Nome e cognome Andrea Danani

Funzione Dipartimento tecnologie innovative, Professore

Email andrea.danani@supsi.ch

Website http://www.dti.supsi.ch/~danani

Ufficio Polo universitario Lugano, Campus Est, Viganello
Polo universitario Lugano, Campus Est, Via la Santa 1, 6962 Lugano-Viganello

Telefono interno +41586666568

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Dati anagrafici Andrea Danani è nato a Losanna il 16 dicembre 1962. Possiede la doppia nazionalità svizzera e italiana. Attinenza: Lugano (CH)

Formazione Ottiene il diploma in fisica al Politecnico di Zurigo nel 1987 con una tesi sul decadimento del Bosone Z0 in 4 fermioni con il Prof. Zoltan Kunszt. In seguito, frequenta gli studi di dottorato presso la Scuola Internazionale di Studi Superiori Avanzati (SISSA) di Trieste dove consegue il PhD in fisica teorica nel 1992 con una tesi su modelli per la supercondutività a alte temperature con il Prof. Mario Rasetti. I periodi di postdottorato si sono svolti presso i dipartimenti di fisica del Politecnico di Torino e delle Università di Milano e Genova.

Esperienze professionali Ha lavorato presso il CSCS di Manno in qualità di ricercatore. Dopo 4 anni di insegnamento in fisica al Liceo di Mendrisio, entra in SUPSI nel 2001 e diventa professore nel 2006. Ha acquisito e diretto svariati progetti di ricerca soprattutto nella simulazione numerica di nanocompositi e di sistemi di rilascio di farmaci. Dal 2010 al 2012 è stato responsabile della ricerca al Laboratorio di Fisica e Matematica applicata nell'Ingegneria al DTI. Dal 2005, insegna al Master Alari all'USI di Lugano. Dal 2015 è Professore presso l'IDSIA, dove coordina il Laboratorio di Biofisica Computazionale.

Competenze Modelli quantistici di sistemi superconduttori. Modelli di diffusione su metalli. Modellistica e simulazione numerica di nanocompositi e di sistemi di Drug Delivery. Virtual Screening e Drug Design.

Riconoscimenti Committee Member (MC) per la Svizzera nelle azioni COST europee: TD0802, TD1003 e TP1202 (Hybrid Interfaces) ed è tuttora MC nella azioni COST in corso MP1404 e CA15135.

