Ventura Barbara

Barbara Ventura obtained a Master’s degree cum laude in Chemistry in 1997 and a PhD in Biochemistry in 2002 from the University of Bologna. Researcher at ISOF-CNR since 2008, she became research director in 2021. Her research deals with the optical characterization of materials and molecular and supramolecular systems for collection and conversion of solar energy, photocatalysis and light-induced therapeutic approaches. She has published more than 130 papers on ISI journals and is involved in several national and international projects.

Study of photoinduced energy- and electron-transfer processes in molecular and supramolecular systems, characterization of luminescent organic and inorganic materials, study of reaction intermediates in organic photocatalysis, characterization of photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy and photoinduced antibacterial applications.

Photophysics • Photochemistry • Optical spectroscopy • Supramolecular chemistry • Porphyrinoids

PE4_15 Photochemistry
PE4_1 Physical chemistry
PE5_16 Supramolecular chemistry

Steady-state and time resolved absorption and emission spectroscopy, femtosecond pump-probe transient absorption spectroscopy, time- and spectral-resolved luminescence with picosecond time resolution for the characterization of short-lived photo-produced species.