Pioneering BioNano Engineering for Peptide Therapeutics, Advanced Biomaterials and Bioinspired Solutions
Career Path and Advice Tell us about your research and how your career has progressed? I am a peptide chemist focused on the synthesis, characterization, and application of peptides for healthcare, including drug delivery, sensing, and targeting. When I began my PhD in 2013, peptides were largely known only to specialists, but today they are…
The COST Action SNOOPY brings together a network of experts and young researchers from diverse disciplines (chemistry, biology, biochemistry, materials science, nanotechnology, medicine, physics) to overcome existing barriers to predict and implement bioactive peptides’ ability to self-assemble into functional nanostructures, including those at the interface with membranes, potentially forming pores and channels.
What a great day! Lucia has been recognized with the Julia Higgins Award for her positive contribution to the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. Nice ceremony with nice people.
Lucia has been elected Director of Local Representatives at the Association of Italian Scientists in the UK (AISUK). In this leadership role, Lucia will oversee and coordinate the association’s regional branches, strengthening connections among Italian researchers throughout the UK. AISUK brings together Italian scientists working across three main domains: Physical Sciences and Engineering, Social Sciences…
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