Born in Bologna on May 7th 1975, he obtained his laurea
degree in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Bologna on
October 7th 1999 with final mark of 110/110 summa cum laude,
under the tutorship of Prof. G. F. Pedulli. He got his Ph.D. in
2004, discussing a thesis about the antioxidant activity of
polyphenolic compounds. Since 2006 he is Researcher at the
University of Bologna. From 2019 he is Associate Professor at the Chemistry Department "G. Ciamician".
Member of the editorial board of "Antioxidants".
His main research interests are: spectroscopic, kinetic and
thermodynamic studies of the reactions of polyphenols with peroxyl
radicals. He is actually investigating the role of hydrogen bonding
in modulating the reactivity of simple phenolic antioxidants. He is also developing and testing novel nanomaterials with antioxidant properties.
