Prof. Camillo La Mesa was born in Rome, on Sept. 16th 1951. He got a high school Diploma (humanities) in 1971, with top rank and honours. He joined the Faculty of Sciences and got his Master (Laurea) in Chemistry in 1977, discussing a thesis on the dynamics of critical phenomena. Teaching Assistant in the years 1977-78 and 1980-1981 at the Dept. of Chemistry, La Sapienza University. Post-Doc grant for a stay at the IPPT-PAN, Warsaw (Poland), in the year 1981 and a NATO Fellowship for a stay at Lund University (Sweden) for the years 1982-1983. Researcher in Calabria University at the Dept. of Chemistry (1984-1992). As Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry he moved to La Sapienza (1992-2002). Winner of Full Professor Position in 2002, he actually is Full Professor of Physical Chemistry at La Sapienza University (from 2005). The teaching activity of Camillo La Mesa spans from Analytical to General and Physical Chemistry. From 1992 he was teacher of Electrical Measurements, Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Colloid and Interface Science (either basic and advanced courses), Physical Methods for Chemistry and Advanced Physical Chemistry courses. Actually in charge of the "Physical Chemistry 1 and Laboratory" Course. Coordinator of Anglo Italian projects on Micro emulsion-based Gels (1991-93). Coordinator of the COST Action Project D5"Organisation in Multi-component Systems" and of the COST Action Project D15 "Polymer-Surfactant Interaction: From Modelling to Applications" one. Coordinator of the Colloid and Interface Group of the Italian Chemical Society (1997-2003), was in the Committee of the same group (1994-97). In the Committee of the Thermo-chemistry Group of the Italian Chemical Society (1998-2004). Coordinator of a bilateral Italian-Cuban project (2006-2010); coordinator of a Spanish-Italian project on surfactants and association colloids (2006-2010). Fellow of IACIS, New York Academy of Sciences, Italian Chemical Society and ACS. In the Directorate of Chemistry Teaching Courses at La Sapienza, (2002-2007). Coordinator of the Ph.D. School In Chemistry at "La Sapienza", (2008-2013). In the Advisory Editorial Board of Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2003-2005). Served as a reviewer for several internationally reputed journals. Fields of interest span from micellar solutions to lyotropic liquid crystalline phases, from micro-emulsions to polymer-surfactant systems, from vesicles to nano-particles, from the fundamental aspects of electrochemistry to chemical  ducation. His technical expertise spans from basic physical chemistry (thermodynamic and electrochemical methods, transport properties, optical and electron microscopy) to NMR (PFG-SE and multinuclear NMR), from relaxation spectroscopy (dielectric,  ltrasonic and NMR) to rheology, from scattering methods (light, SANS and SAXS) to electrophoretic mobility. He has published about 130 papers on internationally reputed journals, and published some reviews on the fundamental aspects of association colloids.

• Electrolyte Solutions
• Micellar Solutions
• Lyotropic Liquid Crystals
• Emulsions and Micro-Emul-sions
• Polymer-Surfactant Systems
• Synthetic Vesicles
• Silica and Titania Nano-particles
• Carbon Nanotubes
• Hybrid Colloids
• Surface Coverage
• Surface Adsorption
• Ionic Conductivity
• Chemical Education
• Recently Interested in the Colloidal Aspects of Food Prepares and Milk-Chain Products

• La Mesa, C.; B. Sesta, B. Micelles In Perfluorinated Surfactant Solutions. J. Phys. Chem., 1987, 91, 1450-1454.
• La Mesa, C. Dependence of Critical Micelle Concentrations on Intensive Variables: A Reduced Variables Analysis. J. Phys. Chem., 1990, 94, 323-326
• Sesta, B.; Bonicelli, M.G.; Ceccaroni, G.F.; La Mesa, C. Micellization Enthalpy of Some Alkylsulfobe-taines in Aqueous Solution. Langmuir, 1991, 7, 1618-1621.
• La Mesa, C.; Coppola, L.; Ranieri, G.A.; Terenzi, M.; Chidichimo, G. Phase Diagram and Phase Proper-ties of the System Water-Hexane-Aerosol OT. Langmuir, 1992, 8, 2616-2622.
