Current Members
Postdocs
Stefano Scoditti
2017 B. Sc. Degree in Chemistry at University of Calabria (Rende, Italy)
(Supervisor: Prof. Giorgio Celebre)
2019 M. Sc. Degree in Chemistry at University of Calabria (Rende, Italy)
(Supervisors: Prof. Emilia Sicilia, Prof. Antonio De Nino)
2023 PhD in Translational medicine at University of Calabria (Rende, Italy)
(Supervisor: Prof. Emilia Sicilia)
2023-2025 Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Calabria (Rende, Italy)
(Supervisor: Prof. Emilia Sicilia)
2025-Present Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Researcher at DIPC
PhDs
Sergio Fernando Castillo Pacheco
2017 Degree in Biotechnology at the University of Turin (Turin, Italy)
2019 M. Sc. Degree in Medical Biotechnology at the University of Turin (Turin, Italy)
2021-Present PhD at CIC biomaGUNE/DIPC (Supervisors: Fernando López Gallego and Luca Salassa)
Marta Costa Verdugo
2020 Degree in Chemical Sciences at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)
2021 M. Sc. Degree in Chemistry and Polymers at the UPV-EHU (Spain)
2021 RA at DIPC
2022-Present PhD at DIPC
Alfredo Manuel Rotundo
2020 Degree in Chemical Sciences at the University of Calabria (Cosenza, Italy)
2021 M. Sc. Degree in Chemistry of Sustainable Materials at the Univ. of Calabria (Cosenza, Italy)
2024-Present PhD at DIPC (Supervisors: Fernando López Gallego and Luca Salassa)
Nitin Kumar
2023 Integrated M.Sc. Degree in Chemistry at National Institute of Science Education
and Research (Bhubaneswar, India)
2023 Junior Research Fellow at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,
(Bhopal, India)
2024-Present PhD at DIPC (Supervisors: Luca Salassa and Elixabete Rezabal)
Maria Devesa
2024 B. Sc. in Chemistry at the University of the Basque Country, UPV-EHU (Spain)
One year (SICUE) at the University of Granada, UGR (Spain)
2025 M. Sc. Degree in Chemistry and Polymers at the University of the Basque Country, UPV-EHU (Spain)
2026-Present PhD at DIPC
Veronica Fontanini
2021 B. Sc. Degree in Biotechnology at the University of Udine (Italy)
2024 M. Sc. Degree in Medical Biotechnology, Nanobiotechnology curriculum at the University of Trieste (Italy)
2025-Present Industrial PhD at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy) and DIPC
(Supervisors: Prof. Laura Russo, Prof. Francesca Re and Prof. Luca Salassa)
Visiting Students/Scholars
Chiara Anzolin (University of Trieste, Erasmus)
German Pieslinger (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Undergraduate Students
Ruth Maria Salazar Lancha
Past Members
Juan Sanchez-Camacho Sanchez
Ana Carrasco
Maria Jesus Móran Plata
Laura Mazzei
Riccardo Moro
Francesco Gambino
Juan Gurruchaga Pereda
Álvaro Martínez
Alessio Terenzi
Silvia Alonso de Castro
Susana Velasco
Emmanuel Ruggiero
Visitors
Anna Zilio (University of Padua, Erasmus) - Erasmus Placement - 2026
Elia Roveredo (University of Padua, Erasmus) - Erasmus Placement - 2026
Ruben Di Fiore (University of Padua, Italy) - Erasmus Placement - 2025
Davide Condotta (University of Padua, Italy) - Erasmus Placement - 2025
Ioannis Kanavos (IPREM, Pau, France) - Visiting PhD - 2025
Samuel Neuberg (University of Padua, Italy), Visiting PhD - 2024
Carlo Marotta (University of Pisa Italy), Visiting PhD - 2023
Beatrice Mascitti (University of Padua, Italy), Erasmus Placement - 2022
Stefano Scoditti (University of Calabria), Visiting PhD - 2021 and 2022
German Pieslinger (University of Buenos Aires), Visiting Scholar - 2021 and 2023
Elisabetta Contis (University of Turin), Visiting Master Student - 2020
Eslam Dabbish (University of Calabria), Visiting PhD - 2019-2020
Hanan Basioni Ahmed (FUNDACIÓN MUJERES POR ÁFRICA), Visiting Scholar - 2019
Nicolò Orsoni (University of Parma, Italy), Visiting PhD - 2019
Federica Guarra (University of Pisa Italy), Visiting PhD - 2018 and 2019
Alexia Tialiou (University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Erasmus Placement - 2018
Laura Mazzei (University of Padua, Italy), Erasmus Placement - 2018
Adriana Faraone (University of Palermo, Italy), DIPC summer internship - 2017
Adriana Faraone (University of Palermo, Italy), Erasmus Placement - 2016
Louise Slope (University of Birmingham, UK), COST 1105 Short Term Scientific Mission - 2015
Alessandro Chiara (University of Palermo, Italy), Master Thesis - 2014
Giulia Licciardi (University of Palermo, Italy), Master Thesis - 2014
Pamela Benzan (University of Palermo, Italy), Master Thesis - 2014
Candida Pipitone (University of Palermo, Italy), Master Thesis - 2014
Abraha Habtemariam (University of Warwick, UK), Ikerbasque Visiting Professor - 2013/2014