Personal Information

Fields of Interest and Expertise

Optimization of extraction methods and chemical characterization approaches of nutraceutical components in vegetable matrices.

Combined use of spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques for the study of vegetable matrices.

Study of nutraceutical components from natural products and analysis of their biological effects.

Study of high-yield agricultural and agro-industrial systems through the valorization of by products (value chain).

Teaching

Analytical Chemistry 2, Laboratory (LT Scienze Chimiche, Università di Siena)

Physical Chemisty, Spectroscopy (Scienze Chimiche, Università di Siena)

General and Inorganic Chemistry, Laboratory (Scienze Naturali, Ambientali e della Terra, Università di Siena)

Curriculum Vitae

2001: Degree in Chemistry at University of Siena (110/110)

2002/2003: Researcher at Consorzio Interuniversitario di Ricerca in Chimica dei Metalli nei Sistemi Biologici - CIRCMSB, Unit of Siena. 

2003/2006: PhD on Chemistry Science School at University of Siena

2005: Researcher at Emerson Center, Chemistry Department, Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia, USA). 

2007 - 2011: Researcher at University of Siena

2014: Researcher at Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo di Sistemi a Grande Interfase (CSGI) at UniSi DBCP.

2014/2016: Researcher at Unisi, Department BCP, Educational Section, Physical Chemistry

01 November 2016/present: Researcher Senior at UniSI Department BCP.

• Siena - STCDB

• Effect of resveratrol on platelet aggregation by fibrinogen protection. Biophysical Chemistry (2017)
• Ru(CO)x-Core complexes with benzimidazole ligands: synthesis, X-ray structure and evaluation of anticancer activity in vivo. Dalton Transactions (2017)
• New formulations to enhance lovastatin release from red yeast rice (RYR). Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology (2016)
• Simulating the active sites of copper-trafficking proteins. Density functional structural and spectroscopy studies on copper(I) complexes with thiols, carboxylato, amide and phenol ligands. Journal of Coordination Chemistry (2016)
• The content of selected minerals and vitamin C for potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) from the high Tiber Valley area, southeast Tuscany. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis (2015)