Articolo di un giornale scientifico 50 Elementi

Astachov, V., Garzoni, M., Danani, A., Choy, K.-L., Pavan, G.& Fahmi, A. (2016) In situ functionalization of self-assembled dendrimer nanofibers with cadmium sulfide quantum dots through simple ionic-substitution. New Journal of Chemistry, vol. 40 (7). » in dettaglio Deriu, M., Grasso, G., Licandro, G., Danani, A., Gallo, D., Tuszynski, J.& Morbiducci, U. (2014) Investigation of the Josephin Domain Protein-Protein Interaction by Molecular Dynamics. PLoS ONE, vol. 9 (9) pp.108677-108677. » in dettaglio Tseng, C.-Y., Gajewski, M., Danani, A.& Tuszynski, J. (2014) Homology and Molecular Dynamics Models of Toll-Like Receptor 7 Protein and Its Dimerization. Chemical Biology & Drug Design, vol. 83 (6) pp.656-665. » in dettaglio Furlan, S., La Penna, G., Appelhans, D., Cangiotti, M., Ottaviani, M.& Danani, A. (2014) Combined EPR and Molecular Modeling Study of PPI Dendrimers Interacting with Copper Ions: Effect of Generation and Maltose Decoration. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 118 (42) pp.12098-12111. » in dettaglio Kasimova, A., Pavan, G., Danani, A., Mondon, K., Cristiani, A., Scapozza, L., Gurny, R.& Möller, M. (2013) Validation of a Novel Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach for Lipophilic Drug Incorporation into Polymer Micelles. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry, vol. 67 (1) pp.87-87. » in dettaglio Pokornỳ, J., Foletti, A., Kobilková, J., Jandová, A., Vrba, J., Vrba, J., Nedbalová, M., Čoček, A., Danani, A.& Tuszyński, J. (2013) Biophysical insights into cancer transformation and treatment. The Scientific World Journal, vol. 2013. » in dettaglio Pavan, G., Monteagudo, S., Guerra, J., Carrion, B., Ocana, V., Rodriguez-Lopez, J., Danani, A., C Perez-Martinez, F.& Cena, V. (2012) Role of generation, architecture, pH and ionic strength on successful siRNA delivery and transfection by hybrid PPV-PAMAM dendrimers. Current Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 19 (29) pp.4929-4941. » in dettaglio Merkel, O., Zheng, M., Mintzer, M., Pavan, G., Librizzi, D., Maly, M., Höffken, H., Danani, A., Simanek, E.& Kissel, T. (2012) Molecular modeling and in vivo imaging can identify successful hyperflexible triazine dendrimer-based siRNA delivery systems. BIODEGRADABLE MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOCARRIERS FOR pDNA and siRNA DELIVERY pp.97-97. » in dettaglio Garzoni, M., Cheval, N., Fahmi, A., Danani, A.& Pavan, G. (2012) Ion-Selective Controlled Assembly of Dendrimer-Based Functional Nanofibers and Their Ionic-Competitive Disassembly. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 134 (7) pp.3349-3357. » in dettaglio Popescu, L., Piticescu, R., Doni, G.& Danani, A. (2012) Interfacial interactions of Fe 3+ with PAMAM dendrimer in different pressure conditions. Molecular dynamics. Revue Roumaine de Chimie, vol. 57 (1) pp.35-38. » in dettaglio Kasimova, A., Pavan, G., Danani, A., Mondon, K., Cristiani, A., Scapozza, L., Gurny, R.& Moeller, M. (2012) Validation of a Novel Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach for Lipophilic Drug Incorporation into Polymer Micelles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 116 (14) pp.4338-4345. » in dettaglio Ottaviani, M., Pregnolato, M., Cangiotti, M., Fiorani, L., Fattori, A.& Danani, A. (2012) Spin probe analysis of microtubules structure and formation. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, vol. 522 (1) pp.1-8. » in dettaglio Maly, J., Pedziwiatr-Werbicka, E., Maly, M., Semeradtova, A., Appelhans, D., Danani, A., Zaborski, M., Klajnert, B.& Bryszewska, M. (2012) Highly organized self-assembled dendriplexes based on poly (propylene imine) glycodendrimer and anti-HIV oligodeoxynucleotides. Current Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 19 (27) pp.4708-4719. » in dettaglio Pavan, G.& Danani, A. (2012) Dendrimers and dendrons for siRNA binding: computational insights. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, vol. 22 (1) pp.83-89. » in dettaglio Zheng, M., Pavan, G., Neeb, M., Schaper, A., Danani, A., Klebe, G., Merkel, O.