Prof.ssa Marcella Trombetta

A Full Professor since 2006, since November 1, 2025, she has been the Rector's Delegate for the Development of Relations with Companies. From November 1, 2022, to October 31, 2025, she was Dean of the Departmental Faculty of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Development and One Health. She was formerly Vice Dean of the Departmental Faculty of Engineering, where she also served as Research Coordinator and Chair of the Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering for Sustainable Development. She is Head of the IMAGE - Advanced Technologies for Innovative Materials and Organ Models Research Unit.

He is a member of REPRISE, the MUR's digital register of independent scientific experts for the scientific evaluation of Italian research.

He is the contact person for the National Commission for the Forecasting and Prevention of Major Risks of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers for the sector of chemical, technological, industrial, and transport risks. He is an expert on the Interministerial Commission of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security and the Ministry for Institutional Reform and Regulatory Simplification for the reorganization and codification of current environmental regulations. He is a member of the Technical-Scientific Committee of the "One Health" Parliamentary Intergroup of the Chamber of Deputies.

He is the Scientific Coordinator of the II level Master's Degree in "Homeland Security: systems, methods and tools for security and crisis management", Scientific Director of the Advanced Training Course in "Product and Sales Specialist in Laboratory Diagnostics", Scientific Director of the Advanced Training Course in "Healthcare Professional for the Antiblastic Drugs Unit" and Scientific Coordinator of the Advanced Training Course "Safety in industrial plants: the Seveso Directive and the risks emerging from the energy transition" established together with ISPRA and INAIL.

Full Professor since 2006. As of 1 November 2025, she serves as Rector's Delegate for the Development of Relations with Industry. From 1 November 2022 to 31 October 2025, she served as Dean of the Department of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Development and One Health.

She previously served as Vice-Dean of the Department of Engineering, where she was also Research Coordinator and Chair of the master's degree Program in Chemical Engineering for Sustainable Development.

She is Head of the IMAGE Research Unit – Advanced Technologies for Innovative Materials and Organ Models.

She is a member of REPRISE, the digital register of independent scientific experts of the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) for the scientific evaluation of Italian research.

She is the national representative for the National Commission for Forecasting and Prevention of Major Risks of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in the field of chemical, technological, industrial, and transport risks. She is an expert member of the Interministerial Commission of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security and the Ministry for Institutional Reforms and Regulatory Simplification for the reorganization and codification of current environmental legislation. She is also a member of the Technical–Scientific Committee of the Parliamentary Intergroup “One Health” of the Chamber of Deputies.

She is Scientific Coordinator of the Second-Level Master's Program in “Homeland Security: Systems, Methods and Tools for Security and Crisis Management”, Scientific Director of the Advanced Training Course in “Product and Sales Specialist in Laboratory Diagnostics”, Scientific Director of the Advanced Training Course in “Healthcare Professional for Antiblastic Drug Units”, and Scientific Coordinator of the Advanced Training Course “Safety in Industrial Plants: the Seveso Directive and Emerging Risks from the Energy Transition”, established in collaboration with ISPRA and INAIL.

1) Condò, I., Pizziconi, B., Cimini, S., Trombetta, M., De Gara, L., Schena, E., Giannitelli, S.M., Lo Presti, D. “An Innovative Self-Adhesive Wearable Sensor Based on Fiber Bragg Grating Technology for Plant Growth Monitoring” (2025). IEEE Sens. J., 25(2):2705-2713, doi:10.1109/JSEN.2024.3503361

2) De Luca, E., Coricciati, C., Trombetta, M., Gigli, G., Mozetic, P., Rainer, A. “Optical nanoscopy for elucidating nano–bio interactions: a one health perspective” (2025). Adv. Optical Mater., 13:2401397, doi: 10.1002/adom.202401397

3) Facchino, M., Pietrelli, L., Menegoni, P., Capocelli, M., Limiti, E., Trombetta, M., Basoli, F., De Falco, M. “Greener microplastics removal: progressive replacement of iron-based coagulants with sodium alginate and chitosan to enhance sustainability” (2025). ChemPlusChem, 90(5):e202400736, doi: 10.1002/cplu.202400736

4) Lemma, E., Ranieri, V., Corricciati, C., Bucciarelli, A., Fontana, D., Mozetic, P., Trombetta, M., Giglio, G., Rainer, A. “Microextrusion-based 3D printing for the free-shape deposition of functional cellulose-based electronic materials” (2025). Cellulose, 32(5):3231-3243 doi: 10.1007/s10570-025-06427-9

5) Zompanti, A., Basoli, F., Saggio, G., Mattioli, F., Sabatini, A., Grasso, S., Marino, M., Longo, UG, Trombetta, M., Santonico, M. “Design, Calibration and Morphological Characterization of a Flexible Sensor with Adjustable Chemical Sensitivity and Possible Applications to Sports Medicine” (2024). Sensors. 24(19): 6182, doi: 10.3390/s24196182

6) Han, Adv. 163:213956, doi: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2024.213956

7) Brandi, C., De Ninno, A., Ruggiero, F., Limiti, E., Abbruzzese, F., Trombetta, M., Rainer, A., Bisegna, P., Caselli, F. “On the compatibility of single-cell microcarriers (nanovials) with microfluidic impedance cytometry” (2024), Lab Chip. 24(11): 2883-2892, doi: 10.1039/d4lc00002a

8) Giannitelli, SM, Peluzzi, V., Raniolo, S., Roscilli, G., Trombetta, M., Mozetic, P., Rainer, A. “On-chip recapitulation of the tumor microenvironment: A decade of progress” (2024) Biomaterials. 306: 122482, doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2024.122482

9) Torre, M., Giannitelli, SM, Mauri, E., Gori, M., Bucciarelli, A., Mozetic, P., Gigli, G., Trombetta, M., Rainer, A. “Printability assessment workflow of a thermosensitive photocurable biomaterial ink for microextrusion bioprinting” (2023). Bioprinting. 30: e00262, doi: 10.1016/j.bprint.2023.e00262

10) Giannitelli, S. M., Limiti, E., Mozetic, P., Pinelli, F., Han, X., Abbruzzese, F., Basoli, F., Del Rio, D., Scialla, S., Rossi, F., Trombetta, M., Rosanò, L., Gigli, G., Zhang, Z. J., Mauri, E., Rainer, A. “Droplet-based microfluidic synthesis of nanogels for controlled drug delivery: tailoring nanomaterial properties via pneumatically actuated flow-focusing junction” (2022). Nanoscale. 14(31): 11415–11428, doi: 10.1039/d2nr00827k