Nicola D'Antona

He graduated in Chemistry (Organic-Biologic specialization) at the University of Catania in 1997. Since 1997 to 2007 he has worked as postdoc at the ISSN-CNR, lately known as ICB-CNR. In 2004 he was Visiting Researcher at the “Institut für Bioverfahrenstechnik” – University of Stuttgart, Germany – in the group of Prof. C. Syldatk. Since 2008 he is researcher at Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ICB-CNR), and since 2017 he is Head of Catania branch of ICB-CNR.

His scientific activity has been according to some macro topics characterized by an high grade of multidisciplinarity and more specifically focused on:

• Chemistry of natural compounds.

• Enzymatic biocatalysis and organometallic catalysis.

• Organic “green” synthesis.

• Valorization of biomasses.

1. Di Mauro M.D.; Fava G.; Spampinato M.; Aleo D.; Melilli B.; Saita M.G.; Centonze G.; Maggiore R.; D’Antona N. Polyphenolic Fraction from Olive Mill Wastewater: Scale-Up and in Vitro Studies for Ophthalmic Nutraceutical Applications. Antioxidants (2019), 8(10), 462; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8100462.

2. Colombo, A.; Schievano, A.; Trasatti, S.P.; Morrone, R.; D’Antona, N.; Cristiani, P. “Signal trends of microbial fuel cells fed with different food-industry residues.” Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 2017, 42, 1841-1852.

3. D’Antona, N.; Morrone, R.; Gambera, G.; Pedotti, S. “Enantiorecognition of planar “metallocenic” chirality by a nitrile hydratase/amidase bienzymatic system.” Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 4393-4399.

4. D’Antona, N.; Morrone, R.; Nicolosi, G.; Pedotti, S. Novel enzymatic recognition of the ferrocene framework: nitrile hydratase/amidase catalyzed cascade biotransformations. RSC Adv (2013), 3, 11456-11458.

5. Morrone, R.; D’Antona, N.; Biondi, D.; Lambusta, D.; Nicolosi, G. “Preparation of n3-PUFAs ethyl esters by an efficient biocatalyzed solvent-free process.” Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic 2012, 84, 173-176.