Born in Fermo (FM) on February 17, 1989.
Current position: Research fellow in the Computational Medicinal Chemistry lab at FaBiT (Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology), University of Bologna, under the supervision of Dr. Matteo Masetti.
February – July 2017: Visiting Ph.D. student in the Prof. Rommie E. Amaro research group, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, San Diego (CA), USA.
November 2014 – May 2018: PhD program in Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Computational Medicinal Chemistry lab at FaBiT (Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology), University of Bologna. Thesis title: “Exploring Kinetics and Drug Residence Time in Biological Systems through Molecular Simulations”. Supervisor: Prof. Andrea Cavalli, Co-supervisors: Dr. Matteo Masetti, Dr. Luca Mollica.
July 2014 – October 2014: Scholarship to carry out research at the Computational Medicinal Chemistry lab at FaBiT (Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology), University of Bologna.
April – August 2013: Visiting Student in the Prof. William L. Jorgensen research group, Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven (CT), USA.
September 2008 – March 2014: Degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies (CTF), University of Bologna. Thesis title: “Optimization of Triazole-Based MIF Inhibitors via Free Energy Perturbation”. Supervisor: Prof. Andrea Cavalli, Co-supervisors: Prof. William L. Jorgensen, Dr. Matteo Masetti. Final grade: 110/110 cum laude.
