univerrsity of Florence (Italy) in 2007 and his Ph.D. in Science for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2011. He is currently a research fellow at the University of Florence (Department of Chemistry and CSGI). His research activity up to present has mainly been devoted to the development and characterization of soft-matter systems, i.e., micelles, microemulsions, and gels, for the conservation of Cultural Heritage. His studies were focused both on the formulation of effective nanostructured cleaning systems and innovative high-retention hydrogels, and on the investigation of their cleaning properties, from both a physico-chemical and an applicative standpoint. He worked in the frame of the FP7 and H2020 EU-funded projects Nanoforart and Nanorestart, with the aim of developing environmentally-friendly novel cleaning systems based on self-degrading surfactants and non-toxic solvents.