Isabella Nicotera is associate professor at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies of University of Calabria and she is responsible of the research laboratory PCAM-Lab (Physical Chemistry and Applied Materials Laboratory).

She graduated (Laurea Summa cum Laude) in Chemistry at the University of Calabria in 1998, and obtained her PhD in Chemical Science in 2002.

Her academic positions include: PhD Research Fellowship at the Centre for Materials Research, School of Physics, University of Kent, Canterbury (UK) in 2000; Postdoctoral Research Associate position at the University of Calabria (2003-2007); Postdoctoral Research Associate at the City University of New York (CUNY), NY, USA (2005-2006); Researcher (Physical Chemistry) at the University of Calabria from 2008 to 2016, and Associate Professor since 2017.

She has been teaching for various courses since 2004 and supervised for numerous Bachelor’s and Master’s thesis in Chemistry and Materials Science and PhD students.

Prof. Nicotera has held various institutional responsibilities for the CTC Department, including: Department Executive Member (2016-17), Member of the Research Commission (since 2018), Delegate for Public Engagement and Third Mission and PQA (University Quality Presidium) Member for the Department since 2021.

The main research topic concerns the Energetics sector, specifically materials for electrochemical conversion and storage devices, with particular reference to hydrogen and lithium (fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries). The scientific knowledge focuses on the synthesis and evaluation of new materials aimed at the development of polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cells and for solid state batteries. Another topic is related to nanostructured materials and composite membranes in applications of CO2 storage and gas separation.

The advanced techniques of the PCAM-lab allow chemical-physical, rheological, electrochemical characterization, and finally molecular dynamics studies in condensed matter by Multinuclear NMR spectroscopy (diffusivity, relaxometry, micro-Imaging and solid-state MAS NMR).