CARLA CANNAS
Full Professor of Physical Chemistry (CHIM/02)

She graduated in Chemistry (final grade 110/110 magna cum laude) in 1996 from the University of Cagliari, with a thesis titled Synthesis and characterization of Ni–SiO2 nanocomposites

From 1997 to 1999, she held a two-year research contract funded by INCM (now INSTM) for the project Synthesis and characterization of MeO/SiO2 nanocomposites carried out at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Cagliari.

From 1999 to 2002, she was awarded a MIUR research fellowship on Synthesis and characterization of nanocomposite materials and in 2000 she began her PhD program (18th cycle) in Chemical Sciences.

In 2002, she was appointed as a Researcher in the scientific-disciplinary sector CHIM/03 – General and Inorganic Chemistry – at the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences of the University of Cagliari.

She earned her PhD in February 2003, defending a thesis entitled "Structural and Magnetic Characterization of Fe2O3–SiO2," under the supervision of Professor Giorgio Piccaluga.

In 2014, she was appointed Associate Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry (CHIM/03) at the University of Cagliari.
In 2022, she became Full Professor of Physical Chemistry (CHIM/02) at the University of Cagliari.

Her scientific research is focused on inorganic and hybrid materials chemistry, with particular attention to chemical synthesis and the relationships between structural, compositional, and morphological properties, and physical properties (magnetic and optical), or reactivity (catalytic and sorbent properties for the removal of toxic species in gas phase or in solution) of nanosystems.
The development of new materials also includes the valorization of industrial waste.

Within the broader context of chemical nanotechnology, she has over twenty years of experience in the bottom-up chemical synthesis of oxide-based inorganic nanocomposites and in their physico-chemical characterization using a multi-technique approach.

Her scientific activity is documented by: 145 publications in JCR-indexed journals (ISI-ranked), 1 US patent, 2 book chapters, 1 critical review.

She has an h-index of 43 and approximately 6,000 citations on Scopus.

Since 2021 she has been Coordinator of the PhD Program in Chemical Sciences and Technologies

Since 2015 she has been Scientific Coordinator of the AUSI Consortium, Scientific Director of CREATE (Research Center for Energy, Environment, and Territory), Member of the Scientific Committee of the CESA Project (Center of Excellence for Environmental Sustainability)

She has taught or coordinated modules in General Chemistry, General Chemistry Laboratory, Materials Chemistry Laboratory, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Solid State Physical Chemistry (with exercises), Nanomaterials, Chemistry of Cultural Heritage

These have been part of degree programs in Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Sciences, and Industrial Biotechnology.

She has also delivered numerous courses and lectures in first- and second-level Master’s programs, specialized schools, post-graduate courses, and doctoral programs.

She serves as a peer reviewer for several scientific journals, including: Chemistry of Materials (ACS), ACS Nano (ACS), Nanoscale (RSC), Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Elsevier), Journal of Physical Chemistry (ACS), Journal of Chemical Physics (AIP), Nanotechnology (IOP), Journal of Nanoparticle Research (Springer), PCCP (RSC), Journal of Materials Chemistry (RSC), Langmuir (ACS) and others.