PhD student at the University of Bologna since 2021, he conducts his research in the field of Drug Discovery. His research interests are focused on the synthesis of small molecules with potential anticancer activity identified through virtual screening. He currently focuses his research on the topic of precision medicine and in particular synthetic lethality by developing disruptors of protein interactions involved in DNA repair. The research project is in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa.
Education
Master's degree in Synthesis Methodologies and Bio-Organic Chemistry in 2021 at the G. Ciamician Department of Chemistry. Ciamician of the University of Bologna. Thesis at Professor Meyer's laboratory at ULB University in Brussels entitled: 'Synthesis and biological evaluation of new halogenated Ruthenium(II) and Iridium(III) complexes'.
Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Materials Chemistry in 2019 at the Chemistry Department G. Ciamician, University of Bologna. Thesis in Professor Lombardo's laboratory at the University of Bologna entitled: "Orgacatalysts with ionic tags".
Academic career
Currently carrying out her PhD research at Professor Roberti's laboratory in the FaBiT department and collaborating with IIT Genoa under the supervision of Professor Cavalli.
Teaching activities
Laboratory tutor for degree courses in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies (see Teaching section)
Scientific activity
2022-23: participation in 42nd European School of Medicinal Chemistry ESMEC Urbino with poster presentation, 1st Advanced school in Drug Research and Development Parma, 24th Bologna Winter School "Bioinformatics and Deep learning for biodata analysis".
2021-22: participation in 41st European School of Medicinal Chemistry ESMEC Urbino, 23rd Bologna Winter School "Structural Bioinformatics in the era of AlphaFold2", XX Giornata della Chimica dell'Emilia Romagna
Institutional activities and academic appointments
2021-present: PhD student representative of the Biotechnological, Biocomputational, Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences (B2F2) programme of the FaBiT department in Bologna
2019-2021: Student representative for the Chemistry Master's degree programme at the University of Bologna
