Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Person-Related Identification Information

• Filippo Amato, UČO: 389626

Department

• Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kampus Bohunice, Kamenice 5/A14, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic

Employment - Position

• Ph.D student

Education and Academic Qualifications

• 2009: Master Degree, Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Thesis: "La formazione dei complessi IDA-Zn(II) in mezzo ionico NaClO4 0.93 Mw a 25°C" - University of Palermo - ITALY
• 2007: Bachelor Degree, Chemistry, Thesis: "L'elettrodo ad amalgama di zinco a 25°C nel mezzo ionico NaClO4-HClO4 e le sue applicazioni nello studio degli equilibri di formazione dei complessi", University of Palermo - ITALY
• 2003: Diploma, Industrial chief technician chemist, I.T.I.S. Ettore Majorana, Palermo, ITALY

Employment

• 28/09/2009-30/10/2009: Contract of collaboration "Development of analytical methods for the chemical analysis of environmental matrices", LACERC s.r.l., via Segesta n° 20 Palermo, ITALY

Scientific and Research Activities

• R&D Center for low-cost plasma and nanotechnology surface modifications CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0086,
• SUDSOE "Characterization and sustainable use of Egyptian degraded soils" EU project 7-th frame 295031 FP7-INCO-2011-6,
• Bioanalytical cell and tissue authentication using physical chemistry methods and artificial intelligence GAMU MUNI/M0041/2013
• GACR P106 13-050828 Analysis and application of plasma assisted processes for the fabrication of amorphous chalcogenide thin films,
• HistoPARK CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0185,
• 2009-2010: Volunteer researcher, Department of Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Palermo, ITALY

Internship

• 2014: ALBA synchrotron, Barcelona, Spain
• 2013: National agency for remote sensing and space sciences (NARSS), Cairo, Egypt
• 2012: University of Salamanca, Spain
• 05/2006-06/2006: Academic training, "Synthesis of polyammidic ligands for the complexation of Cu(II) ions in treatments of brass monuments" - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (ISMN), CNR, via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, ITALY

Activities Outside University

• Member of the research group "Nanomaterials in analytical chemistry and biomedicine" established at University of La Laguna (Coordinator: prof. Eladia Maria Pena-Mendez), La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain)

Awards Related to Science and Research

• 2013: Prize of the Department of Chemistry 2013, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic)
• 2012: Prize of the Dean 2012. Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic)

