Work Experience
Data Manager (2021-present)
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Alma Mater Studiorum, Universita' di Bologna (Italia)
Project title: Data management dello studio randomizzato e controllato ORION (Rimozione extracorporea di anidride carbonica per il trattamento della broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttiva riacutizzata).
Research Associate (2019-2021)
Medicines Discovery Institute, Cardiff School of Biosciences (UK)
Project title: Identification of a first-in-class molecule for the treatment of anxiety disorders.
Research Associate (2018-2019)
Cardiff University, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (UK)
Project title: Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel potential antivirals targeting the Norovirus polymerase.
Education
PhD in Medicinal Chemistry (2015-2018)
Cardiff University, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (UK)
Thesis title: Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel c-FLIP inhibitors in order to sensitise breast cancer cells and breast cancer stem cells to TRAIL.
MA in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Techniques (5 years degree) (2008-2014)
Department of Pharmacy and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria (Italy)
Thesis title: Computer-aided design, synthesis and evaluation of novel anti-Chikungunya virus compounds.
Erasmus Placement Programme (7 months) (2013)
Cardiff University, Welsh School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (UK)
Computer Skills
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint).
- Graph Pad Prism.
- ChemDraw.
- Mestrenova, Topspin, i-NMR, Diversity UPLC.
- Dotmatics.
- Endnote, SciFinder.
Communication skills:
Communication of my results to scientific audiences at:
- 31st International Conference on Antiviral Research (ICAR), Porto, 11-15 June 2018 (POSTER): Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel potential antivirals targeting the Norovirus polymerase.
- EFMC-ASMC VII International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry, Vienna, 27-31 August 2018 (POSTER): Computer-aided design, synthesis and evaluation of novel c-FLIP inhibitors in order to sensitise Breast Cancer Stem Cells to TRAIL treatment.
- Postgraduate Research Day, School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, 28 April 2018 (TALK): Computer-aided design, synthesis and evaluation of novel c-FLIP inhibitors in order to sensitise Breast Cancer Stem Cells to TRAIL treatment.
- 252nd ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, 21-25 August 2016 (POSTER): Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel anti-Dengue Virus compounds.
- Postgraduate Research Day, School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, 06 April 2016 (POSTER): Computer-aided design, synthesis and evaluation of novel c-FLIP inhibitors in order to sensitise Breast Cancer Stem Cells to TRAIL treatment.
Awards:
- McGuigan Outstanding PhD Thesis Prize (2019)
