EDUCATION and CARRER: · 1995: “Laurea” degree in Chemistry (supervisors Prof. Carlo Scolastico and Prof. Anna Bernardi), Università degli Studi di Milano. · 1995-1997: Master in synthetic organic chemistry (summa cum laude) (supervisor Prof. Pierfrancesco Bravo), Politecnico di Milano. · 1997-2000: Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (supervisor Prof. Pierfrancesco Bravo), Università degli Studi di Milano. · 2001-2002: Fellowship (one-year) in Organic Synthesis funded by Italian C.N.R. · 2002-2004 : Fellowship (two-years) in Organic Synthesis funded by Politecnico di Milano · 2005-2006 Post-doc at The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, CA, USA) funded by The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology (supervisor Prof. Julius Rebek, Jr.) · 2005-2010. Assistant Professor, Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali, ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” · 2011- now. Associate Professor, Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali, ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” · 2016: Fulbright Research Scholar Fellowship at University of California, San Diego, USA (working with Prof. Yitzhak Tor)