Giovanni Tosi

Since November 2005, Dr. Giovanni Tosi is researcher in the scientific field of Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (PI at the department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, which belongs to the faculty of Pharmacy). Since 2015, he is associate professor in the same field. He got certificate for Full professor in 2017, and now he is full Professor since 2020.
He was born in 1977 (March, 2nd) in Bologna, Italy, and got his degree in Pharmacy in 2002 with 110/110. He got his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2005 at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. He was Coordinator of “Applied Technology” curricula for the PhD school in Health Products, member of Instruments Commission of Dep.Pharm.Sci., Contact Person ILO of Dep.Pharm.Sci, Research products, Representative of the Dep.Pharm.Sci. in the Central Board of Animal House and Committee for Research of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
He is scientific delegate for international cooperation and coordinator of UNIMORE Nanomedicine Platform since 2017, vice-chair of WG Nanotherapeutics in European Technology Platform for Nanomedicine since 2019 and now Secretary of ETPN since 2022. He is coordinating also the Italian Nanomedicine Platform and PhD School in Health innovative products and technologies at UNIMORE.
The research activity is based on the development of lipid and polymeric systems for the delivery and the targeting of drugs to diseased tissues or cells. In particular, drug delivery to the Central Nervous System, by using nanoparticulate vectors. In particular, the research is focus on the planning, preparation, characterization and administration of Np after surface modification.
His works on nanomedicine for drug and gene delivery and targeting were honored with national prices and awards (La Manna Prize for Student Thesis he drived), Jorge Heller Oustanding Paper Award, 2005) and Innovation price (AFI2005, AFI 2006). His work on Nanoparticles for CNS drug delivery has been recently awarded as one of the Hot Topic (150 selected research over 19.000 proposals) at the World Neuroscience Meeting (Society for Neuroscience) in Washington DC, November 2011 and World Neuroscience Meeting (Society for Neuroscience) in New Orleans, November 2012.
He is author or co-author of more than 120 publications in international journals (H index 41, Cit 5600, Scopus) and gave over 250 presentations (invited speaker, oral presentations and posters) in international and national congresses.
He participated as collaborator or project leader in several Italian and International projects supported by the Italian Research Ministry, IMI project, Euronanomed grant, Ministry of International Cooperation Projects and POR FESR project.