Teaching staff

Graduated in Chemistry in 1993 at the University of Pavia, title "Nuovi sesquiterpeni con possibile attività deterrente dal Lactarius scrobiculatus, L. chrysorrheus e L. Porninsis"
1/02/1993 – 31/07/1993 University of Gent (Gent, Belgium): Research Fellowship from Erasmus/Socrates at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture and Applied Biological Sciences
1994-1998 University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, U.K.): Ph.D. Thesis in Pure and Applied Chemistry, title "An examination of the inter-relentioship between structure and kinetics associated with crystallisation of single and mixed chocolate confectionery fats", supervisor Prof. K.J. Roberts.
1/01/1998 - 30/06/1998: Research Fellowship from Novartis Pharma AG (Basilea, CH) at Heriot-Watt University, Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering (Edimburgh, U.K.).
Since 1/11/1999: Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Parma.
2 - 10 Febbruary 2004: Visiting Professor in Socrates/Erasmus European Programme at University of Bath (U.K.), Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy.
14 – 20 September 2008: Visiting Professor in Socrates/Erasmus European Programme at University of Ankara (Turkey), Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy.

Research Subjects:
Polymorphism of drugs; Drug-excipient interaction study; Oral hydrophilic matrices for drug delivery control; Powder agglomerates; Nasal and pulmonary delivery; Characterization of nano and microparticle systems.