Annalisa Masi received her Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 2000 and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the same institution in 2007. From 2000 to 2002 she worked as a research consultant at Biosint S.p.A. (Sigma-Tau Group), focusing on synthetic methodologies and chromatographic purification. She has been a permanent researcher at the Italian National Research Council (CNR) since 2011, first at the Institute for Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity (ISOF, Bologna) and, since 2020, at the Institute of Crystallography (IC, Rome). Her research interests include the design and synthesis of bioactive molecules, oxidative DNA damage by free radicals, enzymatic repair mechanisms, and the identification of new biomarkers. More recently, she has extended her expertise to the field of biosensing with nanomaterials, exploring synthetic oligonucleotides as probes for multifunctional bioconjugates aimed at pathogen detection and photothermal inactivation. Dr. Masi has participated in several national and international projects, collaborating with leading universities and research centers. Author of more than 50 peer-reviewed publications , 4 book chapters and 30 Abstract