Antonello Santini

Antonello Santini
Professor of food chemistry, Department of PharmacyÃÂ
University of Napoli Federico II, Italy

Research Interest

Chemistry and Laboratory of Chemistry, Food Chemistry: peptides synthesis and X-ray diffraction studies; peptidomimetics; conformational analysis; computer molecular dynamics; spectroscopy; analytycal aspect and chemical analysis techniques and methodologies applied to biologically active molecules and foodstuffs; structure-biological activity relationships; chemical education and food education: development of web-based multimedia tools as a support to the permanent education; educational and research tools development on demand; promoting meaningful learning in college science teaching, assist students to store more information in a memorable, readily usable fashion, and facilitate the development of effective problem solving skills. Specifically, the role of interactive, computer-based multimedia packages/web platforrms can play in learning and how effective they are as tools to encourage the understanding of complex scientific processes and concepts is investigated. Studies on the impact of a systematic, computer-based representation of a scientific topic on a student's learning and recall of that topic are currently in progress.