Education
Nastruzzi was educated in pharmaceutical technology at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Ferrara, working on the isoxazole chemistry.
Nastruzzi was educated in pharmaceutical technology at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Ferrara, working on the isoxazole chemistry.
He is a pharmacist and biomaterial chemist whose activity is focused, since early 90s, on biomaterials science, pharmaceutics, drug delivery and, more generally, on pharmaceutical sciences. Subsequently, he obtained the Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences working on liposome based formulations and later he was a postdoctoral fellow at Institute fur Polymere at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule , Zurich, under the supervision of Professor Pier Luigi Luisi. Nastruzzi is currently professor at the Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology at the University of Ferrara, where he founded the Biomaterials and Encapsulation Laboratory (BEL) dealing with research in the field of drug delivery and controlled release.
BEL is actively involved in the fields of biomaterials and microfluidics.
Nastruzzi enjoys sport activity. He was a former athlete of Volley Portomaggiore, Old Rugby Rovigo and CUS Ferrara Canottaggio.
He is currently member of the cycling team Witoor.