The Team

Alessandra Tolomelli 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 Cabri after more than 35 years in the pharmaceutical industry with interest spanning from drug discovery to drug development joined in December 2019 the Ciamician Institute of Organic Chemistry at the Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna. He is co-inventor of 111 patents and coauthor of >140 papers and one book: "From Bench to Market. The Evolution of Chemical Synthesis from Drug Discovery to Industrial Production.”; Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2000.

Davide obtained his PhD from the University of Bologna in the Lombardo–Quintavalla group, including a six-month research stay with Prof. Tobias Ritter. In 2025, he joined our team, where he focuses 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 joins us from the University of Padua, where she gained extensive experience in peptide chemistry, working on both solid-phase (SPPS) and liquid-phase (LPPS) peptide synthesis under the supervision of Barbara Biondi and Fernando Formaggio. She also completed a six-month research stay in the laboratory of Prof. Fernando Albericio.

OLigonucleotides and PNAs chemistry

Oligopeptides Methodologies and Medicinal Chemistry

Oligopeptides Chemistry

Organometallic & Oligopeptides Chemistry

Giulio is currently working on the  synthesis of non coded amino acids and peptide chemistry in the  context of a collaboration project between us and the Lombardo-Quintavalla team.

Allegra is  entusistic master Student of the department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician and she is currently working on her thesis on sustainable approach to PNA synthesis

Giulia is a Master’s student at the Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician.” Her thesis focuses on palladium chemistry, with particular attention to the HCS mechanism and the identification of the ideal catalyst for a specific industrial Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction.

Gemma is a Master Student of the Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciammician and for her thesis, she will join the team of the Tolomelli CAbri lab working on innovation in peptide synthesis. 

MAya is a Master Student of the Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciammician and for her thesis, she joined our team working on innovative hybrid synthesis of GLP-1 peptides. 

Giuseppe is a PhD student at the secon year, he is working on gfloe chemistry and elettrochemistry targeting industrial applications.