& Kissel, T. (2012) Targeting the blind spot of polycationic nanocarrier-based siRNA delivery. ACS nano, vol. 6 (11) pp.9447-9454. » in dettaglio Jensen, L., Pavan, G., Kasimova, M., Rutherford, S., Danani, A., Nielsen, H.& Foged, C. (2011) Elucidating the molecular mechanism of PAMAM--siRNA dendriplex self-assembly: Effect of dendrimer charge density. International journal of pharmaceutics, vol. 416 (2) pp.410-418. » in dettaglio Popescu, L., Piticescu, R., Rusti, C., Maly, M., Danani, A., Kintzios, S.& Grinan, M. (2011) Preparation and characterization of new hybrid nanostructured thin films for biosensors design. Materials Letters, vol. 65 (13) pp.2032-2035. » in dettaglio Pavan, G.& Danani, A. (2011) Supporting the Design of Efficient Dendritic DNA and siRNA Nano-Carriers with Molecular Modeling. Current Drug Discovery Technologies, vol. 8 (4) pp.314-328. » in dettaglio Merkel, O., Zheng, M., Mintzer, M., Pavan, G., Librizzi, D., Maly, M., Höffken, H., Danani, A., Simanek, E.& Kissel, T. (2011) Molecular modeling and in vivo imaging can identify successful flexible triazine dendrimer-based siRNA delivery systems. Journal of Controlled Release, vol. 153 (1) pp.23-33. » in dettaglio Pavan, G., Kostiainen, M.& Danani, A. (2011) Protein--dendron conjugates for DNA binding: understanding the effect of the protein core on multivalency. RSC Advances, vol. 1 (9) pp.1677-1681. » in dettaglio Shema-Mizrachi, M., Pavan, G., Levin, E., Danani, A.& Lemcoff, N. (2011) Catalytic chameleon dendrimers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 133 (36) pp.14359-14367. » in dettaglio Pavan, G., Albertazzi, L.& Danani, A. (2010) Ability to adapt: different generations of PAMAM dendrimers show different behaviors in binding siRNA. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 114 (8) pp.2667-2675. » in dettaglio Pavan, G., Kostiainen, M.& Danani, A. (2010) Computational Approach for Understanding the Interactions of UV-Degradable Dendrons with DNA and siRNA. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 114 (17) pp.5686-5693. » in dettaglio Ambrosetti, G., Grimaldi, C., Balberg, I., Maeder, T., Danani, A.& Ryser, P. (2010) Solution of the tunneling-percolation problem in the nanocomposite regime. Physical Review B, vol. 81 (15) pp.155434-155434. » in dettaglio Pavan, G., Mintzer, M., Simanek, E., Merkel, O., Kissel, T.& Danani, A. (2010) Computational insights into the interactions between DNA and siRNA with rigid and flexible triazine dendrimers. Biomacromolecules, vol. 11 (3) pp.721-730. » in dettaglio Pavan, G.& Danani, A. (2010) influence of dendron's architecture on the “rigid” and “flexible” behaviour in binding DNA—a modelling study, The. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 12 (42) pp.13914-13917. » in dettaglio Doni, G., Kostiainen, M., Danani, A.& Pavan, G. (2010) Generation-Dependent Molecular Recognition Controls Self-Assembly in Supramolecular Dendron- Virus Complexes. Nano letters, vol. 11 (2) pp.723-728. » in dettaglio Pavan, G., Mintzer, M., Simanek, E., Merkel, O., Kissel, T.& Danani, A. (2010) Computational insights into the interactions between DNA and siRNA with “rigid” and “flexible” triazine dendrimers. Biomacromolecules, vol. 11 (3) pp.721-730. » in dettaglio Pavan, G.& Danani, A. (2010) influence of dendron's architecture on the rigid and flexible behaviour in binding DNA—a modelling study, The. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 12 (42) pp.13914-13917. » in dettaglio Jones, S., Pavan, G., Danani, A., Pricl, S.& Smith, D. (2010) Quantifying the effect of surface ligands on dendron--DNA interactions: insights into multivalency through a combined experimental and theoretical approach. Chemistry-A European Journal, vol. 16 (15) pp.4519-4532. » in dettaglio Pavan, G., Posocco, P., Tagliabue, A., Maly, M., Malek, A., Danani, A., Ragg, E., Catapano, C.& Pricl, S. (2010) PAMAM dendrimers for siRNA delivery: computational and experimental insights. Chemistry-A European Journal, vol. 16 (26) pp.7781-7795. » in dettaglio Pavan, G., Danani, A., Pricl, S.