Education
2010-2013: Cotutorship Ph.D. in Science and Technology “B. Telesio”, Università della Calabria, and Chemistry of Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Sud, Francia
2004-2009: Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Università della Calabria
Previous Academic positions
2018-2021: Research fellow, Politecnico di Milano
2016-2018: Postdoctoral fellow, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
2014-2015: Research fellow, Università della Calabria
Main research interests
Grants, awards and fellowships
2019-2021: Seal of Excellence by the EC in the H2020-MSCA-IF-2018 and two-year postdoc position at Politecnico di Milano in the framework of the “MSCA EF Master Class 2018” funding programme, including a startup fund for research activities, training and networking (20.000€)
2016-2018: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany - 800€/month for research costs
2014: Prize “L'Oréal for Women in Science” received from the Italian L’Oréal-UNESCO program
2014: “SICL prize 2014” for doctoral thesis on liquid crystals and related topics received from the Italian Liquid Crystal Society (SICL)
Track record
41 peer-reviewed articles (22 as first author and 14 as corresponding author), 1 patent, several contributions in conferences. Scopus h-index: 12 (January 2022)
Selected publications