Anna Angela Barba

annaangela150Associate Professor SSD ING-IND 25 (DIFARMA)

telephone  +39.089.969240

mail  aabarba@unisa.it

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Academic Curriculum

Dr. Anna Angela Barba got her Laurea in Chemical Engineering, summa cum laude, in May 1997, then she gained the Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering in 2002. Starting from 1999 she had a CNR fellowship (one year), a post-doctoral grant (2002-2004) and worked at some research projects as external consultant at the Department of Chemical and Food Engineering, faculty of Engineering, University of Salerno.
In February 2005 she obtained a position as assistant professor in Chemical Plants at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, which she joined in October 2005.
She had, since a.y. 2005/2006, the cathedra of Pharmaceutical Industrial Plants. She also had and has didactic activity in post-degree corse. She is a member of the faculty board of the doctorate of research in Chemical Engineering.
The research activities of dr. Barba, developed mainly at the University of Salerno, are developed in the field of power applications of electromagnetic field to the development of innovative methodologies and equipments for microwave assisted heating. From October 2002 to March 2003 she worked as post-doc research fellow at the Technical University of Eindhoven, TUE (NL) – Department of Electrical Engineering / Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry – where was involved in research activities on pulsed plasma.
Recently, dr. Barba addressed her research activities to the transfer of Chemical Engineering processes and methods to pharmaceutical productions. Her activities, developed in different scientific collaborations and characterized by experimental and modeling actions, are based on the use of electromagnetic energy (microwaves region) in heating intensified processes (cooking, drying, blanching, curing) of vegetal matrices and pharmaceutical ingredients. Non-conventional analytic procedures are also developed to study the dielectric behavior of materials (nanometallic powders, composite, biopolymeric hydrogels).
Dr. Anna Angela Barba was scientific responsible of research projects funded bybudget Ateneo and she was involved and is currently involved in different financed projects.
She is co-authors of many publications: papers on international and national journals, communications to international and national conferences, chapters in books/monographs.

Publications

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2021

Bochicchio, Sabrina; Lamberti, Gaetano; Barba, Anna Angela

Polymer–Lipid Pharmaceutical Nanocarriers: Innovations by New Formulations and Production Technologies Journal Article

Pharmaceutics, 13(2) (198), pp. 15, 2021.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: drug delivery, hybrid nanoparticles, lipids, nanotechnologies, polymers, production technologies

2020

Caccavo, Diego; Lamberti, Gaetano; Barba, Anna Angela

Mechanics and drug release from poroviscoelastic hydrogels: Experiments and modeling Journal Article

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 152 , pp. 299-306, 2020.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Agarose, drug delivery, Hydrogels, Modeling, Poroviscoelasticity

Bochicchio, Sabrina; Dalmoro, Annalisa; Lamberti, Gaetano; Barba, Anna Angela

Advances in Nanoliposomes Production for Ferrous Sulfate Delivery Journal Article

Pharmaceutics, 12 (5), pp. 445, 2020.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: drug delivery, ferrous sulfate, nanoliposome, simil-microfluidic apparatus, sonication

Barba, Anna Angela; Dalmoro, Annalisa; Bochicchio, Sabrina; Simone, Veronica De; Caccavo, Diego; Iannone, Marco; Lamberti, Gaetano

Engineering approaches for drug delivery systems production and characterization Journal Article

International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2020.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: drug delivery, Hydrogel, Innovation in Europe, Microvectors, Modeling, Nanovectors

2016

Dalmoro, Annalisa; Barba, Anna Angela; Grassi, Gabriele; Grassi, Mario; Lamberti, Gaetano

In situ coronary stent paving by Pluronic F127–alginate gel blends: formulation and erosion tests Journal Article

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 104 (5), pp. 1013-22, 2016.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: coronary stent, drug delivery, erosion phenomena, gel erosion, pluronic/alginate blends

2015

Barba, Anna Angela; Dalmoro, Annalisa; D'Amore, Matteo; Lamberti, Gaetano

Liposoluble vitamin encapsulation in shell–core microparticles produced by ultrasonic atomization and microwave stabilization Journal Article

LWT - Food Science and Technology, 64 (1), pp. 149–156, 2015, ISSN: 00236438.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: drug delivery, Micro and Nano Vectors, Microwave drying, Shell{–}core microparticles, Ultrasonic energy, Vitamins

2009

Barba, Anna Angela; Dalmoro, Annalisa; Santis, Felice De; Lamberti, Gaetano

Synthesis and characterization of P(MMA-AA) copolymers for targeted oral drug delivery Journal Article

Polymer Bulletin, 62 (5), pp. 679–688, 2009, ISSN: 0170-0839.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: drug delivery, Enteric coating, P(MMA-AA)