Born in Piacenza (Italy) on 24th December 1971.
Since 01-11-2023 : Full Professor at the Department of Food and Drug of the University of Parma in Italy.
Since February 2025: Associate Editor, International Journal of Pharmaceutics (Elsevier, ISSN 0378-5173) https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-journal-of-pharmaceutics
Scientific production: more than 100 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals (3,900 citations, H-index: 34; Source: Scopus, extracted on 26/09/2025) https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6701572930&origin=resultslist
Education and Carrier:
30/09/2014 - 31/10/2023 Associate Professor at the Department of Food and Drug of the University of Parma
1/2/2004 – 30/09/2014 Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmacy of the University of Parma in Italy.
2006 (two months) and 2007 (1 month): Invited Professor c/o ISPB (Institut de science Pharmaceutiques et Biologique), Faculty of Pharmacy, University Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, France
13/1/2005 – 15/9/2005 Visiting Researcher at the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology of the University of Bath, UK.
1/11/2000- 31/1/2004 Post Doc position (full time) : Department of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Italy.
25/1/2001 Discussion of PhD thesis Subject: Dermal and transdermal administration of drugs: two case-studies
1/11/1997 – 31/10/2000 PhD student (Doctoral School: Biopharmacy and Pharmacokinetic) -tutored between the Department of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Italy and the Laboratoire de Physico-chimie, Pharmacotechnie et Biopharmacie of UMR CNRS 8612 – University of Paris XI – France. She was grantee of a mobility scholarship from the Italian Ministery of University and Scientific and Technologic Research
2/5/1997 – 31/10/1997, Fellowship holder (full time) on the subject: “Dermal administration of a drug for photodynamic therapy” c/o o Department of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Italy
11/3/1997. Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology (Class: 110/110 cum laude- full marks)).
Invited Talks (selected)
- “Overcoming barriers in ocular drug delivery: potential and challenges of nanocarriers” 23rd International Symposium on Microencapsulation Ferrara (Italy) 10-12 September 2025
- “Polymeric micelles for ocular drug delivery” PBP World Meeting, 13th world meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology (ADRITELF-APGI-APV), Rotterdam, The Netherlands 28-31 March 2022
- “Topical Application of Polymeric Nanomicelles in Ophthalmology “GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE; Cornea and Ocular Surface Biology and Pathology; Maintaining and Restoring Corneal and Ocular Surface Health, Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco, February 16 - 21, 2020
- “Innovative strategies to overcome ocular barriers”, in “Crossing Biological Barriers, in Health and Disease”, XV FISV Congress, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy • 18-21 September 2018
- “Peptides in ocular delivery: drugs and potential carriers”, 15th Edition Of The European Symposium On Controlled Drug Delivery (ESCDD2018), Egmond Aan Zee, The Netherlands 11-13 Aprile 2018.
