Dario Fontana

Education

Undergraduate Institution: University of Milan

Graduate Institution: University of Pavia

Biography

Dario completed his BSc and MSc degrees at the University of Milan, with a semester abroad at Sorbonne University in Paris as a master’s Erasmus student. For his master’s thesis, he focused on the surface functionalization of biobased nanofillers for polyurethane foams at the CNR-SCITEC Natta laboratories. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD at the University of Pavia, where his research centers on the synthesis and characterization of conducting polymers for anticorrosive coatings and 3D printing, under the supervision of Prof. Dario Pasini. In October 2024, he joined the Hawker group as a visiting researcher.