- Postdoctoral Researcher in Analytical Chemistry, Dublin City University
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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