Dr. Ilaria Tonazzini

Ilaria TONAZZINI Senior researcher at Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR @NEST (National Enterprise for nanoScience and nanoTechnology), Pisa. Education 2004 - 2007: University of Pisa, PhD in drug science. 1998- 2003: University of Pisa, Master's Degree in pharmaceutical chemistry and technology Work experience 2018 – 2019: Marie Curie Individual Fellowship at Erasmus Medical Center, Dept. of Neuroscience, Rotterdam (NL). 2015 – 2017: Postdoc fellow of Fondazione Umberto Veronesi, at Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR @ NEST, Pisa. 2010 – 2014: Postdoc at Scuola Normale Superiore- NEST laboratory, Pisa. 2007 - 2009: Postdoc at the Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials (ISMN)-CNR, Bologna. Research interests: My main research interests include the development of biocompatible nanostructured materials to heal the peripheral nervous system (e.g., scaffolds for nerve regeneration) and to cure and study central nervous system diseases (e.g. neurodevelopmental/ neurodegenerative disorders). I am interested in the study of cell–material interactions and extracellular sensing of neuronal cells, working in the borderlands between different disciplines (e.g. biochemistry, neuroscience, material science, regenerative medicine).