My first encounter with research was during my final project in my MSc in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology in my home country, Italy. An Erasmus+ grant allowed me to carry out most of my project abroad, at the Wroclaw Medical University (Poland). Curiosity (and another Erasmus!) led me to the University of Split (Croatia) where I gained more hands-on research experience with different analytical techniques to study plant and food samples. After my degree, I worked as a pharmacist for some time, but I was missing the thrills and challenges of research. When I was awarded the Irish Research Council Postgraduate Research Scholarship in 2019, I was delighted to join Dublin City University to start my PhD with Prof. Blánaid White and Dr. Aoife Morrin. My project aimed at developing a multidisciplinary method to characterise honey and its potential biomedical applications using volatile markers. I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Aoife Morrin’s laboratory with Insight (SFI) at DCU, working on bacterial signature Volatile Organic Compounds for wound infection diagnostics.
Experience
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–presentPost-Doctoral Researcher, Dublin City University
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2019–2024Chemistry Laboratory Demonstrator, Dublin City University
Education
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2024Dublin City University, Doctor of Philosophy
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2018Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Integrated Master in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology
Publications
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2024Advantages of a Multifaceted Characterization of Honey, Illustrated with Irish Honey Marketed As Heather Honey, ACS Food Science & Technology
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2021The Rediscovery of Honey for Skin Repair: Recent Advances in Mechanisms for Honey-Mediated Wound Healing and Scaffolded Application Techniques, MDPI Applied Sciences
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