Luisa Torsi

Luisa Torsi (born 1964) is an Italian chemist who is a Professor at the Università degli Studi di Bari. She was the first woman to serve as President of the European Materials Research Society (EMRS). In 2019 she was named by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry as one of the world's most Distinguished Women in Chemistry.[1]

Luisa Torsi
Born1964 (age 56–57)
Bari
Alma materUniversity of Bari
Bell Labs
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Bari

Early life and education

Torsi was born in Bari.[2] She earned her undergraduate degree in physics at the University of Bari. Torsi has said that she realised that she wanted to be a researcher during her master's research project.[3] She remained there for her graduate studies, switching specialties to chemical sciences. In 1994 Torsi moved to the United States, where she joined Bell Labs as a postdoctoral researcher. During her postdoctoral research Torsi investigated organic field-effect transistors .[3]

Research and career

She returned to Italy in 1993, when she was made Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry.[4] In 2005 Torsi was made a full Professor of Chemistry.[5] Her research considers organic semiconductors and their application in electronic devices.[6]She has developed single molecule transistors that are capable of label-free disease detection.[2] The device was capable of detecting zeptomolar concentrations.[7][8] The discovery launched the Horizon 2020 project SiMBiT,[9] a bio-electronic system that looks to achieve single molecule detection of biomarkers for point-of-care testing.[10][11][12] Torsi looks to use nanoparticle based sensor to detect toxic gases.[13]

In 2015 Torsi delivered a TED talk at TEDxBari, where she discussed resilience.[14] Torsi serves on the editorial board of ACS Omega.[15]

Awards and honours

Selected publications
  • Dodabalapur, A.; Torsi, L.; Katz, H. E. (1995-04-14). "Organic Transistors: Two-Dimensional Transport and Improved Electrical Characteristics". Science. 268 (5208): 270–271. doi:10.1126/science.268.5208.270. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17814790. S2CID 32124694.
  • Cioffi, Nicola; Torsi, Luisa; Ditaranto, Nicoletta; Tantillo, Giuseppina; Ghibelli, Lina; Sabbatini, Luigia; Bleve-Zacheo, Teresa; D'Alessio, Maria; Zambonin, P. Giorgio; Traversa, Enrico (2005). "Copper Nanoparticle/Polymer Composites with Antifungal and Bacteriostatic Properties". Chemistry of Materials. 17 (21): 5255–5262. doi:10.1021/cm0505244. ISSN 0897-4756.
  • Torsi, Luisa; Magliulo, Maria; Manoli, Kyriaki; Palazzo, Gerardo (2013). "Organic field-effect transistor sensors: a tutorial review". Chemical Society Reviews. 42 (22): 8612–28. doi:10.1039/c3cs60127g. ISSN 0306-0012. PMID 24018860.

References
  1. "Awardees of the IUPAC 2019 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering". IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  2. "Luisa Torsi". Archivio - la Repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  3. Oberbeckmann-Winter, Nicola (2020-08-01). "Robert Kellner Lecture awarded to ABC author Luisa Torsi". Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 412 (21): 4997–4999. doi:10.1007/s00216-019-02373-1. ISSN 1618-2650.
  4. Luisa Torsi. OCLC 4779423923.
  5. "Curriculum — Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro". Universita' degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  6. "Luisa Torsi". Archivio - la Repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  7. Macchia, Eleonora; Manoli, Kyriaki; Holzer, Brigitte; Di Franco, Cinzia; Ghittorelli, Matteo; Torricelli, Fabrizio; Alberga, Domenico; Mangiatordi, Giuseppe Felice; Palazzo, Gerardo; Scamarcio, Gaetano; Torsi, Luisa (2018-08-13). "Single-molecule detection with a millimetre-sized transistor". Nature Communications. 9 (1): 3223. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05235-z. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 6089965. PMID 30104563.
  8. "A sensor detects the light touch of a single molecule". Nature. 560 (7719): 413. 2018-08-16. doi:10.1038/d41586-018-05950-z. PMID 30131535. S2CID 52055296.
  9. paolo (2019-01-10). "INAUGURATO IL PROGETTO "SIMBIT" Agenzia di stampa Italpress". Italpress (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  10. "SiMBiT project | EMRS". www.european-mrs.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  11. "Torsi Luisa". www.chimica.uniba.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  12. Macchia, Eleonora; Anna Picca, Rosaria; Manoli, Kyriaki; Franco, Cinzia Di; Blasi, Davide; Sarcina, Lucia; Ditaranto, Nicoletta; Cioffi, Nicola; Österbacka, Ronald; Scamarcio, Gaetano; Torricelli, Fabrizio (2020). "About the amplification factors in organic bioelectronic sensors". Materials Horizons. 7 (4): 999–1013. doi:10.1039/C9MH01544B.
  13. "Luisa Torsi eletta presidente dell'E-MRS". www.instm.it. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  14. "TEDxBari | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  15. "ACS Omega". pubs.acs.org. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  16. "Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award for 2010 granted to leading Italian scientist". www.chemeurope.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  17. "Luisa Torsi's printable biological sensor wins European Woman Inventor of the Year Award 2015 – GLOBAL WOMEN INVENTORS & INNOVATORS NETWORK". Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  18. "List of MRS Fellows | Materials science awards". mrs.org. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  19. "Alto riconoscimento "Virtù e conoscenza" 2019". LeccePrima (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  20. "Topolino celebra la scienza al femminile". Fondazione Leonardo - Civiltà delle Macchine. Retrieved 2020-08-02.


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