Current position: Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry, Department of Science, University of Basilicata.

 

Education: MSc in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Naples, 1994 (Prof. L. Mayol, supervisor).

PhD in Natural Product Sciences, University of Naples, 1998 (Prof. L. Mayol, supervisor).

 

Academic Career:

2005: Assistant Professor in Organic Chemistry; Department of Chemistry; University of Basilicata.

2016: Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry; Department of Science; University of Basilicata.

 

Training and fellowship appointment:

1998- 2004: Post-doc at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Basilicata (Prof. A. M. Tamburro, supervisor), funded by EC grants and university fellowships. 

2000: EMBO Short-term fellowship, Biophysics Laboratories of University of Portsmouth, UK. 

 

Awards:

1999: “Giacomino Randazzo” Prize for Best PhD Thesis awarded from the Italian Chemistry Society for the work entitled, “Physico-chemical studies on non-canonical DNA structures”.

1999: EMBO Practical Course “Structure Determination of Biological Macromolecules By Solution NMR”, Heidelberg, Germany. Travel Award

 

Research Interest: (current)

Her research interests are oriented towards molecular and supramolecular studies on model peptides of elastomeric proteins, such as elastin, abductin and lamprin, and resilin, focusing on the self-assembling process. These studies represented the basis for the synthesis and development of protein-inspired biomaterials. Recently the research interest are devoted to the design and production of peptide-based hydrogels and biopolymer-based electrospun scaffolds for tissue engineering. 

 

She is co-author of 67 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals and 4 chapters on books. 

Invited lecturer in 7 international conferences. Presented more than 95 contributions to national and international congresses as oral communications and posters. Chair of 2 international meetings.

 

Teaching activity: 

2005/2006 Organic chemistry in Biological Processes (MSc Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Basilicata).

2006/2007: Physical methods in Organic Chemistry Processes (BSc Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Basilicata). 

From 2006-2007 to 2009/2010: Spectroscopic Techniques in Organic Chemistry (MSc Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Basilicata);

Since 2009/2010: Spectroscopic Methods to study Bioactive Molecules(MSc Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Basilicata)

Since 2016/2017: Spectroscopic Techniques in Organic Chemistry (BSc Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Basilicata)

Antonio Laezza was born in Naples, Italy in 1987. In July 2013 he graduated with a 1st Class Honours in Chemical Sciences at the University of Naples Federico II and in March 2014, he started his PhD “Regioselective modifications of natural polysaccharides.” The project looked to regioselective chemical functionalization and O-glycosylations of natural polysaccharides, investigating then their biological functions.
In May 2016 Antonio joined Uhrin Group at the University of Edinburgh as a Visiting PhD student with a project on the evaluation of the interaction between semy-synthetic ligand and selectins through STD-NMR.
In January 2018 Antonio joined the Gibson Group as a Postdoc with a project entitled “Software-controlled chemoenzymatic approaches to new glycomaterials”.

In August 2019 Antonio joined Bioinspired Materials Group

as Researcher. 

 

Teaching Activity

2019-2020: Organic Chemistry (University of Basilicata-Potenza- Agronomy School)