Research experience
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow – 2 years research grant at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Institut de Sciences et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaire, Université de Strasbourg – working on “Mesoporous films as responsive membranes” – Host: Prof. Luisa De Cola
Post-Doc at Università di Bologna - Fluorescent chemosensors based on nanoparticles - Supervisor prof. Luca Prodi
Visiting fellow at WWU Münster - Research exchange within EU project INOFEO - Host Prof. Luisa De Cola
Post-Doc at Università di Bologna - Magnetic nanoparticles interfaced with zeolites - Supervisor prof. Nelsi Zaccheroni
Visiting fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA - Flow of colloidal pastes with microfluidics and confocal microscopy - Host Prof. David Weitz
Education and training
PhD in Chemistry at Università di Bologna - “Supramolecular Approaches to Organized Luminiscent Nanostructures for Sensing, Labeling and Imaging Applications” - Supervisor Prof. Luca Prodi
Master degree in Photochemistry and Chemistry of Materials at Università di Bologna (first class honours degree 110/110 cum Laude) - Thesis in Electrochemistry “An electrochemical device to release and sense Ca2+ ions” - Supervisor Prof. Francesco Paolucci
Stage in Electrochemistry at Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France - Supervisor Prof. Christian Amatore
Bachelor degree in Chemistry at Università di Bologna (first class honours degree 110/110 cum Laude) - Thesis in Electrochemistry “Functionalization of ITO electrodes” - Supervisor Dott. Massimo Marcaccio
Grants and awards
Young Investigator Award 2018 - GIF, Gruppo Italiano di Fotochimica
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship
ENI Award 2013 – Debut in research – Awarded by the President of Italian Republic, G. Napolitano
Marco Polo grant (Univ. of Bologna) – Funding the research stay at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, in the Lab of Soft Matter Physics, Prof. David Weitz
Faculty of Science grant (Univ. of Bologna) - Funding the research stay at Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, FR, in the Ultrafast Electrochemistry Lab, Prof. Christian Amatore
Teaching Activities and Students Tutoring
Course "Nanoscienze per la Farmacia e la Medicina" in the Master Degree "Farmacia", dep. Pharmacy and Biotechnology - Fabit, UNIBO
Course "Light in Cosmetic Sciences" in the Master Degree "Advanced Cosmetic Sciences", dep. of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", UNIBO
Supervision of PhD Students, INT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Assistant at Laboratory of Photochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Università di Bologna, Italy
Supervision of PhD Students, Department of Chemistry, Università di Bologna, Italy
Supervision of Master and Bachelor Students, Department of Chemistry, Università di Bologna, Italy
Scientific Output
Co-author of 45 papers in peer-reviewed journals and 4 book chapters, co-inventor of 2 international patents. Regular dissemination in national and international conferences in seminars, posters and lectures. H-index = 21, and >1000 citations (without self-citations, source database Web of Knowledge, April 2020).
