Education and research activity
- October 30, 1997: MS in Chemistry at the University of
Bologna. Graduation thesis: “Signal interpretation in quantitative
analysis with gravitational field-flow fractionation techniques and
UV-Vis detectors” Advisor: Prof. Pierluigi Reschiglian.
- April - November 1998: scholarship of the Lunds Tekniska
Högskola (funds for internationalization) at the Deparment of
Technical Analytical Chemistry (University of Lund, Sweden). The
research was included in the INCO-COPERNICUS European research
project "Development of rapid methods for assessing the quality of
starch particles from various cereal species for purposes of the
agricultural and food industry"
- December 2000: Specialization degree in Analytical
Methodologies. Specialization thesis: “Particle size and mass
distribution of cereal starch by field-flow fractionation (FFF) for
applications in agriculture and food industry.” Advisor: Prof.
Pierluigi Reschiglian.
- May 2004: PhD in Chemical Sciences. Final dissertation:
“Detection techniques for field-flow fractionation. Fundamental,
instrumental and methodological developments.”
- February 2004 - February 2006: Annual post-doc scholarships
(Assegno di Ricerca), for research activity within the project
“Separation techniques hyphenated with spectrophotometry and mass
spectrometry for the characterization of nano and microsystems.” at
the Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”.
- March 1, 2006 - September 14, 2014: Researcher in
Analytical Chemistry at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of
Bologna.
- From September 15, 2014: Associate Professor in Analytical
Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University
of Bologna.
Teaching
- 2001/02 and 2002/03: support teching activity for the course of
Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry I and II, degree in
Chemistry.
- 2003/04: tutor for the courses of Laboratory of Analytical
Chemistry IA and IB.
- 2004/05: teaching contract with the Faculty of Science,
University of Bologna, for the course of Laboratory of Analytical
Chemistry, degree in Chemistry.
- 2005/06: tutor for the courses of Laboratory of Analytical
Chemistry I and II (1st level degree in Chemistry), and for the
course of Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry with Clynical
Applications (2nd level degree in Biological and Sanitary
Sciences).
- from 2003/04: teaching to the PhD students in Chemical
Sciences.
- from 2006/07: courses of Analytical Chemistry (1st level degree
in Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences) and Exercises of Analytical
Chemistry (degree in Pharmacy).
Publications
Author of more than 60 papers, mostly on high IF International
journals. Author of more than 180 contributions to national and
international meetings.
Awards
2001: Joung Resercher Award from the Analytical Chemistry
Division of the Italian Chemical Society
