Who we are
DIRECTOR
Anna Maria Papini
Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry / Barry Cohen Award 2024 / Rita Levi Montalcini Award 2019 / Chaire d'Excellence ANR 2009-2013 / Leonidas Zervas Award 2008 / Dimitrios Theodoropoulos 2008
CURRENT MEMBERS
Paolo Rovero
Founder and Full Professor
Claudia Bello
Associate Professor
Mario Chelli
Founder and Senior Scientist
Francesca Nuti Research Technologist.
Research Project: Mother and Infant dyads: Lowering the impact of endocrine disrupting Chemicals in milk for a Healthy Life. Eupean Research Project: MILCH - LIFE18 ENV/IT/000460
Feliciana Real Fernandez Researcher, National Research Council of Italy as member of the Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds.
Fosca Errante Research Technologist
Research Project: Immunogenicity study of anti-TNFα drugs. Plasmon surface resonance based monitoring and comparison between originators and bio-similars
Michael Quagliata Postdoc research fellow
Research Project: Glycopeptide mimicry using cyclic peptides possessing N-glycosylated aza-glutamine residues.
Michele Casoria Postdoc research fellow
Research Project: Promoting bone health from the earliest stages of life: using REMS technology to assess bone mineral density in the fetus and newborn up to the first year of life.
Sali Alasmar PhD Student in Chemical Science
Research Project: Synthesis and computational methods to investigate the role of post-translational modifications in peptides involved in the immune response. Tutors: Anna Maria Papini and Marco Pagliai
Silvia Bracci PhD Student in Chemical Sciences
Research project: Development of diagnostic technologies based on modified synthetic peptides to reveal and characterize autoantibodies as immune response biomarkers. Tutor: Anna Maria Papini
Francesco Brenzini Biagioni PhD Student,Cotutorate between the PhD School in Chemistry of the University of Rouen (France) and the PhD School in Chemical Sciences of the University of Florence
Research project: Synthesis of 5-member heteroaromatics containing peptide backbone: pro and cons of structural constraints induced by amide bond surrogates Tutors: Pierre-Yves Renard and Anna Maria Papini
Quentin Chenin PhD Cotutorate between the PhD School in Chemical Sciences (University of Florence) and the Ecole Doctorale Normande de Chimie (University of Ruen Normandie).
Research Project : Development and characterization of film made from proteins for food packaging. Tutors: Anna Maria Papini and Nadege Follain
Andrea Di Santo PhD Student in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments
Research Project: Design and synthesis of peptide probes for the characterization of antibodies. Tutor: Paolo Rovero
Carmen Gallo PhD student in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments
Research Project: Development of novel peptides modulating melanogenesis for dermocosmetic applications. Tutor: Paolo Rovero
Margherita Marino PhD Student in Chemical Sciences
Research Project : Innovative liquid chromatographic-mass spectrometric technologies to purify and identify biologically active antibody-drug conjugates. Tutor: Anna Maria Papini, cotutor: Hedrik Rusche
Matilde Rossi PhD Student in Chemical Sciences
Research Project: Development of peptide nucleic acids (PNA) based molecules targeting specific DNA G-quadruplex structures. Tutor: Carla Bazzicalupi, cotutors: Paola Gratteri and Anna Maria Papini
Lucrezia Sforzi PhD Student in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments
Research Project: Development of bioactive peptides of cosmeceutical interest via eco-friendly methodologies. Tutor: Paolo Rovero
Shima Siadohoni PhD Student in Chemical Sciences
Research Project: Design and synthesis of modified peptides of SARS CoV-2 Spike protein to characterize the immune response. Tutor: Anna Maria Papini
Angela Sofia Tino PhD Student in Chemical Sciences
Research Project : NMR-based investigation of intrinsecally disordered regions of modular proteins for tailored design of peptides. Tutor: Isabella Caterina Felli, cotutors: Anna Maria Papini and Roberta Pierattelli
Falco Douglas Scotti Master Student in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology
Research project: Synthesis, purification, formulation, and analysis of peptides of pharmaceutical interest. Tutor: Paolo Rovero, cotutor: Diana Imhof (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn)
Paolo Dutto Master Student in Advanced Molecular Sciences
Research Project: Synthesis of molecular-targeting helix-loop-helix peptides to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection. Totor: Anna Maria Papini, cotutors: Ikuo Fujii and Ikuhiko Nakase
Maria Chiara Maimone Master Student in Chemical Sciences, curriculum Chemistry of Biomolecules
Research Project: Development of a novel class of cell-penetrating peptides for intracellular drug delivery system. Tutor: Anna Maria Papini, co-tutors: Ikuo Fujii and Ikuhiko Nakase
Lorenzo Scalzullo Master Student in Advanced Molecular Sciences
Research project: Solid phase peptide synthesis for the generation of different multivalent presentations of two N-Glc glycopeptides (Glc-MOG and Glc-adhesine) with the aim of improving antibody recognition in an ELISA assay for the detection of multiple sclerosis. Tutor: Anna Maria Papini
Alessia Mazzierli Bachelor Student in Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies
Research project: Innovative chip functionalization strategies for the quantification of anti-drug antibodies in human sera using surface plasmon resonance technique. Tutor: Paolo Rovero
Giulia Targioni Bachelor Student in Chemistry
Research project: Synthesis of peptides with cosmeceutical activity using green synthesis strategies. Tutor: Anna Maria Papini
Erasmus Students
ALUMNI
Last update
22.10.2025