Major Publications

• HAVEL, Josef, Eladia PENA-MENDEZ, Filippo AMATO, Nagender Reddy PANYALA and Vilma BURŠÍKOVÁ. Laser ablation synthesis of new gold carbides. From gold-diamond nano-composite as a precursor to gold-doped diamonds. Time-of-flight mass spectrometric study. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. Wiley, 2014, vol. 28, No 3, p. 297-304. ISSN 0951-4198. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6783. URL info
• MAWALE, Ravi, Filippo AMATO, Milan ALBERTI and Josef HAVEL. Generation of AupAgqTer clusters via laser ablation synthesis using Au-Ag- Te nano-composite as precursor: Laser desorption ionisation with quadrupole ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. Wiley, 2014, vol. 28, No 14, p. 1601-1608. ISSN 0951-4198. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6936. info
• AMATO, Filippo, Ravi MAWALE, Milan ALBERTI and Josef HAVEL. Generation of mixed AgpTeq clusters via laser ablation synthesis using novel Ag-Te nano-composite as precursor. Time-of-flight mass spectrometric study. In International conference on nanotechnology and nanosciences NN14. 2014. info
• PROKEŠ, Lubomír, Eladia Maria PENA-MENDEZ, Filippo AMATO, Milan ALBERTI, Pavel KUBÁČEK and Josef HAVEL. Generation of novel AumSen clusters via laser ablation synthesis. Laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry. In International Symposium on Metal Complexes ISMEC 2014. 2014. info
• MAWALE, Ravi, Filippo AMATO, Milan ALBERTI and Josef HAVEL. Generation of new Agm Ten clusters via laser ablation synthesis using Ag-Te nano-composite as precursor. Quadrupole ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 2014, vol. 28, No 24, p. 2753-2758. ISSN 0951-4198. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm.7070. info
• MAWALE, Ravi, Filippo AMATO, Milan ALBERTI and Josef HAVEL. Generation of novel AupAgqTer clusters via laser ablation synthesis using Au-Ag-Te nano-composite as precursor: Laser desorption ionisation with quadrupole ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometry. In ESAS 2014, Prague, Czech Republic. 2014. info
• AMATO, Filippo, Josef HAVEL, Abd-Alla GAD and Ahmed EL-ZEINY. Remotely sensed soil data analysis using artificial neural networks. A case study of El-Fayoum depression, Egypt. In ICRISSM 2014. 2014. info
• AMATO, Filippo, Lukáš KUČERA, Petr VAŇHARA, Aleš HAMPL and Josef HAVEL. MALDI-TOF fingerprinting of the whole mammalian cell-lines. In OrganoNET conference 2014. 2014. info
• AMATO, Filippo, Bhimrao Vaijnath PHULWALE, Ctibor MAZAL and Josef HAVEL. Fragmentation pattern of shape-persistent macrocycles: a mass spectrometric study. In ESAS 2014. 2014. info
• SALYKIN, Anton, Filippo AMATO, Petr DVOŘÁK, Vladimír ROTREKL and Josef HAVEL. Identification of key regulatory metabolites in hESCs by MALDI-TOF-MS. In ESAS 2014. 2014. info
• AMATO, Filippo, Alberto LÓPEZ RODRÍGUEZ, Eladia María PEÑA-MÉNDEZ, Petr VAŇHARA, Aleš HAMPL and Josef HAVEL. Artificial neural networks in medical diagnosis. University of South Bohemia, 2013, 12 pp. ISSN 1214-021X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10136-012-0031-x. URL info
• AMATO, Filippo, Nagender Reddy PANYALA, Petr VAŠINA, Pavel SOUČEK and Josef HAVEL. Laser desorption ionisation quadrupole ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometry of titanium-carbon thin films. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. Wiley, 2013, vol. 27, No 11, p. 1196 - 1202. ISSN 0951-4198. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6564. URL info
• PIVETTA, Tiziana, Francesco ISAIA, Federica TRUDU, Alessandra PANI, Matteo MANCA, Daniela PERRA, Filippo AMATO and Josef HAVEL. Development and validation of a general appoach to predict and quantify the synergism of anti-cancer drugs using experimental design and artificial neural networks. Talanta. Elsevier, 2013, vol. 115, No 2013, p. 84-93. ISSN 0039-9140. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2013.04.031. info
• VAŇHARA, Petr, Lukáš KUČERA, Filippo AMATO, Eladia María PEÑA-MÉNDEZ, Milan EŠNER, Josef HAVEL and Aleš HAMPL. Whole-cell mass spectrometry profiling combined with artificial intelligence as a novel tool for fingerprinting of hESCs. In ISSCR 11th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, 12.-15.6.2013. 2013. info
