She was born in Bologna on 18 march 1973.
1992: Scientific Advanced-Level General Certificate of
Education (Liceo scientifico Enrico Fermi, Bologna)
1998: 24 July 1998: Degree with honour in
Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology at the University of
Bologna with a thesis performed under the supervision of
Prof. Rodriguez entitled “enhanced release of indomethacin from
PEGs based delivery systems".
1998: from 1/10/1998 to 30/9/2001 PhD student in
Pharmaceutical Sciences, at the Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, University of Bologna. The research focussed on
the study of drug delivery systems and of some preparation
techniques for wet granulation and microencapsulation, with
particular interest in developing novel techniques. During the
Ph.D. she spent four months at the University of Seville, Spain, to
learn some micro-analytical techniques.
1999: Pharmacy practice qualification (University of
Bologna).
2001: from 1/12/2001 to 30/09/2006 she worked as post
doctoral researcher at University of Bologna with a grant sponsored
by a pharmaceutical industry. The research topic was focussed on
the development and characterization of delayed or prolonged
released oral dosage forms, especially microparticulated systems,
intended for both human and animal administration.
2002: PhD, 7/03/2002 with a thesis entitled “An
investigation on pharmaceutical granulation processes”.
2006: assistant Professor in Pharmaceutical Technology at the
Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Bologna
2014: Associate Professor in Pharmaceutical Technology at
the Department of Pharmacy and BioTechnology, University of
Bologna
Teaching experiences
2006-: Appointed Lecturer of Galenical and
Technological practicals.
2011-: Processes of industrial manufacturing of
medicines and Pharmaceutical Technology
Main research interests:
The research activity was carried out within the
pharmaceutical-technological field on the following general
topics:
· Development and the optimization of novel technologies for the
preparation of solid lipid based delivery systems, with particular
attention to solid lipid microparticles (SLMs), obtained by the
spray congealing technique. In particular the research focuses on
the formulation design and characterization of SLMs intended for
oral and topical delivery.
· Solid
state characterization: Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC),
Hot Stage Microscopy (HSM), X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRD) and
FT-IR were used to detect possible modifications of the
physicochemical properties of the drug and/or of the carrier
(formation of amorphous and/or polymorphous forms) and possible
interactions between the components of the formulations. The
results are useful to get information on the stability of the
considered therapeutic systems.
· Development of pediatric formulations
.Drug layering
and film coating in fluid bed and pan coating equipments. Preparation of modified-release (prompt and slow release) dosage forms, such as solid dispersions, tablets, granules prepared by wet and melt techniques, microspheres prepared by ionical coross-linking and spray-congealing, including the physico-chemical and technological characterisation, in vitro and in vivo release studies.
· Preparation, characterisation and in vitro bioequivalence
studies of medicated feed and medicines for veterinary
use.
The research is carried out in collaboration with national
and international research groups.
Autorship:
This research activity originated 68 research papers on
international journals with IF, 2 book chapters and 70
communications (oral and poster presentations) to Congresses and
Symposia.
From 2004, she also works as reviewer for several Journals:
Drug Dev Ind Pharm, Eur J Pharm Biopharm, Eur J Pharm Sci, Int J
Pharm, J Control Release, J Microencapsul, J Pharm Pharmacol, J
Pharm Sci, Powder Technology and Food Research Int..
She is member of SCI, ADRITELF and CRS.
