Group Members

Prof. Franca Zanardi

Franca Zanardi is Full Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Food and Drug Department of the University of Parma (Italy). She received her Laurea degree in Chemistry (1993) and her Ph.D. in bioorganic chemistry (1997) from the University of Parma under the supervision of Prof. Giovanni Casiraghi. She became an Assistant Professor in 1998 and Associate Professor in 2002. In 2017 she was the recipient of the Research Prize in Organic Chemistry-Life Sciences from the Organic Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society. She currently leads the bio-organic synthesis group of the Food and Drug Department at the University of Parma. Her research interests concern the development of stereoselective, vinylogous methodologies addressed at the synthesis of biologically relevant chiral nonracemic molecules in the bio-organic and pharmaceutical domains. She is also involved in several research programs aimed at the synthesis and applications of biologically relevant pseudopeptides to be exploited as therapeutic/diagnostic tools in medicine.

lucia.battistini@unipr.it

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Prof. Lucia Battistini

Lucia Battistini is currently an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Parma, Italy (Food and Drug Department). She obtained her Laurea degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology from the University of Parma in 1995. In 1999, she received her Ph.D. degree in Bioorganic Chemistry from the University of Torino, and in the same year she joined the group led by Prof. Giovanni Casiraghi at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Parma. Her current specific interests are focused on the development of new asymmetric methodologies for the synthesis of multifunctional natural and non-natural compounds of biological interest. Recently, her major scientific efforts have been devoted to the development of new classes of pseudopeptide ligands for molecular recognition and biomedical applications.

claudio.curti@unipr.it

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Prof. Claudio Curti

Claudio Curti is currently an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Parma, Italy (Food and Drug Department). He earned his Laurea degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology in 2002 at the University of Parma. In 2005, he graduated from the postgraduate School of Chemical Synthesis at the University of Milan, Italy. In 2001, he joined the bio-organic synthesis group of the Department of Pharmacy (University of Parma) under the supervision of Prof. Giovanni Casiraghi, where he obtained his current position. His main research interests are in the field of asymmetric synthesis and organic chemistry methodology, focusing on the development of metal-based and organocatalytic, enantioselective vinylogous and hypervinylogous processes and their exploitation in the synthesis of multifunctional natural and natural-like compounds, including densely functionalized heterocycles and polyphenol metabolites.

andrea.sartori@unipr.it

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Prof. Andrea Sartori

Andrea Sartori is currently an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Parma, Italy (Food and Drug Department). He graduated in Chemistry in 1997 at the University of Parma, and after one year of research fellowship at the Physics Department of the same Institution, he joined the group of Prof. D. N. Reinhoudt at the University of Twente (NL), where he received his Ph.D. in 2004. He returned to the University of Parma to work as a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Pharmacy under the supervision of Prof. Giovanni Casiraghi. At this University in 2010 he obtained a position as Assistant Professor. His work focuses on the development of new asymmetric, vinylogous and organocatalytic methodologies for the synthesis of chiral bioactive molecules, and on the development of integrin pseudopeptide ligands for biomedical applications.

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