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Andrea Di Santo

Short Biography:

In 2016 I obtained the high school diploma at I.T.A.S. Ginori Conti (Florence, Italy) in Environmental Biotechnologies with a grade of 100/100. In the same year I enrolled in the University of Florence in Chemistry faculty. In 2019 I obtained the 1st level Degree in Chemistry with a grade of 110/110 cum laude with the thesis “Metformin analogue functionalized with fluorescent probe”, supervisor Prof. Stefano Cicchi. In 2020 I won the «Dipartimenti Eccellenti 2018-2022» scholarship funded by the Department of Chemistry 'Ugo Schiff' of the University of Florence. In February 2022 I obtained the 2nd level Degree in Chemical Sciences, with a grade of 110/110 cum laude with the master thesis “Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of peptides derived from Spike protein and nucleocapsid protein of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)”, supervisor Prof. Anna Maria Papini. After that, I won the research fellowship “Research and development of efficient and sustainable molecules in industrial processes” founded by the Chemistry Department of the University of Florence. In November 2022 I obtained a PhD scholarship in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments (NEUROFARBA Department, University of Florence) and I am currently working on the design and synthesis of peptide probes for the characterization of antibodies.

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