• Coppola, L.; La Mesa, C.; Ranieri, G.A.; Terenzi, M. Analysis of water self-diffusion in polycrystalline lamellar systems by pulsed field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance experiments. J. Chem. Phys., 1993, 98, 5087-5090
• Edlund, H.; Khan, A.; La Mesa, C. Formation of a Liquid Crystalline Phase in the Water-Sodium Tauro-deoxycholate System. Langmuir, 1998, 14, 3691-3697.
• Capitani, D.; Casieri, C.; Briganti, G.; La Mesa, C.; Segre, A. L. Phase Diagram of the C12E6/D2O Sy-stem Revisited: Effect of Strong Magnetic Fields. J. Phys. Chem. B, 1999, 103, 6088-6095.
• Briganti, G.; Segre, a. L.; Capitani, D.; Casieri, C.; La Mesa, C. Isooriented Lyotropic Lamellar Phase in the C12E6/D2O System. J. Phys. Chem. B, 1999, 103, 825-830.
• Marques, E.F.; Edlund, H.; La Mesa, C.; Khan, A. Liquid crystals and phase equilibria binary bile salt-water systems. Langmuir, 2000, 16, 5178-5186.
• Gente, G.; La Mesa, C.; Muzzalupo, R.; Ranieri, G.A. Micelle formation and phase equilibria in a wa-ter- trifluoroethanol- fluorocarbon surfactant system. Langmuir, 2000, 16, 7914-7919.
• Bonincontro, A.; Michiotti, P.; La Mesa, C. Structure and Dynamics of Polymer-Surfactant Complexes: Dielectric Relaxation Studies. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2003, 107, 14164-14170.
• Sesta, B.; Gente, G.; Iovino, A.; Laureti, F.; Michiotti, P.; Paiusco, O.; Palacios, A.C.; Persi, L.; Princi, A.; Sallustio, S.; Sarnthein-Graf, C.; Capalbi, A.; La Mesa, C. Supramolecular Association in the System Water-Lysozyme-Lithium Perfluorononanoate. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108, 3036-3043.
• Caponetti, E.; Chillura-Martino, D.; La Mesa, C.; Muzzalupo, R.; Pedone, L. Structural and Transport Properties of Bola C-16 Micelles in Water and in Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108, 1214-1223.
• Sallustio, S.; Galantini, L.; Gente, G.; Masci, G.; La Mesa, C. Hydrophobically Modified Pullulans: Cha-racterization and Physicochemical Properties. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108, 18876-18883.
• Orioni, B.; Roversi, M.; La Mesa, C.; Asaro, F.; Pellizer, G.; D!Errico, G. Polymorphic Behavior in Pro-tein- Surfactant Mixtures: The Water-Bovine Serum Albumin-Sodium Taurodeoxycholate System. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110, 12129-12140.
• Muzzalupo, R.; Gente, G.; La Mesa, C.; Caponetti, E.; Chillura-Martino, D.; Pedone, L.; Saladino, M.L. Micelles in Mixtures of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate and a Bolaform Surfactant. Langmuir, 2006, 22, 6001-6009.
• Sanna, C.; La Mesa, C.; Mannina, L.; Pasquale Stano, P.; Viel, S.; Segre, A.L. New Class of Aggregates in Aqueous Solution: An NMR, Thermodynamic, and Dynamic Light Scattering Study. Langmuir, 2006, 22, 6031-6041.
• Ciurleo, A.; Cinelli, S.; Guidi, M.; Bonincontro, A.; Onori, G.; La Mesa, C. Some Properties of Lysozy-me- Lithium Perfluorononanoate Complexes. Biomacromolecules, 2007, 8, 399-405.
• Letizia, C.; Andreozzi, P.; Scipioni, A.; La Mesa, C.; Bonincontro, A.; Spigone, E. Protein Binding onto Surfactant-Based Synthetic Vesicles. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2007, 111, 898-908.
• Muzzalupo, R.; Infante, M.R; Perez, L.; Pinazo, A.; Marques, E.F.; Letizia Antonelli, M.L.; Strinati, C.; La Mesa, C. Interactions between Gemini Surfactants and Polymers: Thermodynamic Studies. Lang-muir, 2007, 23, 5963-5970.
• Bonincontro, A.; La Mesa, C.; Proietti, C.; Risuleo, G. A Biophysical Investigation on the Binding and Controlled DNA Release in a Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide-Sodium Octyl Sulfate Cat-Anionic Vesicle System. Biomacromolecules, 2007, 8, 1824-1829.
