NOTICE: Since there are still some spots available,
applications have been opened again for a short time window
until 8 December 2024 (at 11:59 pm CEST)

The Winter School offers a one-week full-time multidisciplinary program at the Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry Department (DCCI) of the University of Pisa. It is devoted to training students with a technical-scientific background on the advances of analysing materials of interest in environmental and green chemistry. Note that, even if the focus of this year is biopolymers, the knowledge acquired during the school may be applied to several other materials. The focus will be mainly on PhDs, but master’s degrees and post-docs are also welcome.

The student will have access to cutting-edge instrumentation present at DCCI, most of which is part of the CISUP, the Center for Instrument Sharing of the University of Pisa. These will be:

1. analytical pyrolysis – gas chromatography – mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) with micro UVirradiator systemmicro UVirradiator system,
2. Bruker Avance NEO 500 Solid State NMR Spectrometer, 
3. Thermogravimetric Analyzer-Gas chromatography/Mass spectrometer TGA-GC/MS – TGA8000-Claurus 690 GC/Claurus SQ 8T MS + Thermogravimetric Analyzer/Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy TGA/FTIR - Q5000 IR (TA Instruments)/Cary 640 (Agilent Technologies).

The lessons will contain both a theoretical introduction (with a focus on applications) and laboratory practice. The curriculum also contains explanations on how to critically analyse the data.

This program will provide the interested student with detailed information on the advanced instrumentation encountered and an overview of the potentialities of different approaches to characterise a material. The new skills will be precious for the educational background of the student, who will primarily be a Chemistry student but may also be of Chemical Engineering and other technical-scientific areas.

The tentative program of the Winter School is available for download in the section Allegati at the bottom of the current webpage.

The Winter School will be held on campus in Pisa, at Dipartimemto di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Via G. Moruzzi,13.

Aim

This program aims to offer access to different advanced instrumentation and to help the student understand the potentialities of this peculiar equipment and of a multi-technique approach to characterise a material of interest.

It will enhance the ability to face challenges concerning the characterisation of materials. This skill is crucial in the frame of the main pillars of nowadays research, so often connected with new materials for the environment and green chemistry.

Who can apply

Firstly PhD students but master's degree students and post-docs are also welcome.

Language

English

Program Intensity

Full-time

Application

Admission Requirements

Bachelor's degree in technical-scientific areas.

The participant should be enrolled in a research institution.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

• The Winter School will be activated with at least 7 students
• The maximum number of participants is set to 21 students

Required Documents

• Identity Document (*PASSPORT in case you are a foreign student*)
• Enrolment Form
• Curriculum Vitae

All the documents must be in pdf format, in order to upload them on the portal when required.

Application has to be submitted via Alice portal following the instructions of the "How to apply" page.

ECTS

3

Fees

500 euro

NOTICE:

• these fees include: course fee, lectures and didactic material + coffee and lunch boxes
• accommodation is not included and needs to be personally managed by each student (for some help please visit the Accommodation for international students and guests attachment of the Accommodation webage)

Pay fees by Debit/Credit Card or PayPal online using the following: Payment Form 

NOTICE:

• International students without Italian Tax Code: please tick the box 'Anonymous' in order to disable the field 'Italian personal ID/VAT number'.
• Please type your NAME and SURNAME next to the pre-filled text of the field 'Reason'
• Please pay only after receiving the admission letter. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Payment has to be made between 1 January 2025 and 20 January 2025.

REFUND POLICY:

The tuition fee will be reimbursed fully if required by 27 January 2025. No reimbursement will be possible after this deadline.

Fundings

One scholarship, covering the full amount of the tuition fee, is available.
Within December 9th there will be the communication of its awarding.
Acceptance of the scholarship should be confirmed by the awarded student within December 12th.

Period

10 - 14 February 2025

Application Deadline

8 December 2024

NOTICE: the application deadline originally expired on 1 December 2024. The one above indicated is the new application deadline for the short reopening of the applications, from 2 December 2024 until 8 December 2024 (at 11:59 pm CEST).

Contacts

Coordinator
Prof. Ilaria Degano Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. 
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