Curriculum

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Current position: 01/07/2022 – at present, Research Fellow in Organic Chemistry, University of Ferrara (IT), Department of environment and prevention sciences

Previous position:

• 01/04/2021 – 30/06/2022, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institut Català d’Investigaciò Quimica (ICIQ, Tarragona, ES). Supervisors: Professor Arjan W. Kleij and Professor Miquel A. Pericàs

• 01/11/2020 – 28/02/2021, Research Associate, University of Ferrara (IT), Department of chemical and pharmaceutical sciences. Supervisor: Professor Olga Bortolini

Visiting PhD student 03/01/2020 – 23/09/2020, University of St Andrews (UK), School of chemistry. Supervisor: Professor Andrew D. Smith. Project: Sequential kinetic resolution of (±)-1,2- and (±)-1,3-diols using solid- supported isothioureas in flow.

EDUCATION

• PhD Degree in Chemical Sciences (33rd Cycle), 01/11/2017 – 31/10/2020 (title awarded 09/02/2021), cum laude with the additional certification of Doctor Europaeus, University of Ferrara (IT), Department of chemical and pharmaceutical sciences. Research field: Organic Chemistry (SDS: CHIM/06), supervisor: Professor O. Bortolini. Thesis title “Homogeneous and heterogeneous Lewis Base Organocatalysis for the synthesis of added-value molecules under batch and continuous-flow conditions”.

• MSc Degree in Chemical Sciences (LM-54), 01/09/2015 – 03/10/2017, with a final grade of 110/110 cum laude, University of Ferrara (IT), Department of chemical and pharmaceutical sciences, supervisors: Professor O. Bortolini, Professor Alessandro Massi and Dr. Daniele Ragno, Thesis title “Immobilization of chiral triazolium carbene catalyst for stereoselective umpolung processes in batch and flow mode conditions”.

• Internship and thesis during the MSc, 06/02/2017 – 30/09/2017, University of Ferrara (IT), Department of chemical and pharmaceutical sciences. Principal subjects/ skills developed: synthesis and characterization of new organic compounds and development of flow-mode organocatalyzed processes; use of ESI-MS spectrometry, NMR spectroscopy and HPLC chromatographic purifications using a chiral stationary phase.

• BSc Degree in Chemistry (L-27), 01/09/2012 – 14/07/2015, with a final grade of 110/110 cum laude, University of Ferrara (IT), Department of chemical and pharmaceutical sciences, supervisor: Professor O. Bortolini. Thesis title “Lactic acid: versatile platform molecule obtained from renew- able resources”.