& Smith, D. (2009) Modeling the multivalent recognition between dendritic molecules and DNA: understanding how ligand “sacrifice” and screening can enhance binding. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 131 (28) pp.9686-9694. » in dettaglio Ambrosetti, G., Johner, N., Grimaldi, C., Maeder, T., Ryser, P.& Danani, A. (2009) Electron tunneling in conductor-insulator composites with spherical fillers. Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 106 (1) pp.16103-16103. » in dettaglio Pavan, G., Danani, A., Pricl, S.& Smith, D. (2009) Modeling the multivalent recognition between dendritic molecules and DNA: understanding how ligand sacrifice and screening can enhance binding. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 131 (28) pp.9686-9694. » in dettaglio Ambrosetti, G., Johner, N., Grimaldi, C., Danani, A.& Ryser, P. (2008) Percolative properties of hard oblate ellipsoids of revolution with a soft shell. Physical Review E, vol. 78 (6) pp.61126-61126. » in dettaglio Posocco, P., Pavan, G., Scocchi, G., Handgraaf, J.-W., Malek, A., Maly, M., Fermeglia, M., Fraaije, J., Catapano, C.& Danani, A. (2008) Base invaders. Coupling experiments and multiscale modeling of dendrimer-based siRNA delivery agents. Advances in Science and Technology, vol. 57 pp.154-159. » in dettaglio Malek, A., Posocco, P., Pavan, G., Fermeglia, M., Scocchi, G., Maly, M., Danani, A., Catapano, C.& Pricl, S. (2008) Experimental and computational simulation studies of co-polymeric nanocarriers for delivery of small interfering RNA therapeutics. The Second Saint-Petersburg pp.96-96. » in dettaglio Tommei, G., Baletto, F., Ferrando, R., Spadacini, R.& Danani, A. (2004) Surface physics, low-dimensional systems, and related topics-Energetics of fcc and decahedral nanowires of Ag, Cu, Ni, and C60: A quenched molecular dynamics study. Physical Review B, vol. 69 (11) pp.115426-115426. » in dettaglio Tommei, G., Baletto, F., Ferrando, R., Spadacini, R.& Danani, A. (2004) Energetics of fcc and decahedral nanowires of Ag, Cu, Ni, and C 60: a quenched molecular dynamics study. Physical Review B, vol. 69 (11) pp.115426-115426. » in dettaglio Danani, A., Ferrando, R., Scalas, E.& Torri, M. (1998) Collective surface diffusion on triangular and square interacting lattice gases. Surface science, vol. 409 (1) pp.117-129. » in dettaglio Danani, A., Ferrando, R., Scalas, E.& Torri, M. (1998) Collective surface diffusion on a triangular lattice in presence of ordered phases. Surface science, vol. 402 pp.281-285. » in dettaglio Danani, A., Ferrando, R., Scalas, E.& Torri, M. (1997) Lattice-gas theory of collective diffusion in adsorbed layers. International Journal of Modern Physics B, vol. 11 (19) pp.2217-2279. » in dettaglio Danani, A., Ferrando, R., Scalas, E.& Torri, M. (1996) Multi-site correlation functions in two-dimensional lattice gases. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, vol. 223 (1) pp.149-166. » in dettaglio Danani, A.& Zanardi, P. (1995) Auxiliary Fermion Linearized t-J Model. Modern Physics Letters B, vol. 9 (30) pp.1873-1886. » in dettaglio Danani, A., Ferrando, R., Scalas, E., Torri, M.& Brivio, G. (1995) Lattice-gas model of diffusion of NH 3 on Re (0001). Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 236 (6) pp.533-537. » in dettaglio Danani, A.& Pelizzola, A. (1993) Cluster Variation Approach to the Antiferromagnetic Transition of the tJ Model. Modern Physics Letters B, vol. 7 (27) pp.1761-1771. » in dettaglio Danani, A., Montorsi, A.& Rasetti, M. (1992) Thermodynamics of the Fermi-linearized Extended Hubbard Model. International Journal of Modern Physics B, vol. 6 (22) pp.3529-3541. » in dettaglio Danani, A.& Rasetti, M. (1992) Dynamical symmetry of a dimer clifford mean-field extended Falicov-Kimball model. Modern Physics Letters B, vol. 6 (25) pp.1583-1592. » in dettaglio Danani, A.& Pelizzola, A. (1992) Cluster Variation Approach to the Antiferromagnetic Transition of the t-J Model. Modern Physics Letters B, vol. 7 (27) pp.1583-1583. » in dettaglio Danani, A., Montorsi, A.& Rasetti, M. (1992) Pairing in the extended Hubbard Model: dimer fermi-linearized approach. Probabilistic methods in Mathematical Physics. » in dettaglio

