In February 2024 I defended my Ph.D. thesis at the University of Zürich in collaboration with Philochem AG, working under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Michael Weller and Prof. Dr. Dario Neri.

Most of my doctoral studies took place at Philochem AG, Zurich, the discovery unit of the Philogen Group, a Swiss-Italian biotech. My research focused on the design, engineering and pre-clinical testing of novel immunotherapy drugs consisting of monoclonal antibodies fused to pro-inflammatory cytokines. Among the three projects I led at Philochem, one resulted in a patented drug product. Here’s more details on my research.

In May ‘24 I started a new adventure as Senior Business Development Specialist for CATUG AG, a CRO/CDMO specialized in plasmid DNA, xRNA, LNP and analytics for nano-medicines. This experience gave me the opportunity to transition from a scientific to a commercial role, leveraging my technical expertise to drive business growth in the RNA-LNP therapeutics market, supplying cutting-edge xRNA-LNP solutions to MNC, biotech startups, academic groups, non-profit organization, CRO/CDMO around the globe.

One year after, in August 2025, I accepted a new position as Business Development Manager under Crystal Pharmatech (CP) a global CRO / CDMO born in 2010. CP has served +1000 clients and collaborated with 8/10 top pharma MNCs allowing commercialization of +10 drug products. My role didn’t change dramatically, Crystal has just so much more to offer! The company core focus is in small molecules, crystal form and formulation. The daughter companies Crystal Bio Solutions (CBS) and our new recent unit Crystal Nucleic Acid Excellence (CNAX) are specialized in Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology (QCP), Biomarker & Bioanalysis and Nucleic-Acid-based therapeutics from RNA-LNP platforms to non-viral Cell&Gene Therapies respectively.

Before my Ph.D. I have completed a M.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and my undergraduate degree is in Industrial Engineering at Università Campus Biomedico di Roma. Her'e’s a copy of my CV or you can check my timeline.