Experience

Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna

• Italy
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD in Chemistry UniBO/Hitachi High Tech

  • Nov 2022 - Present

• Research Fellowship

  • Jun 2022 - Nov 2022

  I attended a pre-doctoral fellowship based on the development of luminophores, also nanostructured, for thermochemiluminescence (TCL), which is re-emerging as a promising “reagentless” innovative detection technique. The characterization, in terms of photophysical and thermochemiluminescent properties, of a set of novel N-substituted acridine-containing 1,2-dioxetanes, variably decorated, was accompanied by their encapsulation in nanostructures with the aim of improving the signal and tuning the emitted light by energy transfer processes. Moreover, TCL probes directly labelled with biomolecules have been tested as a first step aimed at the development of efficient detection techniques for easy-to-handle and sensitive immunoassays. This kind of research made me familiar with the use of spectrophotometer, spectrofluorometer and single photon counting, for the photophysical characterization, Dynamic Light Scattering and TEM for the morphological one. Moreover, two different CCD cameras were used to receive the TCL signal and store images, then analysed with the ImageJ software. Show less



Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna

• Italy
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Internship

  • May 2021 - Dec 2021

  I attended a 6-months internship at the University of Bologna, in the Photochemistry laboratory, researching for a rare chemically driven luminescence phenomena, known as thermochemiluminescence. I became familiar with the photophysical characterization of organic molecules and I tested their potential use as ultrasensitive label in bioanalysis by encapsulating them in nanoparticles. Thus, I had the opportunity to fully characterize molecules from a photophysical point of view ending my experience with a synthetic part. I got familiar with the use of spectrophotometer, spectrofluorometer and single photon counting. I took part in meetings, showing presentations and results. After having identified the most appropriate research method for the topic covered, I collected and interpreted information and data for the drafting of my thesis project, graphically representing the qualitative and quantitative results. Show less