Marcelo Ganzarolli de Oliveira

Graduated in Chemistry from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in 1983, he completed his master's degree (1987) and doctorate in Science (1992) at the same institution. He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Southampton, UK (1993 - 1995), and obtained the title of Associate Professor in 2000. Currently, he is a Full Professor at the Institute of Chemistry, UNICAMP (since 2014). He has held several academic and administrative positions, including Extension Coordinator (2009 - 2013), representative for the Exact Sciences area on the Higher Council and the Monitoring Chamber of UNICAMPs Innovation Agency (INOVA, 2015 - 2020), and Head of the Department of Physical Chemistry at IQ/UNICAMP (2018 - 2022). He serves as a reviewer for over 45 scientific journals, is the author of 94 indexed journal articles, and holds 17 patents. He has received six INOVA/UNICAMP Inventor Awards (2009 - 2021) and, in 2024, was honored with the ProEEC Extension Award from UNICAMP's Office of Outreach, Sports, and Culture. He is a member of the editorial boards of Basic $ Clinical Pharmacology $ Toxicology (Wiley) and Heliyon (Elsevier) and holds a Research Productivity Fellowship from CNPq. He has stablished international collaborations with researchers in the UK, Hungary, France, Denmark, Sweden, and the United States. His research focuses on the development and biomedical applications of nitric oxide (NO)-releasing polymeric biomaterials, as well as on understanding the physiological mechanisms of NO. His group develops functionalized polymers, hybrid hydrogels, and micellar systems for localized NO release and for coating implantable medical devices. Published results from his research have demonstrated that the biomaterials developed by his group exhibit strong vasodilatory and analgesic effects in topical applications, accelerate wound healing, and confer antimicrobial and antithrombogenic properties when used as surface coatings for NO-releasing polymers. More recently, he has incorporated 3D printing techniques to manufacture implantable and absorbable NO-releasing medical devices, including intracoronary stents and vascular prostheses. His research involves multidisciplinary collaborations with biologists and physicians and is funded by FAPESP and CNPq. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)