PhD in Chemistry at The University of Edinburgh (2008, UK), Pharmaceutical Chemist (2007, UK) & Pharmacist (2006, Italy) qualifications, honorary researcher at UCL (London, 2005-2007), Academy of Finland Fellow at University of Helsinki (2008-2010), CRSS Fellow jointly at Monash University and Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organization, CSIRO (Melbourne, 2010-2012). In 2013 I returned to the University of Trieste where my scientific adventure had started with the M.Sc. degree, (honours). In 2018 I became Associate Professor and received the Habilitation as Full Professor. In 2021-2022 (6 mo.) I have been Visiting Academic the University of Cambridge (UK). Member the Editorial Board of ACS Nano (2023-2024), and of the Advisory Board of ACS Nano, Chem, ChemComm, J. Mater. Chem. B, Chem. Eur. J., Materials Advances, and previously of Soft Matter (2021-2023), ACS Appl. Bio Mater. (2022-2024). Recent awards:

Career Award by the Proteomass Scientific Society (Portugal) – 2024

RSC Soft Matter Lectureship (UK) – 2021

EuChemS Org. Chem. Division representative at ACS Fall meeting (US) – 2020

Howard Lecture (Durham, UK) – 2020

Aulin-Erdtman Lecture (KTH, Sweden) – 2019

Nature Chemistry 10th Anniversary Special Issue “Charting a Course for Chemistry" – 2019

Italy’s representative at EuChemS Organic Chemistry Division Workshop (Austria) – 2019

Top-11 Rising Star in the natural sciences worldwide (Nature Index) – 2018

JSP Fellowship at Buergenstock Stereochemistry Conference (Switzerland) – 2018

Vittorio Erspamer Award (Italian Peptide Society) – 2017