The Team

Alessandra is an Associate professor at the Department of Chemistry Ciamician since 2017.

Her main research interests are the synthesis of bioactive peptidomimetics as ligands of biological receptors, antibiotics, and anti-inflammatory agents, using asymmetric synthesis and biocatalysis. She is also interested in the conformational analysis of peptides and peptidomimetics using NMR spectroscopy.

She is the author of 110 publications. She is involved in several national and international research projects and in  collaborative research projects with industrial companies.

Walter is Full Professor in Organic Chemistry at Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician" since 2019, after more than 35 years in the pharmaceutical industry.

His interests span from drug discovery to drug development and methodologies, particular metal catalyzed cross-coupling reactions.

He is co-inventor of 111 patents and coauthor of >140 papers.

Lucia is a Tenure-Track Researcher (RTT) at the Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna.

Her research focuses on the synthesis of peptides, peptidomimetics and oligonucleotides, with a particular emphasis on sustainable synthetic methodologies for biologically active molecules. 

She collaborates with academic and industrial partners at both national and international level and is author of several scientific publications and patents.

Davide obtained his PhD from the University of Bologna in the Lombardo–Quintavalla group, including a six-month research stay in Prof. Tobias Ritter's Lab.

In 2025, he joined our team, working on organometallic chemistry.

His research centers on mechanistic studies of palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions, process design guided by green chemistry principles in collaboration with industrial partners, and electrochemistry.

Luana is Post-doctoral fellow at Department of Chemistry  "Giacomo Ciamician" since March 2025.

She gained her PhD in Organic Chemistry at the University of Padua, where she acquired extensive experience in peptide chemistry, working on both solid-phase (SPPS) and liquid-phase (LPPS) peptide synthesis under the supervision of Prof. Barbara Biondi and Prof. Fernando Formaggio. She also completed a six-month research stay in the laboratory of Prof. Fernando Albericio.

She works on an industrial project regarding the optimization of synthetic protocols for API peptides.

Ilaria is a third-year PhD student in Organic chemistry, working on synthesis of peptidomimetic integrin ligands and peptide synthesis, in collaboration with industrial partners.

Nicola is second-year PhD student working on optimization of sustainable protocols for peptides synthesis, via both SPPS and LPPS.

Alessandra is first-year PhD student working on an industrial project regarding the optimization of synthetic protocols for API peptides.

Continuing her Master thesis project, she also collaborates in optimization of new methodologies for metal-catalyzed cross coupling reactions.

Giuseppe is a second-year PhD student  working on flow chemistry and elettrochemistry targeting industrial applications.

Giulio is a second-year PhD sudent currently working on the synthesis of non-coded amino acids and peptide chemistry in the  context of a collaboration project between our group and the Lombardo-Quintavalla team.

Allegra is  post-lauream Fellow at Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician", where she is completed her Master thesis project regarding sustainable approaches to PNA synthesis via SPPS and LPPS.

Giulia is a post-lauream Fellow at the Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician.” Her project focuses on palladium chemistry, with particular attention to the Heck-Cassar-Sonogashira mechanism and the identification of the ideal catalyst for a specific industrial Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction.

Maya is a Master Student of the Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician" where she is carrying on her Master thesis on innovative hybrid synthesis of GLP-1 peptides.