ORCID ID 0000-0003-3494-298X
Scopus ID 55946444200
Web of Science ID N-8744-2015
Research experience
Visiting fellow at Center for BioNano Interactions - University College of Dublin, Ireland. "Protein corona composition of fluorescent nanodiamond for imaging applications". Host prof. Kenneth Dawson
Visiting fellow at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. "Characterization of bioinspired nanocomposites based on carbon nanomaterials". Italy - Israel collaboration project CaFuMa. Host prof. Boaz Pokroy
Education
PhD in Chemistry at Università di Bologna - “Carbon-Based Hybrid Nanostructures for Advanced Functional Materials". Supervisor prof. Marco Montalti
Master degree in Photochemistry and Molecular Materials at Università di Bologna (110/110 cum Laude). Thesis in Inorganic Chemistry "Synthesis and characterization of nanocomposite materials based on calcium carbonate and graphene oxide". Supervisor prof. Giuseppe Falini
Bachelor degree in Chemistry at Università di Bologna (110/110 cum Laude) - Thesis in Computational chemistry “Theoretical study of molecular motors", MM simulations of Feringa molecular motors. Supervisor prof. Francesco Zerbetto
Grants and awards
Winner of the fellowships funded by Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (25 k€/year for 3 years) as Principal Investigator. Title of the project: “SYNERGY. Fullerene@protein hybrids: multifunctional photo/sono sensitizers for anticancer therapy”.
Marco Polo grant (University of Bologna) – Funding the research stay at Center for BioNano interactions, UCD, Ireland.
Scholarship winner on "Calcium carbonate based composite materials" at University of Bologna. Supervisor prof. Matteo Calvaresi
Membership in Scientific Committees
European Conference on Crystal Growth 2015 (ECCG5)
European School on Grystal Growth 2015 (ESCG)
Reviewing activity
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and American Chemical Society (ACS) journals. Publons profile
Third mission activity
Participation at Pint of Science Bologna 2018 as speaker
Team member of Pint of Science Bologna
Organizer of Pint of Chemistry Italy 2019 celebrating the 150th anniversary of the periodic table
Invited speaker at middle/high schools and participation to scientific dissemination programs.
Students Tutoring
Supervision of Master and Bachelor Students, Department of Chemistry, Università di Bologna.