Articolo di un giornale/rivista 1 Elemento

Ambrosetti, G., Grimaldi, C., Maeder, T., Danani, A.& Ryser, P. (2009) Filler dependencies of electrical conductivity in nanotube and nanofiber composites. arXiv:0909.3438. » in dettaglio

Articolo in documento di una conferenza 1 Elemento

Pricl, S., Posocco, P., Pavan, G., Fermeglia, M., Scocchi, G., Danani, A., Malek, A., Napoli, S.& Catapano, C. (2008) Designing nanovectors for siRNA delivery: coupled experimental/modeling investigations., pp.173-173. Elsevier. » in dettaglio

Capitolo di un libro 4 Elementi

Pérez-Martinez, A., Ocana, V., Pavan, G., Danani, A.& Cena, V. 2013. Dendrimers as Vectors for Small Interfering RNA Transfection in the Nervous System. In Dendrimers in biomedical Applications, pp.134-147. Editor(s): B. Klajnert, L. Peng, V. Cena,. » in dettaglio Fahmi, A., Appelhans, D., Danani, A., Pavan, G.& Voit, B. 2013. Dendrimer-Based Hybrid Fibers as Potential Platform for 1D-objects in Nanotechnology. In Dendrimers in biomedical Applications, pp.14-29. Editor(s): B. Klajnert, L. Peng, V. Cena,. » in dettaglio Danani, A., Rasetti, M.& Solomon, A. 1994. Dynamical symmetries and supersymmetries for linearized many-electron systems: a review. In Symmetries in Physics,. B.Gruber, editor; Plenum Press, World Scientific. » in dettaglio Danani, A.& Rasetti, M. 1993. Dynamical Algebras and Superalgebras for Interacting Itinerant Many-Electron Systems. In Symmetries in Science VII, pp.151-177. Springer. » in dettaglio

Tesi 1 Elemento

Danani, A. (1992) Fermionic Linearization for Systems of Itinerant Interacting Electrons. SISSA-ISAS, Trieste. » in dettaglio

Progetti di cui è responsabile

Annual Meeting of Cost Action Innogly CA18103 - Conference about "Innovation with glycans" » in dettaglio From medicinal plant to mechanism: Target deconvolution of phytochemicals for Trypanosoma cruzi » in dettaglio Computational Modelling to Characterize and optimize dendrimer based nanocarriers for SiRNA » in dettaglio Sistema di energia elettrica monofilo a piccola sezione » in dettaglio PPI/PEI dendrimers immobilised iron oxide nanoparticles as contrast agents for cancer detection » in dettaglio ChAracterization and optimazion of selective safe Modulators of the innate immune system for teatmen » in dettaglio Analisi di apparecchio GDV come tool biometrico e per analisi comparativa di sistemi acquosi » in dettaglio Molecular modelling of dendrimers-polypeptide fibril interactions for neurodegenerative diseases therapies » in dettaglio Open Microscopy Environment Integrated Analysis » in dettaglio Multiscale computational study of linear and hyperbranched polymers for biomedical applications » in dettaglio Drug Delivery Optimisation for Dry Powder Inhalers using tailored lactose Carrier » in dettaglio Dendrons as nano-carriers for delivery of genetic molecules: molecular modelling supporting experime » in dettaglio Carbon Nanotube Based Composites Materials » in dettaglio Miglioramento della conduttività elettrica in nanocomposti polimero-grafite. » in dettaglio PerformAnce improvement of POLYmer based prototypes by NAnofIllers REinforcement » in dettaglio Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Carbon Fullerenes and Nanotubes and their Composites - New Team » in dettaglio