Education and Working Activity
11/2024 - present: PhD Student in Chemistry (XL cycle)
10/2022 - 10/2024: Research Fellow - FARE project "AlchemEast in the West"
07/2022: Professional licensing as Pharmacist
09/2016 - 03/2022: Single Cycle Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology
Thesis: Tesi: Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NaDES): dallo Sviluppo Formulativo verso una Forma di Dosaggio Solida (Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NaDES): from Formulation Development towards a Solid Dosage Form), supervisor: Beatrice Albertini
09/2014 - 07/2016: Master's Degree in Photochemistry and Molecular Materials
Thesis: Modeling Charge Transport in Heteroacenes and Thieno-Bis-Imide Molecular Crystals, supervisor: Fabrizia Negri
09/2011 - 09/2014: Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry and Materials' Chemistry
Thesis: Caratterizzazione Diffrattometrica per Analisi Qualitativa e Quantitativa di Mangimi (XRay Diffraction Characterization for Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Animal Feeds), supervisor: Lucia Maini
Scientific Output
05/2023: International Conference for the History of Chemistry 2023 (Vilnius, LT) - organizator e chair for the panel "Material Culture, Texts, and Theories: an interdisciplinary approach to the history of chemical arts"
07/2023: Reading the Book of Nature Across Science, Histroy and Philosophy (Florence, IT) - oral presentation: "Writing in Gold and Silver, Ink Recipes from a Manuscript in the Bologna University Library" [with E. Villa]
09/2023: 50th AIC Meeting (Bologna, IT) - oral presentation: "Vitriols: the many colors of iron"
10/2023: XX Meeting of Gruppo Nazionale per i Fondamenti e Storia della Chimica (Lucca, IT) - orale presentation: "Scrivere in Oro e Argento: uno studio multidisciplinare sulla preparazione di inchiostri"
11/2023: Perfume Production in the Ancient World (Prague, CZ) - oral presentation: "The “First” Perfume Recipe: Why Water Matters in Ancient Assyrian Perfumery" [with E. Escobar]
05/2024: 2024 SHAC Spring Meeting (Oxford, UK) - oral presentation: "Contemporary Tools for Bronze Age Perfumery, Reconstructing the Role of Water in Ancient Assyrian Perfume Recipes" [with E. Escobar]
10/2024: Alchemy in the Context of Natural Properties (Bologna) - oral presentation: "Lye(s) of Alchemy: alkaline staktē in the Greek alchemical corpus" [with M. Martelli]
Teaching Activity
2015: Teaching Assistant for the course "Chimica di Coordinazione con Laboratorio" (Coordination Chemistry with Lab) for the Degree Program in Chemistry and Materials' Chemistry
2022: Professional Tutor for the receiver of an Erasmus+ VET scholarship (Community Pharmacy)
2023: Teaching Assistant for the General Chemistry Lab courses for the Geological Science and Chemical Methods for Products and Processes degree programmes
2024: Teaching Tutor for the PLS program, activity "Chimica, cristalli e colore" (Chemistry, crystals and colours)
2025: Teaching Assistant for the General Chemistry lab course for the Chemistry and Materials' Chemistry degree programme
Dissemination
2015 - present: member of the "Conoscere la Chimica" group, for the realization of educational shows about chemistry for children
05/2023 - 06/2023: co-curator for the exhibition "L'Oro dei Filosofi, dai manoscritti bolognesi al laboratorio chimico", held at the Aula Magna of the Bologna University Library
2023 - partecipation to the Philosophy World Day
2024 - organization and partecipation to the Philosophy World Day
Several partecipations at the European Researchers' Night