• HAVEL, Josef, Eladia Maria PENA-MENDEZ, Filippo AMATO, Nagender Reddy PANYALA and Vilma BURŠÍKOVÁ. Gold-diamond nanocomposite as a precursor for laser ablation synthesis of gold carbides. In International Symposium on Metal Complexes (ISMEC 2013). 2013. info
• AMATO, Filippo, González-Hernández JOSÉ LUIS and Josef HAVEL. Artificial neural networks combined with experimental design: a “soft” approach for chemical kinetics. Talanta. Elsevier, 2012, vol. 93, MAY, p. 72-78. ISSN 0039-9140. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2012.01.044. info
• AMATO, Filippo, Eladia Maria PENA-MENDEZ, Tiziana PIVETTA, Nagender Reddy PANYALA and Josef HAVEL. MALDI and SALDI TOF Mass Spectrometry - fast and efficient way to search for supramolecular complex formation and new drug carriers. In Inernational Symposia on Metal Complexes 2012. 2012. Conference website info
• PIVETTA, Tiziana, Francesco ISAIA, Federica TRUDU, Alessandra PANI, Matteo MANCA, Daniela PERRA, Filippo AMATO and Josef HAVEL. Synergistic effects of copper(II) complexes and cisplatin: an application of artificial neural networks and experimental design. In Inernational Symposia on Metal Complexes 2012. 2012. Conference website info
• AMATO, Filippo, Eladia Maria PENA-MENDEZ, Tiziana PIVETTA, Nagender Reddy PANYALA and Josef HAVEL. Supramolecular complexes formation. Possibilities of mass spectrometric studies. In 4th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress. 2012. Conference website info
• AMATO, Filippo, Dana SKÁCELOVÁ, Tiziana PIVETTA and Josef HAVEL. Adsorption of cisplatin on plasma trated sufaces: a mass spectrometric study. In PASNPG 2012. 2012. info
• MANCA, Matteo, Tiziana PIVETTA, Franco ISAIA, Federica TRUDU, Daniela PERRA, Francesca SPIGA and Filippo AMATO. Synergistic cytotoxicity of copper(II) complexes in combination with cisplatin: an application of artificial neural networks and experimental design. In XII FISV Congress 2012. 2012. info
• AMATO, Filippo, Vilma BURŠÍKOVÁ, Jan JANČA, Peña-Méndez ELADIA MARIA and Josef HAVEL. Artificial Neural Networks for Diamond Like Carbon deposition: process modelling and prediction of optimal conditions. In PASNPG 2011. 2011. URL info
• AMATO, Filippo, González JOSÉ LUIS and Josef HAVEL. Artificial Neural Networks in Chemical Kinetics. In XXII International Symposium on Metal Complexes. 2011. Conference web page info
• AMATO, Filippo, Vilma BURŠÍKOVÁ, Jan JANČA, Eladia Maria PEÑA-MÉNDEZ and Josef HAVEL. Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) chemical vapor deposition technology: Characterization of DLC nano-layers and artificial neural networks for process modelling. In TNT2011. 2011. info
• AMATO, Filippo, Giuseppe ALFANO, Diana AMORELLO, Vincenzo ROMANO and Roberto ZINGALES. The complex formation equilibria between Cd(II), Pb(II) and iminodiacetic acid (IDA) in NaClO4 0,93 Mw at 25°C. 2010. Conference web page info
• AMATO, Filippo, Giuseppe ALFANO, Diana AMORELLO, Vincenzo ROMANO and Roberto ZINGALES. The complex formation equilibria between Cd(II), Pb(II) and iminodiacetic acid (IDA) in NaClO4 0.93 Mw at 25°C. In ISMEC 2010. 2010. info
• AMATO, Filippo, Diana AMORELLO, Vincenzo ROMANO and Roberto ZINGALES. The complex formation equilibria between Zn(II) and iminodiacetic acid (IDA) in NaClO4 0.93 Mw at 25°C. In ISMEC 2009. 2009. info
• AMATO, Filippo, Diana AMORELLO, Vincenzo ROMANO and Roberto ZINGALES. Unusual oxidation states of cations in aqueous solutions. In ISMEC 2008. 2008. info
• AMATO, Filippo, Diana AMORELLO, Vincenzo ROMANO and Roberto ZINGALES. La semicella Zn(Hg)/Zn++ ed alcune sue applicazioni analitiche (The Zn(Hg)/Zn++ half-cell and some of its analytical applications). In XX National Congress of analytical Chemistry. 2007. info
• AMATO, Filippo, Diana AMORELLO, Vincenzo ROMANO and Roberto ZINGALES. The possible use of the half-cell Zn(Hg)/Zn++ in ionic equilibria studies. In ISMEC 2007. 2007. info

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