Research Interests: Design, development and applications of polymeric materials for biomedical, cosmetic and food applications. Renewable and sustainable polymers; Microbial polyesters; Marine polysaccharides; Antimicrobial polymeric nanostructures; Stimuli-responsive polymers and hydrogels. Nanoparticles and nanogels; Micro-nanostructured 3D polymeric scaffolds for regenerative medicine applications; 3D tumor models;