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Dr Niccolò Silvestri completed his PhD in Nanochemistry from the University of Genova in 2019 working in Dr Teresa Pellegrino's group at IIT, with 7+ years of experience in the field of nanotechnology for biomedicine. He is currently managing the technology transfer of the project HyperCube as a Technologist. He also received a Master's degree in Bioengineering, curricula rehabilitation and biomaterials, from the University of Genova and a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from the same university.

All Publications
2025
Nucci G.E.P., Vitale C., Di Girolamo A., Silvestri N., Persano S., Gjurgjaj L., Castriconi R., Bottino C., Pellegrino T.
Boosting Nanoparticle Uptake with Mild Magnetic Hyperthermia on Immune Cells for Cell Imaging and Cancer Therapy
Gordon Research Conference - Nanoscale Discoveries to Transform Clinical Outcomes
Poster Conference
2025
Mandriota G., Avugadda S.K., Sadeghi E., Silvestri N., Marotta R., Gavilan H., Olsson U., Giannini C., Tsai Y.H., Samia A.C.S., Pellegrino T.
Magnetic nanosheets: from iron oxide nanocubes to polydopamine embedded 2D clusters and their multi-purpose properties
Nanoscale Horizons
Article Journal
2025
Tiryaki E., Mekseriwattana W., Silvestri N., Barman J., Jarmouni N., Pellegrino T.
Microwave-Assisted Engineering of Iron Oxide Nanocubes: A Fast Route to Enhanced Magnetic Hyperthermia Agents
8th International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials
Poster Conference
2024
Gjurgjaj L., Silvestri N., Hysa E., Pellegrino T.
AU OPC Interface
Zenodo
Article Journal
2024
Di Girolamo A., Soni N., Mekseriwattana W., Silvestri N., Avellini T., De Mei C., Ivanov I., Divitini G., Pellegrino T.
Facile Synthesis of fluorescent copper nanoclusters (CuNCs) and 64-copper nanoclusters (64CuNCs) for cellular imaging and radiotheranostic applications
PhD Day Unige
Poster Conference
Awards and Achievements
2025
Silvestri N.
Training School on MPI
2024
Silvestri N.
Advanced Training on MPI imaging
2023
Sojkova T., Rizzo G. M. R., Di Girolamo A., Avugadda S. K., Soni N., Milbrandt N. B., Hu T. H., Kubena I., Sojka M., Silvestri N., Samia A. C., Groger R., Pellegrino T.
Back Cover page for the Chemistry of Materials article published by my group with title 'Core–Shell FeO/Fe3O4 to Magnetite Nanocubes: Enhancing Magnetic Hyperthermia and Imaging Performance by Thermal Annealing'
2020
Avugadda S K., Silvestri N., Gavilán H.
B4i Bocconi Pre-Acceleration program
2019
Silvestri N., Gavilan H., Pellegrino T.
Special award "Marco Paganuzzi" for my team’s business idea