SIMONA MUSELLA | Curriculum

ACTUAL POSITION

2021-present: RTD-B

University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA, Italy)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

From September 2011 to December 2011: PhD visiting student

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

Project: “ Synthesis of purinic based nucleoside analogues as potential HIV1-Reverse transcriptase inhibitors.” (Tutor: prof. M. Josè Camarasa)

From 2008 to 2011: PhD in Pharmaceutical Science

University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA, Italy)

From 2002 to 2007: Master degree in Pharmacy

University of Naples, “Federico II” (NA, Italy)

Since 2007: Practice ability to profession of Pharmacy at the University of Naples Federico II

ITALIAN WORK EXPERIENCE

From 2019 to 2021: Research Fellow

European Biomedical Research Institute of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

“Multidisciplinary integrated Platform for a technological Innovative Approach to Oncotherapies” (Tutor: prof. Alessio Fasano)

From 2016 to 2018: Research Fellow

University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA, Italy)

“Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of new TRPM8 modulators” (Tutor: prof. Pietro Campiglia)

From 2015 to 2016: Research Fellow

Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples, “Federico II” (NA, Italy)

“ Design and synthesis of HIV- Integrase inhibitors ” ( Tutor: prof. Pietro Campiglia )

From 2012 to 2015: Research Fellow

Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, Messina (Italy)

“Recupero e valorizzazione dei prodotti di scarto e di trasformazione dell’industria agro-alimentare per lo sviluppo di alimenti funzionali, prodotti cosmeceutici e nutraceutici innovativi. Hi-life – Health Products from the Industry of Foods”, codice identificativo PON01_01499.” (Tutor: prof. Luigi Mondello)

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Expert in Organic Synthesis, Identification of Bioactive compounds, Analytical chemistry. In particular: organic synthesis of peptides and heterocyclic compounds by traditional and solid phase methods, endowed with pharmacological properties. Alternative synthetic methods such as microwave-assisted and continuous flow chemistry. Spectroscopy techniques (particularly NMR) applied to the analysis of small molecules. Expert in the chemical characterization and biological evaluation of molecules present in food and vegetable matrices, as well as on the study and optimization of new reaction protocols applicable to organic synthesis. Liquid-Liquid Extraction, thin Layer Chromatography (TLC, PLC), normal Phase Liquid Chromatography flash Chromatography use. Dr. Musella is expert in Drug Discovery, Drug Design, Combinatorial synthesis, and NMR spectroscopy (H1 and C13 and 2D spectra) applied in different fields (Cancer, Antiviral, Antibacterial, Antinflammatory and Channelopathies fields). Dr Musella’s research programme has continued to explore new scientific areas such as nutraceutics and metabolomics, applied to pharmaceutical chemistry. In the nutraceutical field, Dr Musella has mainly been involved in the analytical characterization and evaluation of the pharmacological properties of bioactive molecules present in natural matrices of animal and plant origin. In the field of metabolomics, the Doctor has been responsible for the application of specific analytical techniques for the analysis and regulation of metabolites characteristic of certain pathologies, in order to study their stages of development and progression.

Total number of publications in peer-review journals : 48

Total number of citations (Scopus): 1,009

H-index (Scopus): 19

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

2023-2024: Lecturer for the course of Nutraceuticals (CHIM/08, 6, CFU, 72h)