• Andreozzi, P.; La Mesa, C.; Masci, G.; Suber, L. Formation and Physicochemical Characterization of Silica-Based Blackberry-like Nanoparticles Capped by Polysaccharides. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 18004-18009.
• Bonincontro, A.; Falivene, M.; La Mesa, C.; Risuleo, G.; Ruiz Pena, M. Dynamics of DNA Adsorption on and Release from SDS-DDAB Cat-Anionic Vesicles: a Multitechnique Study. Langmuir, 2008, 24, 1973-1978.
• Andreozzi, P.; Bonincontro, A.; La Mesa, C. Electrostatic Interactions between a Protein and Oppositely Charged Micelles. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2008, 112, 3339-3345.
• Andreozzi, P.; Pons, R.; Perez, L.; Infante, M.R. Muzzalupo, R.; Suber, L.; La Mesa, C. Gemini Surfac-tant Binding onto Hydrophobically Modified Silica Nanoparticles. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 112, 12142-12148.
• Lozano, N.; Pinazo, A., La Mesa, C.; Perez, L.; Andreozzi, P.; Pons, R. Catanionic Vesicles Formed with Arginine-Based Surfactants and 1,2-Dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate Monosodium Salt. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2009, 113, 6321-6327.
• Ghofraniha, N.; Andreozzi, P.; Russo, J.; La Mesa, C.; Sciortino, F. Assembly Kinetics in Binary Mixtu-res of Strongly Attractive Colloids. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2009, 113, 6775-6781.
• Suber, L.; Campi, G.; Pifferi, A.; Andreozzi, P.; La Mesa, C.; Amenitsch, H.; Cocco, R.; Plunkett, W.R. Polymer-Assisted Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Silver Meso-Structures. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113, 11198-11203.
• Andreozzi, P.; S. Funari, S.S.; La Mesa, C.; Mariani, P.; Ortore, M.G.; Sinibaldi, R.; Spinozzi, F. Multi-to Unilamellar Transitions in Catanionic Vesicles. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2010, 114, 8056-8060.
• Veronovski, N.; Andreozzi, P.; La Mesa, C.; Sfiligoj-Smole, M. Stable TiO2 dispersions for nanocoating preparation. Surface Coatings Technol., 2010, 204, 1445-1451.
• Amenitsch, H.; Bombelli, C.; Borocci, S.; Caminiti, R.; Ceccacci, F.; Concilio, S.; La Mesa, C.; Mancini, G.; Piotto, S.; Rappolt, M. Segregation into domains observed in liquid crystal phases: comparison of experimental and theoretical data. Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 3392-3403.
• Tardani, F.; La Mesa, C. Elasticity of Dispersions Based on Carbon Nanotubes Dissolved in a Lyotropic Nematic Solvent. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115, 9424-9431.
• Barbetta, A.; Pucci, C.; Tardani, F.; Andreozzi, P.; La Mesa, C. Size and Charge Modulation of Surfac-tant- Based Vesicles. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2011, 115, 12751-12758.
• De Persiis, F.; La Mesa, C.; Pons, R. Protein-covered silica nano-particles adsorbing onto synthetic ve-sicles. Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1361-1368.
• Tardani, F.; La Mesa, C.; Poulin, P.; Mauge, M. Phase Behavior of DNA-Based Dispersions containing Carbon Nanotubes: Effects of Added Polymers and Ionic Strength on Excluded Volume. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116, 9888-9894.
• Tardani, F.; Gentile, L.; Ranieri, G.A.; La Mesa, C. Shear Orientation in Nematic Carbon Nanotube Di-spersions: A Combined NMR Investigation. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117, 8556-8562.
• Pucci, C.; Salvia, A.; Ortore, M.G.; La Mesa, C. The DODAB–AOT–water system: vesicle formation and interactions with salts or synthetic polyelectrolytes. Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 9000-9007.
• Pucci, C.; Tardani, F.; La Mesa, C. Formation and Properties of Gels Based on Lipo-plexes. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2014, 118, 6107-6116.
• Pucci, C.; Barbetta, A.; Sciscione, F.; Tardani, F.; La Mesa, C. Ion Distribution around Synthetic Vesicles of the Cat-Anionic Type. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2014, 118, 557-566.
• Pucci, C.; Perez, L.; La Mesa, C.; Pons, R. Characterization and stability of catanionic vesicles formed by pseudo-tetraalkyl surfactant mixtures. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 9657-9667.

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